Fern Britton, 67, displays her incredible weight loss transformation in a stylish denim co-ord as she steps out in Cornwall - after losing five stone
Fern Britton displayed her incredible five stone weight loss transformation in a stylish denim co-ord as she stepped out in Cornwall on Thursday.
The TV presenter, 67, has long been open about her weight struggles, having fluctuated between a size 22 and a size 12 over the years.
And Fern, who lives in Cornwall, stepped out looking incredibly confident as she grabbed her morning paper and a sandwich.
The beloved star put on a very stylish display in an oversized denim attire, teamed with a casual white T-shirt and trainers.
Ferne appeared radiant and glowing as she headed out to run some errands with a minimalistic makeup look.
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Fern Britton, 67, displayed her incredible five stone weight loss transformation in a stylish denim co-ord as she stepped out in Cornwall on Thursday
She recently revealed the turning point behind her dramatic weight loss in an interview with Woman&Home magazine.
Fern reflected on the powerful moment she decided to take back control of her health.
She told the publication: 'People often wonder when you lose lots of weight whether you've done it naturally. And I can look at you and say, 'Yes, I have.'
'I had my shoulder replacement 18 months ago, and two-and-a-half years ago, when I saw the surgeon, he said, 'I'm going to totally replace your shoulder, I'll see you in a year.' I thought, 'I need to get my life back on track.
'I need to stop smoking, stop drinking, get eating under control and stop lying in bed feeling sorry for myself. So I started the Couch to 5k, took about 80% of the sugar out of my life and started to think about what I was eating, which I had never done before.'
Fern has twin sons Harry and Jack, 31, and daughter Grace, 27, from her first marriage, to Clive Jones, and daughter Winnie, 23, with Phil Vickery.
Fern has kept her private life out of the spotlight since calling it a off with TV chef, Phil, 63, in 2020, after 20 years.
As for her latest project, Fern has another novel coming out, which centres on Wilderhoo - a fictional 1,000-year-old Cornish house that has gone to rack and ruin.
Five years ago, the presenter moved permanently into her Cornish holiday home before renovating it 'bit by bit'.
A Cornish Legacy, which is Fern's 11th novel and comes out on June 5, took the star two years to write – twice longer than normal.
'I'm used to producing one a year at least, so I'm sorry for the delay but I was a bit busy,' she told the publication.
Last year, the beauty took part in Celebrity Big Brother and finished in fifth place.
However, TV is no longer a top professional priority. She bid farewell to This Morning, which she co-hosted for 10 years alongside John Leslie and, later, Phillip Schofield, before quitting in 2009.
She said: 'My forefront is now being a writer and it's taken me a long time to accept that. Gosh, yes, I can say I'm an author now!'
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