TV personality Jane McDonald is dominating our screens at the moment, having presented the British Soap Awards this month and announcing she is joining the cast of Celebrity Gogglebox.
She is also currently second favourite to replace Phillip Schofield as permanent host of ITV's This Morning, with Joel Dommett ahead of her.
The 60-year-old, who rocketed to fame from her role on BBC One’s docusoap The Cruise, has lost a lot of weight in recent years.
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Jane has previously said working in the cruise industry can be gruelling and led to her gaining weight. Back in 2016, she took part on ITV’s Sugar Free Farm, which saw herself and other contestants following a no sugar diet in order to improve their overall health.
Within the first two weeks, Jane lost an impressive 9lbs, but the weight kept falling off after she completed the show too. At the end of the programme, Jane had lost a stone and a half, and by 2017, she had lost four stone, the Express reports.
However, speaking to PA in 2019, Jane confessed that she puts weight on easily when she goes on cruise ships. She explained: “That is the first cruise I’ve put about eight pounds on. I ate my own body weight on that cruise.
“I don’t want to be on a diet on a cruise because I want people to see what they can have.”
When she is at home, though, Jane follows a healthy eating plan with no “white carbs, like white flour or white pasta”, and she doesn’t “eat crisps”. She choose to "start the day with a green smoothie every other morning".
Jane continued: "I blend up a mixture of raw greens, flax seeds, chia seeds, spinach, kale, mint and a banana. It really is lovely." And the only type of bread she eats contains no yeast.
She added: "The only bread I eat is one that I’ve got a recipe for from a nutritionist. It’s got no yeast in it and it’s made with lots of pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, wholemeal flour, oats and yogurt of all things.
“It’s literally 20 minutes and it’s made – ready to put in the oven. I don’t eat a lot of it but when I’m really craving a bit of starch I just get some out of the freezer and stick it in the toaster and it’s done.”
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