Lorraine Kelly is making some changes to her life in order to get her 'sparkle' back after gaining weight in lockdown.
Since the coronavirus pandemic began, the Scottish TV host has gone up two dress sizes, going from a size 10 to a 14, and is desperate to get back to her former self.
The 62-year-old has signed up to be an ambassador for WW ( Weight Watchers ), to try to lose around a stone, but is more concerned with how she feels than what she weighs and will not be stepping on the scales.
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Speaking to The Mirror, she said: "At the moment if I was invited to a red carpet event, I just wouldn’t have the confidence to go, not even if George Clooney was waiting for me naked and with a rose between his teeth."
She added: "Slowly, the weight piles on – it’s not overnight. I noticed because I was going to work, and I couldn’t fit into my clothes."
Lorraine blames comfort eating for her weight gain and said she had a nightly plate of chocolate.
She said: "It went from a tiny square to a whole bar."
In November, ahead of the ITV Palooza, she tried on one of her glamorous size 10 red satin gowns, in which she shone at the NTAs in 2016.
She was horrified when it no longer fit, as she said: “I couldn’t get it over my hips.”
Instead, she opted for a size 14 black dress and said: “I looked ok, but I didn’t feel ok. I didn’t feel my best.”
Lorraine knew that she needed to make changes. She said: “I know that I’ve really got a little bit of work to do – and I need help.
“I don’t feel like myself anymore.
“I knew that if I didn’t do something I’d be a 16, and then I’d be an 18.
"There is nothing wrong with being a size 14, but my body is supposed to be a 10.
"On Lorraine, we have models who are size 14, 16, 18, and they are perfectly proportioned, they’re perfectly healthy.
“I’ve got friends that are teeny tiny, and that’s great, that’s where they’re supposed to be. But I’m supposed to be a 10. If was an 8, I wouldn’t look good.
“But I was a 14 and just not feeling healthy. It’s about how you feel, and what’s good for you.”
Lorraine airs on ITV weekdays at 9am
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