Former X Factor host Kate Thornton, who fronts ITV’s The Royal Beat, previously opened up about the reality of going through the menopause.
The 51-year-old presenter described going through the menopause similar to being pregnant, insisting, “you think you know what to expect, but nothing can prepare you for what it’s actually like”.
Kate went into perimenopause in 2020 (Credit: YouTube)
Kate Thornton opens up about menopause
During an interview with The Sun’s Fabulous Magazine in 2022, Kate revealed that she went into perimenopause in summer 2020.
Her initial symptoms included forgetting simple things. “I’d walk into a supermarket and think: ‘Why the hell am I here? Do I need milk? I’ve got no idea,’” she said.
During interviews, Kate began to not remember who she was talking to or what subject they were discussing.
Her first physical symptom, however, was “extreme body aches,” revealing she “woke up one morning and felt like I’d done 18 hours in the gym”.
The pain in her knee was so “debilitating” that she thought she had arthritis. When she booked booked herself in for a scan, the technician told Kate: “I’m telling you now, you haven’t got arthritis, you’re perimenopausal.”
Soon after finding out, Kate noticed her eyes would start “streaming at 4pm every day”. She also gained weight, jumping two dress sizes in two months.
Admitting the weight gain made her feel “self-consious,” Kate said she “attacked it by doing lots of HIIT workouts, which in hindsight was the worst thing I could have done, as it can affect your cortisol levels and make you retain fat”.
Kate jumped two dress sizes in two months (Credit: Splashnews.com)
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