STUART BINGHAM has claimed he’s been forced to buy a new wardrobe after losing three and a half stone from weekly fat-loss injections.
The snooker star, 49, has been using the Mounjaro jab to help ward off his knee and hip injuries.
Ball Run has gone down to a 34-inch waist size after taking the prescription medication drugs that essentially suppress appetite for food.
Fans will have noticed Bingham cutting a much leaner figure in snooker halls in recent months.
And the 2015 world champion said the changes have had such an impact that he’s had to buy a host of new clothes after slimming down.
Bingham told the Daily Express: “A few friends said I had to try [the jab]. I looked into it and thought I’d give it a go.
“I had a bad knee, a bad hip. At my age, I can’t get back in the gym and put the time in.
“The first month, I lost a stone. In my skin, I don’t feel any different. It’s my clothes where I’ve noticed the difference. I’ve had to buy a new wardrobe!
“People who I haven’t seen for a while have said, ‘Wow, you’ve lost a lot of weight.’ It’s good for my confidence.
“That’s three and a half stone I’ve lost. I’m still not finished, I’d still like to lose another half stone or stone. My knee and hip trouble has gone.”
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“I recently came back from China and Thailand. The ski tube that carried my golf clubs, cue and pool cue weighed 20 kilos. I thought to myself, ‘Wow, I’ve lost that much weight!’
“It [the jab] suppresses your appetite. Sometimes, you forget to eat. Instead of eating and picking at stuff for most of the day, I’m eating twice a day and that’s it. I feel much better for it.”
It comes amid a time of change for Bingham away from the table after also having eye surgery in a bid to prolong his career.
He told SunSport in August: “It’s getting to a point where I have tried everything else and I have noticed the last 3-4 months, my eyes are getting worse. It might be down to a lack of confidence.
“Hopefully I will roll the dice and it will come good for me.”
Bingham recently suffered an agonising 6-5 defeat to Scott Donaldson in the final round of qualifying for the UK Championship.
He had been 5-0 up against Donaldson and only needed one more frame to win, before his rival stormed back and took six frames.
It proved to be an emotional win for Donaldson following the loss of his father Hector and he was left speechless at how he managed his incredible comeback victory.
Donaldson said: “It was my dad. There is no way I could win that match normally.
“I can’t believe it, I’m struggling for words. There’s no way I have done that, I couldn’t play. The run of the ball I had in the last three frames, it was incredible. Stuart must be sick, he had chances.
“At the very end when I potted match ball, I thought, ‘What is going on here?’ This game is stupid, you can go from feeling nothing, then at the end felt I could pot anything on the table.”
