Stuart Bingham has lost three stone in five months (Image: Getty)
star Stuart Bingham has revealed that he has lost three stone after turning to fat-loss injections. The 2015 world snooker champion was visibly slimmer when he took on Neil Robertson in the final of the World Grand Prix last weekend.
Although the result was far from what Bingham would have hoped for – having been whitewashed 10-0 – he was praised for how he had shed the pounds. The 48-year-old has revealed that he has been losing plenty of weight over the past five months since using a Mounjaro self-injectable pen.
Speaking on his podcast, Bingham explained: “For the first couple of months I was saying, I’ve cut out food and this and that. As I’m coming up to 49, the legs and knees ain’t what they used to be. The back ain’t what it used to be.
“A few of my close friends said to me about getting on this Mounjaro pen. It’s a weight-loss injection. I have lost about three stones. I have already started to get a new wardrobe. My brother was a little bit bigger than me but he has gone into training. He does weightlifting and cardio. All my stuff is too big for him now. He was getting all my hand-me-downs.
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Stuart Bingham has been able to change his shot since losing weight (Image: Getty)
“I played golf in Thailand. I went from 38 inches to 34 in my shorts. It’s just one injection a week. What it does is curb your appetite. I’m actually forgetting to eat. Whereas before I would get everything done around my snooker. I’d eat at 3pm, if I am playing at 7pm, so I wasn’t bloated.
“I’m forgetting I have got to eat something. Because my belly is rumbling like anything when I am playing matches.”
Bingham then revealed that he has also been able to make changes to his style on the table now that he is slimmed, concluding: “I am aiming a little bit differently (with my cue). I ain’t got bigger breasts as I used to have. The cue is in a different spot.
“I’m down to 15 stone now. I was about 16 years old the last time I was 15 stone! My wife Michelle has started on it, too, and she has seen the results. She wants to lose a couple of stone.”