{"id":8912,"date":"2016-10-05T08:49:45","date_gmt":"2016-10-05T02:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/sandi-toksvig-losing-four-stone-gave-me-the-confidence-to-appear-on-tv\/"},"modified":"2016-10-05T14:49:30","modified_gmt":"2016-10-05T08:49:30","slug":"sandi-toksvig-losing-four-stone-gave-me-the-confidence-to-appear-on-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/sandi-toksvig-losing-four-stone-gave-me-the-confidence-to-appear-on-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandi Toksvig: Losing four stone gave me the confidence to appear on TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

Sandi Toksvig has admitted it was her dramatic weight loss that gave her the confidence to move from radio to television.<\/p>\n

Sandi, who lost four stone following Louise Parker\u2019s eating programme to drop from a size 22, said she might have stayed on the radio if she hadn\u2019t shed the pounds.<\/p>\n

She told Good Housekeeping: \u201cMaybe I would have stayed on the radio. I wasn\u2019t as comfortable. I didn\u2019t feel well. I had lost some confidence.<\/p>\n

Sandi Toksvig (Daniel Leal-Olivas\/PA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cAt my worst I was a size 22, and at that size you can\u2019t go down the high street and buy yourself things that make you feel good. Your shopping options are limited in a way they aren\u2019t when you are a size 12.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not quite as thin as I was, but I certainly haven\u2019t put it back on again. Like most women, my weight goes up and down.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe wonderful thing is I now have the tools to deal with it. Mostly now I don\u2019t eat carbs \u00e2\u0080\u0093 actually I\u2019m not attracted to them any more.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no question that I\u2019m fitter and healthier because I eat more fruit and vegetable. Turns out all the boring stuff you are told is true.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sandi Toksvig (Good Housekeeping UK\/Nicky Johnston)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

Sandi will be the first woman to host a major comedy panel show when she takes the reins from Stephen Fry to front BBC Two\u2019s hit programme QI.<\/p>\n

While the presenter says she is excited to take on the role, she is disappointed it is still remarkable for a woman to host such a show.<\/p>\n

She told the magazine: \u201cI\u2019m thrilled and it\u2019s an honour. And if it means that we no longer needed to talk about it, that would be even more wonderful.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was saying to Debbie [her wife] just recently that I\u2019m only sorry I wasn\u2019t born 25 years later \u00e2\u0080\u0093 that I didn\u2019t have to bang the drum for all sorts of things, that it just happened as a matter of course.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut we are celebrating the fact we have a woman running for US president and, as far as I know, ruling a country isn\u2019t done with your genitals. It\u2019s insane that it has taken so long.\u201d<\/p>\n

(Good Housekeeping UK\/Nicky Johnston)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

Sandi also dismissed claims she was \u201cthe female Stephen Fry\u201d, saying: \u201cWell, I think it\u2019s more that he\u2019s the male Sandi Toksvig! You have to be yourself.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t spend your time worrying about the shadows of previous people, however brilliant they were.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou just have to decide that the show is going to be yours and that you are going to do it your way. I certainly wouldn\u2019t want to be a Mini-Me of any of the people whose footsteps I\u2019ve followed in.\u201d<\/p>\n

On working on QI, she added: \u201cHonestly, this is the most fun I\u2019ve had at work in 35 years. I\u2019ve loved it. I was a little nervous but I know the show so well\u2026 Within five minutes I felt like I\u2019d come home.\u201d<\/p>\n

The full interview is in Good Housekeeping, on sale now.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sandi Toksvig has admitted it was her dramatic weight loss that gave her the confidence to move from radio to television. Sandi, who lost four stone following Louise Parker\u2019s eating programme to drop from a size 22, said she might have stayed on the radio if she hadn\u2019t shed the pounds. She told Good Housekeeping: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8913,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8912"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}