He recently embarked on a health journey and has already lost an impressive five stone following a rehab stint for his cocaine addiction.
And James ‘Arg’ Argent showed off his weight loss as he went roller skating near his home in Essex on Thursday.
The former TOWIE star, 32, seemed to be in good spirits as he got in some daily exercise during lockdown amid the coronavirus crisis.
Getting fit: James Argent showed off his five-stone weight loss as he kept up his fitness by going roller skating near his home in Essex on Monday
Arg put on a casual display for the occasion as he paired a black hoodie with matching Adidas shorts.
Keeping to a monochrome colour palette, the reality star completed his look by wearing white socks and black roller skates.
Arg appeared to be learning how to skate as he tentatively took to the street in the pair of quad roller skates, and righted himself when he almost fell over.
Entertaining: The former TOWIE star, 32, seemed to be in good spirits as he got in some daily exercise during lockdown amid the coronavirus crisis
Ambition: Arg has vowed to get healthier following rehab stint for cocaine addiction
Comfy: Arg put on a casual display for the occasion as he paired a black hoodie with matching Adidas shorts
Great save: Arg appeared to be learning how to skate as he tentatively took to the street in the pair of quad roller skates, and righted himself when he almost fell over
Arg recently admitted he is a cocaine addict and overdosed twice last year before hitting rock bottom over Christmas and calling his friend and former co-star Mark Wright for help.
He then checked himself into a 10-week bootcamp at The River rehab facility in Thailand where he kicked his habit and lost five stone in the process.
However, he still intends to lose another three stone and is already feeling ‘so much better in myself’.
The reality star now weighs roughly 18-and-a-half stone and blames his heaviness on his binge-eating disorder.
Struggle: Arg recently admitted he is a cocaine addict and overdosed twice last year before hitting rock bottom over Christmas and calling his friend Mark Wright for help
Getting help: Arg then checked himself into a 10-week bootcamp at The River rehab facility in Thailand where he kicked his habit and lost five stone in the process
Aim: However, he still intends to lose another three stone and is already feeling ‘so much better in myself’
He has previously spoken about the ‘vicious cycles’ of binge-eating and doing cocaine.
Speaking to The Sun, Arg, admitted he suffered two near-fatal overdoses at his home last year, and his girlfriend Gemma Collins called emergency services after his family feared he was dead.
Speaking about his first overdose in October which triggered paranoia and psychosis, Arg said: ‘I locked myself in my house and took drugs for three days straight on my own in the pitch black.’
Adding that he regularly spent £500 a week on his cocaine habit, Arg said of his first overdose: ‘I was at rock bottom. My heart was beating out of my chest, my nose was bleeding, I was shaking and my breathing was terrible.
Candid: The reality star now weighs roughly 18-and-a-half stone and blames his heaviness on his binge-eating disorder
Incident: Speaking about his first overdose in October which triggered paranoia and psychosis, Arg said: ‘I locked myself in my house and took drugs for three days straight’
Doing her part: It was Arg’s girlfriend Gemma Collins who called the emergency services, after tests it was agreed Arg did not need to go to hospital but two months later he overdosed again
‘My family were banging on the door screaming, ‘Open up’ but I wasn’t answering the door to anyone. They feared I’d overdosed and was dead in the house.’
It was Gemma who called the emergency services who forced the door. After tests it was agreed Arg did not need to go to hospital and could stay with his parents, but just two months later he overdosed again on the night before his 32nd birthday, as he admitted ‘my addiction was so bad I couldn’t stop myself.’
The second time he was hospitalised over fears for his heart, with Arg revealing that his worried friends took his phone away while he was in hospital in case he called his dealers.
Cut off: The second time he was hospitalised over fears for his heart, with Arg revealing that his worried friends took his phone away while he was in hospital in case he called his dealers
Time to change: It was after he found himself alone on Christmas Day 2019 and using cocaine that he decided things had to change, calling Mark for help
It was after he found himself alone on Christmas Day 2019 and using cocaine that he decided things had to change, calling Mark Wright for help.
Mark got his friend in touch with the owners of a Thailand boot camp, with Arg travelling there on New Year’s Eve, staying for ten weeks.
He now attends an out patient facility near his Essex home regularly.
Arg also explained during the interview that he first dabbled in drugs when he first shot to fame with Mark in TOWIE, but his loved ones only found out he had a problem when he was declared missing in 2014, after failing to turn up for a flight to Majorca for a paid appearance.
Lean on me: Mark got his friend in touch with the owners of a Thailand boot camp, with Arg travelling there on New Year’s Eve, staying for ten weeks
‘Miss you’: Last month, Arg took to Instagram to lament how much he was missing self-proclaimed diva Gemma with a romantic throwback snap of the pair in Paris