‘This has turned my life around’: Home and Away star Lincoln Lewis loses 12kg in three months… after he spiralled into depression when he was unknowingly involved in a catfish scam that led to a woman’s suicide

By Joshua Fox For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 01:37 BST, 2 September 2019 | Updated: 02:08 BST, 2 September 2019

Former Home and Away star Lincoln Lewis has lost 12kg in just three months.

On Monday, the 31-year-old showcased his incredible transformation in Australian Men’s Health’s October issue, after turning to personal trainer Jono Castano.

‘I feel this experience has completely turned my life around,’ he told the publication, after spiraling into bad eating habits while fighting depression. 

What a transformation! Home and Away star Lincoln Lewis has showcased his ripped physique in the Australian Men's Health October issue after losing 12kg in just three months. Pictured: Lincoln in May

What a transformation! Home and Away star Lincoln Lewis has showcased his ripped physique in the Australian Men's Health October issue after losing 12kg in just three months. Pictured: Lincoln now

What a transformation! Home and Away star Lincoln Lewis has showcased his ripped physique in the Australian Men's Health October issue after losing 12kg in just three months. Pictured: Lincoln now

What a transformation! Home and Away star Lincoln Lewis has showcased his ripped physique in the Australian Men’s Health October issue after losing 12kg in just three months

In the pictures, the actor looked completely unrecognisable from earlier this year, after losing the weight and dropping from 88kg to 75.5kg.

His bloated body and face are now long gone, with him flaunting his bulging biceps, ripped physique and chiseled jawline in the new photo shoot.

Explaining how he did it, Lincoln revealed he ‘savagely’ cut his intake of carbs and pushed himself to new extremes while training several times a week. 

‘The rest periods were so short I nearly spewed about six times,’ he said of Sydney-based personal trainer Jono’s successful regime. 

Before: In the pictures, the actor looked completely unrecognisable from earlier this year, after losing the weight and dropping from 88kg to 75.5kg. Pictured several months ago

Before: In the pictures, the actor looked completely unrecognisable from earlier this year, after losing the weight and dropping from 88kg to 75.5kg. Pictured several months ago

Before: In the pictures, the actor looked completely unrecognisable from earlier this year, after losing the weight and dropping from 88kg to 75.5kg. Pictured several months ago

After: His bloated body and face are now long gone, with him flaunting his bulging biceps, ripped physique and chiseled jawline in the new photoshoot

After: His bloated body and face are now long gone, with him flaunting his bulging biceps, ripped physique and chiseled jawline in the new photoshoot

After: His bloated body and face are now long gone, with him flaunting his bulging biceps, ripped physique and chiseled jawline in the new photoshoot

HOW LINCOLN LOST 12KG 

-Swapped sugary junk food for a consistent healthy diet

-‘Savagely’ cut out carbs from his diet

-Exercised six days a week  

-Lifted weights with trainer Jono Castano ‘almost every day’ for 12 weeks

-Burned an extra 500 calories a day in a cardio session of his choice at home

Lincoln found himself spiraling into bad eating habits and exercising less after unknowingly becoming involved a high-profile catfish case earlier this year.

Melbourne woman Lydia Abdelmalek, 29, stalked seven people for four years using fake profiles of the actor – and has since been found guilty of six counts of stalking.

‘For the first time in my life I was saying to those closest to me that I felt like I was going through depression. Or to put it another way, I felt broken,’ said Lincoln. 

'I feel this experience has completely turned my life around,' he told the publication, after spiraling into bad eating habits while fighting depression

'I feel this experience has completely turned my life around,' he told the publication, after spiraling into bad eating habits while fighting depression

‘I feel this experience has completely turned my life around,’ he told the publication, after spiraling into bad eating habits while fighting depression

Big changes! Explaining how he did it, Lincoln revealed he 'savagely' cut his intake of carbs and pushed himself to new extremes while training with Sydney PT Jono Castano (left)

Big changes! Explaining how he did it, Lincoln revealed he 'savagely' cut his intake of carbs and pushed himself to new extremes while training with Sydney PT Jono Castano (left)

Big changes! Explaining how he did it, Lincoln revealed he ‘savagely’ cut his intake of carbs and pushed himself to new extremes while training with Sydney PT Jono Castano (left)

He added: ‘You’re feeling lethargic and looking for that next sugar rush or the next thing just to perk you up for the next hour.’ 

Thanks to his new diet and workout regimen, the actor says he feels a sense of mental clarity and is able to perform better in auditions. 

Lincoln played Geoff Campbell, a student missionary, in 567 episodes of Logie Award winning series Home And Away between 2007 and 2010.

'The rest periods were so short I nearly spewed about six times,' he said of Sydney-based celebrity trainer Jono's successful regime

'The rest periods were so short I nearly spewed about six times,' he said of Sydney-based celebrity trainer Jono's successful regime

‘The rest periods were so short I nearly spewed about six times,’ he said of Sydney-based celebrity trainer Jono’s successful regime

Out now: You can read more about Lincoln's transformation in Men's Health

Out now: You can read more about Lincoln's transformation in Men's Health

Out now: You can read more about Lincoln’s transformation in Men’s Health 

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