This is a story for the new K4 V2 Can you run up the stairs?
Yes. Since I cancelled my gym membership at the start of the pandemic, my partner Steve and I have kept fit by off-road cycling. I also use some weights and a bench.
Ever dieted?
I’ve always watched what I ate because I can’t bear the thought of going on stage as this former heart-throb who has turned into a fat, bald bloke. I’m 9 st and 5 ft 7 in tall.
Get your five a day?
I probably get about three helpings of fruit and veg. I’ve been diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome. So I’m now on the low-FODMAPs diet, which means avoiding foods such as onions and garlic and certain fruit.
How has the pandemic affected you?
I didn’t get Covid. I’ve been incredibly careful. My 82-year-old mum came to live with us as I didn’t want her to be alone. All my gigs got cancelled so I threw myself into creativity. I’m planning my first album in 25 years.
Any vices?
Fruit machines. I played as a child and still play once or twice a week.
Any family ailments?
My mother, sister and I all have an underactive thyroid so we take a medication called levothyroxine.
Worst injury?
When I was about ten I fell out of a tree and dislocated my left arm in seven places.
Had anything removed?
Not yet, but I’m having a basal skin carcinoma [a type of cancer] removed from my forehead.
EVER haD plastic surgery?
FOR a musician as famous for his hair as his music I was worried I was going to end up with a comb-over so a couple of years ago I had a hair transplant which I was delighted with.
Cope well with pain?
I’m a total wimp.
Ever been depressed?
I had my heart broken a couple of times when I was very young, but otherwise no.
Hangover cure?
I started cutting back on alcohol at about 45 when I noticed that the hangovers were taking so long to get over, so I don’t need a cure now.
What keeps you awake at night?
Getting up to go to the loo.
Any phobias?
I’m claustrophobic, so I avoid lifts and the London Underground.
Like to live for ever?
It does seem a bit of a waste to gather all this knowledge then leave so soon.
* Limahl’s single One Wish For Christmas is out now. Follow him on Instagram @limahl_official.
Singer Limahl, 62, takes our health qu
