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Former AFL excitement machine Dale Thomas admits he was 'eating his feelings' during the Covid pandemic and had to seek out radical treatment to arrest rapid weight gain in his post-retirement life.
The 35-year-old retired in 2019 after 258 AFL games with Carlton and Collingwood - colliding with the peak of the Covid pandemic and associated lockdowns.
The sudden halt of professional training and the enforced lethargy of Covid lockdowns meant Thomas piled on 13kg - and his mates let him know all about it.
'Yes, I was happy to be the butt of a few jokes but it does take a toll on you eventually,' he told Channel Seven.
'It didn't matter how hard I was working, it just wasn't seeming to fall off.'
Thomas celebrates his partner Natasha Bongiorno's birthday with a feed from McDonald's. He struggled with weight gain during the pandemic
The combination of retiring from the AFL and heading into Covid lockdowns meant the former Collingwood and Carlton
