Fern Britton, 67, finally reveals the two life-changing things she did to lose five stone amid Ozempic rumours

Daily Mail​

10-06-2025

Fern Britton has finally revealed the two life-changing things she has done to lose five stone in weight.
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.
Fern, who insists she has lost weight 'naturally' and without any Ozempic, said all she has done is cut-out sugar from her diet and do 6am gym classes as well as couch to 5K.
She told Woman&Home magazine: 'People often wonder when you've lost lots of weight whether you've done it naturally.
'And I can look at you and say, "Yes, I have"'.
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Fern Britton, 67, has finally revealed the two life-changing things she has done to lose five stone in weight
Fern reflected on the powerful moment she decided to take back control of her health.
She added: '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 per cent of the sugar out of my life and started to think about what I was eating, which I had never done before.'
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, took the star two years to write – twice longer than normal.
Fern has long enjoyed storytelling, releasing her first novel New Beginnings 2011, two years after leaving This Morning.
But since Covid she has been prolific in her writing, penning Daughters Of Cornwall in 2020 and The Good Servant two years later, with the hotly-anticipated A Cornish Legacy set for release in June.
Fern, who insists she has lost weight 'naturally' and without any Ozempic, said all she has done is cut-out sugar from her diet and do 6am gym classes as well as couch to 5K
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.
She recently admitted that while she does get 'lonely', she is still not looking for love five years on from her split.
The couple's 20-year marriage came to an end in 2020 following the deaths of Fern's parents, which reportedly caused the pair to realise that they had to 'follow their own paths'.
She told Woman & Home: 'I'm not looking for love - I'm still a bit too wary of losing my liberty.
'There's nobody to run something past but, on the other hand, I think back to running things past people and it never really worked out, so why don't I just make my own decision? Then I'm the only person who can go, 'I f***ed up there.'
Fern's move into authoring came shortly after her departure from This Morning where she became a household name alongside Philip Schofield from 1999 to 2009, when she was replaced by Holly Willoughby.
It was also reported she was being paid £250,000 a year less than Phil and that he was earning three times her salary when they were fronting Mr and Mrs together from 2008 to 2010.