Fern Britton reveals how she lost five stone after end of 20-year marriage and ‘lying in bed feeling sorry for herself'
The former presenter said she needed to get her life 'back on track'
wake up call Fern Britton reveals how she lost five stone after end of 20-year marriage and 'lying in bed feeling sorry for herself'
FERN Britton says she chose to lose five stone over lying in bed "feeling sorry for herself".
The ex This Morning presenter, 67, has been on a health kick for 18-months after realising: "I need to get my life back on track."
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Fern Britton revealed her striking new look after losing five stone
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The 67-year-old pictured after Celebrity Big Brother in March 2024
Credit: Rex
She told how she quit booze and smoking and cut 80 per cent of sugar out her diet to lose the weight naturally.
Celebrity Big Brother star Fern told Woman&Home magazine: "I'm just two years off 70 so it's very real. I can't believe it, actually!
"At times, I get more tired than I used to or when I'm working in the garden, I think, 'That's heavy'."
She said of her twin sons Harry and Jack, 31, and daughter Grace, 27, from her first marriage, to Clive Jones, and daughter Winnie, 23, with Phil Vickery: "I don't want them to feel guilty about not seeing me or worried about me if I'm not well.
"It's important that I show them I'm living my own life well."
Fern says a shoulder replacement kick-started her need to get her eating under control.
She started the Couch to 5K and has today been showing off her new look, five stone down.
It comes after the end of her 20-year marriage to TV chef Phil.
"I told myself, 'I need to stop smoking, stop drinking, get eating under control and stop lying in bed feeling sorry for myself'", Fern added.
She admits she's "feeling pretty good", but "it would be foolish to say I feel spot on 100 per cent of the time" since the split.
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