Carol pays the price of having fun at 50 ( )
She goes up a dress size
TURNING 50 may have given her a new lease of life but Carol Vorderman has confessed it has come at the expense of her figure.
The TV presenter says she has gone up a dress size after deciding to cut loose in the year since her milestone birthday.
‘My problem is that I’ve been socialising quite a lot with friends recently,’ Miss Vorderman, now 51, told Woman & Home magazine.
‘When I get tired, I start eating things that I wouldn’t normally crave, like biscuits, because they’ll give me a bit of energy to keep going.’
The former Countdown star says she has now gone up to a size 12, adding: ‘It’s so easy to do – and I don’t regret it because I’ve been having a great time! But I do know it’s time to take myself in hand now.’
Miss Vorderman also says she is happy living the single life and – after two divorces – doubts she will marry again. ‘Since I turned 50, I’ve had the best year of my life,’ she said, ‘and I now throw as much effort into the social side of my life as I do work.’
Miss Vorderman, who has two children, Katie, 20, and Cameron, 15, says she is considering cosmetic surgery, explaining: ‘I’m planning a little rejuvenation for myself this year. I want to fix the things that need fixing.
‘I’m a bit frightened of the idea of a full facelift because, when you look in the mirror, you want to look like yourself. But I’ll get little things done; I might have an eyelift if I feel I need one in the future, and the lasers that smooth your skin – I’m comfortable with the idea of trying all that.’
To read the feature in full, see the April issue of Woman & Home, out Thursday