Sharon Osbourne regrets having weight loss surgery and says she felt like a cheat

The former X Factor judge underwent gastric bypass procedure in 1999 after spending years battling with her weight, but she admits she felt like a "cheat" because she wasnt losing the pounds healthily

The 61-year-old television host underwent a gastric bypass procedure in 1999 after spending years battling with her weight, but she admits she felt like a "cheat" because she wasnt losing the pounds healthily.

Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, she said: "I felt like such a cheat when I had that band on my stomach. It makes you vomit the whole time. Nothing goes down because it goes out."

The former X Factor UK judge - who is married to Ozzy Osbourne and has children Aimee, Kelly and Jack - now controls her weight by sticking to the low-carbohydrate Atkins diet, but she admits she still has "cheat" days.

She explained: "Id be fibbing if I said I dont cheat because I do cheat. I cheat a lot on my diet. We all do, but I dont guilt myself 

out because the next day Ill start with my Atkins breakfast sandwich and Im right back on it."           

family is all that really matters, and that love is the only true thing that lasts forever."

Meanwhile, Kelly, 29, recently admitted that Sharon, who underwent surgery for colon cancer in 2002 and had a double mastectomy in 2012, is her biggest inspiration.

She said previously: "She taught me to be a fighter, that a smile can be the best medicine, to live every day as if its your last, that 

By Jess Wilson

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