The Chase fans praise Mark Labbett for his impressive weight loss as he joins co-star Shaun Wallace for a sweet snap back at the studio

Mark Labbett showed off his impressive weight loss as he joined his co-star Shaun Wallace for a sweet snap at The Chase studios on Thursday.

The Chase star, 58, also named as The Beast on the show, has dropped an impressive 10 stone in weight in a year.

Captioning his post, Shaun penned: ‘If you think I’m big…this guys a beast!!

‘Have a beautiful day but be careful if you are out in storm Babet! I’m back in the studio today…just another day at the office.’

Fans gushed to the comments to praise Mark’s staggering weight loss, with one writing: ‘Gosh he looks half the size he was!’

Pals: Mark Labbett, 58, showed off his impressive weight loss as he joined his co-star Shaun Wallace for a sweet snap at The Chase studios on Thursday

Incredible: The Chase star, also named as The Beast on the show, has dropped an impressive 10 stone in weight in a year

Incredible: The Chase star, also named as The Beast on the show, has dropped an impressive 10 stone in weight in a year

Others wrote: ‘Handsome’.

‘Life saving weight loss by Labbett’. 

It comes after Mark and Hayley Palmer looked smitten as they enjoyed a wholesome day out together.

Mark, who is known as ‘The Beast’ on the ITV show, looked slim in a black ensemble after dropping from a 5xl to a 2xl shirt size in the last year.

In August, Mark revealed the real way he has managed to lose weight on Loose Women and once again denied that he had a gastric band fitted.

He said: ‘I think one of the pluses of having what may or may not have been Covid a few times is that I just lost my appetite.

‘My appetite is nothing like it once was. Get one of your doctors to check me for a gastric band scar. They won’t find it!’

The star previously revealed to The Sun that while he was tempted to go under the knife he instead decided to get fit and healthy the old fashioned way.

Support: Fans gushed to the comments to praise Mark's staggering weight loss, with one writing: 'Gosh he looks half the size he was!'

Support: Fans gushed to the comments to praise Mark’s staggering weight loss, with one writing: ‘Gosh he looks half the size he was!’

Looking good! Mark proudly displayed his slimmed-down figure on Thursday after his impressive 10st weight loss last week, as he left Elstree Studios after filming for The Chase

Impressive: The quiz champion, looked slimmer than ever after he shed a staggering 10 stone over the last few years (pictured in 2017)

Looking good! Mark proudly displayed his slimmed-down figure on Thursday after his impressive 10st weight loss last week, as he left Elstree Studios after filming for The Chase

Motivated: The star previously revealed that while he was tempted to go under the knife he instead decided to get fit and healthy the old fashioned way

Motivated: The star previously revealed that while he was tempted to go under the knife he instead decided to get fit and healthy the old fashioned way 

He said: ‘I’m not really trying to diet, I’m just being sensible, people say you’ve had the gastric sleeve or band, and I haven’t.

‘I was tempted by the gastric band but a good friend of mine who’s a GP, said my problem is sugar, I have a sweet tooth.

‘A gastric band is useless for me because sugar metabolises quite quickly, so I’ve done it the old fashion way by eating a bit less and I’ve tried to go to the gym.

A gastric band is a band that’s placed around the stomach, creating a small pouch towards the top which takes less food to fill.

Happy couple: Mark and his girlfriend, Hayley also opened up on their relationship, after they met at last year's National Television Awards

Happy couple: Mark and his girlfriend, Hayley also opened up on their relationship, after they met at last year’s National Television Awards 

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