{"id":81126,"date":"2016-06-07T01:50:52","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T01:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/james-constantinou-under-the-microscope-as-he-talks-weight-loss\/"},"modified":"2016-06-07T01:50:52","modified_gmt":"2016-06-07T01:50:52","slug":"james-constantinou-under-the-microscope-as-he-talks-weight-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/james-constantinou-under-the-microscope-as-he-talks-weight-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"James Constantinou under the microscope as he talks weight loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold\">James Constantinou, presenter of\u00a0Channel 4s Posh Pawn, answers our health quiz.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"health-ccox mol-style-large mol-style-bold\">CAN YOU RUN UP THE STAIRS?<\/span><span class=\"mol-style-large\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Yes, it&#8217;s one of my fortes!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">I play a bit of five-a-side football twice a week and go cycling two or three times a week as well. Any time soon I\u2019m going to have my stabilisers removed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"health-ccox mol-style-large mol-style-bold\">GET YOUR FIVE A DAY?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">I go through stages.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Currently, I am looking after myself and my diet \u2014 much more so than I used to a couple of years ago when I don\u2019t think I ate any vegetables, it was all fast food and microwave meals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But I\u2019ve changed and want to be as fit as I can.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Once you start eating sensibly and having a banana in the morning, you notice the difference in terms of your energy levels.<\/p>\n<p>      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-41babddb74fe1a0d\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2016\/06\/07\/01\/1CFE167400000578-0-image-m-70_1465258414890.jpg\" height=\"437\" width=\"634\" alt=\"TV presenter James Constantinou says he has felt the health benefits - such as having more energy - after he started eating sensibly\u00a0\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/>    <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">TV presenter James Constantinou says he has felt the health benefits &#8211; such as having more energy &#8211; after he started eating sensibly\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"health-ccox mol-style-large mol-style-bold\">EVER DIETED?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">About eight years ago, I went on the Atkins Diet because I was fat \u201416\u00bd st at my worst (I\u2019m 6ft). I lost 1\u00bd st in three weeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Amazing! I now weigh 15 st, but probably need to lose another half-stone.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"rotator-panels link-bogr1 linkro-ccox\">\n<li>\n<p>          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2016\/06\/06\/22\/34FCBEE100000578-0-image-a-11_1465247977884.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"62\" height=\"60\" \/><span>Counting calories IS a waste of time: Mediterranean diet&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2016\/06\/06\/23\/34FCD0BE00000578-0-image-a-29_1465250512957.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"62\" height=\"60\" \/><span>Could a tiny SPONGE end the agony of arthritic knees?&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2016\/06\/06\/20\/34FC120600000578-0-image-m-24_1465239795786.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"62\" height=\"60\" \/><span>How YOU can stay looking younger for longer: Refuse to wear&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2016\/06\/06\/21\/34FC39C200000578-0-image-m-13_1465244000866.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"62\" height=\"60\" \/><span>The heartbreaking gift no father wants to give his child:&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/a>\n      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"health-ccox mol-style-large mol-style-bold\">COPE WELL WITH PAIN?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">My pain threshold is quite low, I can tell you.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Whenever I go to the doctor and they give me an injection or a little local anaesthetic, I always ask for double the dosage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">I\u2019m a bit squeamish and dislike needles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">I went to hospital once to hold a friend\u2019s hand (she had a boil that needed lancing) \u2014 the doctor got a little scalpel out and the next thing I knew I woke up in bed with my friend fanning me with a newspaper.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"health-ccox mol-style-large mol-style-bold\">WORST INJURY?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">I broke my neck in a car accident in Sardinia about ten years ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">I was in a hire car in a foreign country, lost concentration and swerved to the wrong side of the road. The other driver was unharmed, but stupidly I wasn\u2019t wearing a seat belt.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The doctors didn\u2019t know if I\u2019d be able to walk again and that was frightening.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A nurse flew out from Britain and I was lifted onto an aircraft with a crane \u2014 they had to take out the overhead lockers to fit me in.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Luckily, the damage to my spinal cord was minimal and I was able to walk again within three or four weeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">I still get a little bit achy in my neck occasionally, and sometimes have pins and needles in my hand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"health-ccox mol-style-large mol-style-bold\">BIGGEST PHOBIA?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">As well as needles, I don\u2019t like heights or reptiles \u2014 and rats are the worst. The thought of being near a rat is just horrendous.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">I am not very manly in that respect.<\/p>\n<p>      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-ddddbd2775f49fdf\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2016\/06\/07\/01\/34FD41D000000578-0-image-a-85_1465258988341.jpg\" height=\"347\" width=\"634\" alt=\"He says rats are his biggest phobia alongside needles, heights and reptiles. 'I am not very manly in that respect,' \u00a0he said\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/>    <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">He says rats are his biggest phobia alongside needles, heights and reptiles. &#8216;I am not very manly in that respect,&#8217; \u00a0he said<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"health-ccox mol-style-large mol-style-bold\">EVER BEEN DEPRESSED?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">I think I was depressed in my 20s \u2014 I was restoring and selling cars and travelling a lot, four months a year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Oddly, travel is less joyous when you don\u2019t know what you\u2019re going to be or where your career is going. But since my 30s, my life has changed considerably.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">First, I got into property in the Nineties and began to enjoy buying and selling.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Since then, I haven\u2019t suffered from depression at all \u2014 I\u2019m doing what I love. I meet such amazing people in the pawn business.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A lot of famous people phone up and say: \u2018James, please don\u2019t tell anyone I\u2019m calling!\u2019 I say: \u2018Your secret\u2019s safe with me.\u2019 And it is.<span class=\"health-ccox mol-style-large mol-style-bold\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"health-ccox mol-style-large mol-style-bold\">WHAT KEEPS YOU AWAKE?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">I am always awake at night and it\u2019s to do with business, worrying: \u2018Have I done that right? Have I messed that up?\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">If you\u2019re really passionate about what you do, you\u2019re a perfectionist. But I switch the phone off by 10pm and watch something ridiculous, such as Judge Judy, and that helps me calm down.<span class=\"health-ccox mol-style-large mol-style-bold\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Constantinou, presenter of\u00a0Channel 4s Posh Pawn, answers our health quiz.\u00a0 CAN YOU RUN UP THE STAIRS? Yes, it&#8217;s one of my fortes!\u00a0 I play a bit of five-a-side football twice a week and go cycling two or three times a week as well. Any time soon I\u2019m going to have my stabilisers removed. 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