TV Presenter Lorraine Kelly takes our health quiz
CAN YOU RUN UP THE STAIRS?
I’m pretty fit.
I skip up and down eight flights of stairs up to four times a day at work and attend exercise classes in a local church hall twice a week — it’s a wonderful hour of dance-based moves set to cracking music.
I find it a great stress-buster, too. I love Zumba and have run marathons, but I prefer power-walking.
Lorraine Kelly, pictured at the National Television Awards in 2012. ‘I love Zumba and have run marathons, but I prefer power-walking,’ she says
In London, I walk everywhere while in Scotland, I love going for yomps along the beach or up in the hills.
GET YOUR FIVE A DAY?
I try to. I love smoothies and have raspberries and blueberries in my porridge every morning.
I just wish a chocolate Bounty bar counted because I love coconut so much.
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EVER DIETED?
I was never a slim girl when I was younger and did lots of stupid diets, but I haven’t dieted since my 30s.
I don’t own a set of scales, but I reckon I’ve lost 2 st and kept it off since starting workout classes with my trainer, Maxine Jones, three years ago. I’m 5 ft 4 in and a size ten.
Staying slim is about balance and portion control and not denying yourself anything you enjoy.
I try to eat sensibly during the week and allow myself a little fall off the wagon at weekends.
Lorraine Kelly (left) and Faye Brookes (right) at the Lorraine talkshow on January 28. The TV presenter says she has not dieted since she was in her 30s
ANY VICES?
I enjoy a glass of red wine and love chocolate and chips, just not with every meal, every day.
ANY FAMILY AILMENTS?
We Kellys are a healthy bunch. There is a history of asthma and chest conditions, but I seem to have skipped them.
WORST ILLNESS OR INJURY?
I fell from a horse during a charity event five years ago and my leg was badly trampled.
I had emergency surgery lasting four hours and had hundreds of stitches in my leg.
Lorraine, pictured at this year’s National Television Awards in London. ‘I enjoy a glass of red wine and love chocolate and chips, just not with every meal, every day,’ she says
I was lucky to be alive as the cut missed the main artery by millimetres, but there was still a lot of muscle and nerve damage.
I was in hospital for ten days and couldn’t walk properly for a month, then had a stick and twice-weekly physiotherapy.
I still have a horrible 8 in scar on my thigh, so I wear a sarong to hide it on the beach. Horses are beautiful animals, but I have no plans to get back in the saddle.
EVER HAVE PLASTIC SURGERY?
No. I’ve seen it go wrong too often. Everyone ends up looking the same — permanently surprised.
Lorraine says she would never have plastic surgery. ‘I’ve seen it go wrong too often. Everyone ends up looking the same — permanently surprised,’ she says
COPE WELL WITH PAIN?
I’m a stalwart, but that’s not always a good thing. I was put on strong painkillers (Tramadol) after my leg operation and think I came off them too quickly.
I hadn’t realised just how much it would hurt, but I was desperate to get back to normal life.
HANGOVER CURE?
A buttered roll with a square sausage (a lorne sausage) and brown sauce washed down with a can of Irn Bru.
Lorraine calls herself a stalwart, but says it is not always a good thing, as she has been put on strong painkillers in the past and come off them too quickly
WHAT KEEPS YOU UP AT NIGHT?
My mind is always active and I don’t sleep as much as I should. Eight hours would be perfect, but I usually get about six.
I’m really bad at going to bed early enough and I’ll often stay awake thinking about the next day’s show, especially if there’s a tricky interview lined up.
LIKE TO LIVE FOR EVER?
Only if everyone I love could also live for ever with me.
Lorraine’s new workout DVD, Brand New You, is out now.