Denise Welch, 60, reveals special diet and cognitive behavioural therapy helped to curb her sugar cravings and shed over two stone
Denise Welch has revealed the secret to her jaw-dropping two stone weight loss which helped her beat her ‘unhealthy’ sugar addiction.
The TV star, 60, revealed that she began binging on sugary foods when she quit drinking for good in 2012, after she and husband Lincoln Townley gave up booze for good in a bid to save their marriage.
She told Broccoli and Brains magazine: ‘Until I gave up drinking, I never really had a weight problem. I’d certainly never had a sweet tooth.
Transformation: Denise Welch has revealed the secret to her jaw-dropping two stone weight loss which helped her beat her ‘unhealthy’ sugar addiction
‘But once I stopped drinking, I started getting massive sugar cravings and the weight started going on.’
However, Denise was motivated to join the LighterLife diet plan as their Celebrity Ambassador and lost almost two-and-a-half stone in just nine weeks.
She followed the diet plan which includes shakes, daily food packs and cognitive behavioural therapy to try and curb her craving for sugar.
Denise recently showed off the fruits of her labour by sharing a snap of herself in a fuchsia bikini.
Weight loss: The TV star, 60, revealed that she began binging on sugary foods when she quit drinking for good in 2012 after giving up booze
She wrote: ‘Celebrating 6 yrs with @lighterlife. Changed my relationship with food for ever. I still love fish and chips and pies but I make informed decisions when to have them!!
‘When I gave up drinking I turned to food and quickly realised this could become a problem as I was eating like I’d been drinking.
‘CBT and the groups taught me to stop my crooked thinking. I lost 2 stone in 2 months and have maintained ever since.”And it means that you will have to endure more pictures of me in bathing costumes til I’m 97!!’
She said: ‘Once I stopped drinking, I started getting massive sugar cravings and the weight started going on’
Denise got married to second husband Tim in 1988, but the Loose Women panellist went public with their separation on the show in February 2012.
At the time, the TV personality broke down in tears on the lunchtime stalwart as she confessed her 23 year marriage to the actor was over, and it had been for ‘some time.’ The former flames raise their two children The 1975 frontman Matt, 28, and Louis, 16, together.
Denise started dating her current husband Lincoln in 2011 – but only went public with their relationship in 2012 and married in 2013. She was was previously married to David Easter from 1985 to 1988.
Relationship: Denise started dating her current husband Lincoln Townley in 2011 – but only went public with their relationship in 2012 and married in 2013