Celeb SAS star says 'it was nuts' after losing jaw-dropping 20lbs in just one week
Adam Collard shed 20 pounds in just one week during his gruelling stint on Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins.
The 29-year-old Love Island heartthrob and personal trainer now wishes he'd packed on extra weight before committing to the demanding Channel 4 programme.
The fitness enthusiast credits exercise with revolutionising his life after battling body image issues and low confidence during his younger years, but the severe food restrictions throughout the SAS selection process proved overwhelming.
Fellow contestants Tasha Ghouri, Chloe Burrows, Hannah Spearritt and Louie Spence all abandoned the show in its early stages, with Adam confessing that everyone experienced moments of wanting to quit.
He revealed: "There was a few times where I think it crossed everyones mind.", reports the Daily Star.
"I'll be honest interrogation is brutal and you'll see that one of the biggest driving factors for me was the hunger.
"Me and Conor [Benn, professional boxer] were losing so much weight.
"I was having six sugars in a cup of coffee and I was like 'I can't have this little food for any longer'.
"I lost 20lbs in a week. It was nuts but I couldn't cope with how hungry I was towards the end. I went in on the back of doing a lot of fitness as well so I wasn't exactly heavy and in hindsight".
"I probably should have deliberately put an extra bit of timber on. I think physically everyone knew I'd be okay but it was the mental side I wanted to try and overcome."
Adam disclosed that he was in a " weird place" before committing to the show but remains grateful for his decision to participate. He confessed: "I was in a really weird place going into the show with my mental health and I think one of my coping mechanisms is trying to throw myself into something.
"The gym has always been my outlet and it kind of wasn't working and I think I was very emotional going in.
"There were things that happened leading up to going into the show and I was in two minds before going in because I wasn't my strongest going in but SAS has always been the one I wanted to do even more so than Love Island."
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