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Alison Hammond fears she's 'wasted years' with son as she addresses 11st weight loss Alison Hammond has given some more details about her weight loss journey and how she cut out one thing to help her fit into a go-kart to go racing with her son Trendswatch Reporter Alison Hammond has lifted the lid on her huge weight loss, revealing a recent outing with her son showed just how far she had come. The Great British Bake Off host and This Morning host has inspired thousands with her weight loss journey, after losing around 11 stone (69.8kg). ‌ She says part of the process has been a change in her mindset, away from focusing on the raw numbers and turning pictures of progress into more relatable things such as clothing becoming easier to get into. ‌ These were things she addressed in an interview with her health coach Ellis Gatfield on his YouTube channel where he spoke about helping women as they made their way through the perimenopause. ‌ Alison has paid tribute to Ellis publicly on social media, writing in an Instagram post earlier this year: “Massive thank you to the incredible @ellisgatfield who started my whole fitness journey… You made my life so much easier by simple changes and kindness.” Speaking to Ellis about how she changed her mindset to celebrate small wins, Alison said: “Because I was quite a big girl, it was the fact that it took so long to even see a difference. ‌ “So, then you said, ‘Ok, but what’s the difference? How do you feel going up the stairs?’ It was like seeing those things that wasn’t to do with weight, seeing how I was progressing in that sense which was really really good. Seeing my trousers get a bit looser. “That for me was so much better than just weighing myself because weighing myself, it didn’t actually make me feel good.” One example of how far Alison had come was her ability to now fit into a go-kart. ‌ However, thanks to her weight loss she can now join her 21-year-old son Aidan, whom she had with her ex, Noureddine Boufaied, recounting how happy he was when she reached the milestone after years of trying. She said: “When Aidan was young he loved go karting. I could never get into the suits to go go-karting, would never go into the karts. Anyway, recently, we both went go-karting. ‌ “It was amazing [Aidan] lit up. I’ve never seen anyone so happy that I was getting in the car and driving against him and we were racing each other. “Once I did that with him I thought, ‘Look at all the years I’ve kind of wasted when he was younger and he really wanted his mum to come and drive with him'.” This isn’t the only personal story Alison has mentioned around her weight loss journey. Recently, she also appeared on ITV and discussed how a comment from her mother motived her. Article continues below Talking about the moment with her co-host Dermot O’Leary and guest Janet Street-Porter, she said: “I'll never forget when my mum was really ill in hospital. “She looked at me – she's never commented on my weight my whole life – she said ‘Alison, don't end up like me; try and sort out your weight.’”