Celebrity Masterchef's Gregg Wallace 'eats 0.5kg' of breakfast item after 5st weight loss

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Gregg Wallace admits he eats "half a kilo" of the same breakfast staple which stops him needing to snack.

The Celebrity Masterchef judge will be back on our screens tonight for the highly-anticipated final. He has cut a svelter figure in recent years, having once shed an impressive five stone to dodge diabetes risk.

He recently appeared on The Paul Chowdhry PudCast to speak about his diet secrets.

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For breakfast, Gregg loves a traditional full English and also sticks true to his "proper South-East Londoner" roots with a pot of cockles with vinegar, pepper, and bread and butter.

But he often mixes it up by consuming a whopping amount of one particular item, when asked if his breakfast has changed in recent times.

Gregg said: "Ooh yeah, yoghurt and oats and honey. Yeah, yeah, yeah - but a load of it. Half a kilo. Yeah, 500g of yoghurt I can eat", prompting Paul to probe how he manages such quantity at breakfast.

"They come in great big pots, right. I think it's supposed to be like for a family."

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Celebrity Masterchef's Gregg Wallace once lost a staggering amount of weight -Credit:(Image: Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images)

Paul asked whether it was wise to eat so much yoghurt, to which Gregg replied: "Listen, I'm 12 stone so I'm obviously doing something alright. So I eat 500g of normally high protein yoghurt."

He confessed adding honey or maple syrup and "loads of fruit", which sustains him until lunch.

The TV presenter previously claimed he managed to slim down "without dieting," by simply altering his lifestyle and making healthier choices.

He achieved his weight loss by eliminating snacks, ultra-processed foods, and takeaways from his diet. Rather than following a specific plan, he focused on eating a balanced diet and preparing nutritious meals daily.

On his website GreggWallace.Health, Gregg mentioned that no food is completely off-limits when trying to lose weight, but caution should be exercised with snacks.

He shared: "Strict diets are hard to maintain. This is about swapping bad habits for good ones at your own pace."

Further details emerged in April revealing that Gregg, who once tipped the scales at 16st 7lb, specifically cut out three things - "fried food, sugar and booze".

Speaking to The Sun, he previously said: "When I was at my biggest I was having a daily fry up, fish and chips once per week, takeaway a couple more times and drinking beer nearly every day."