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27 April 2020, 21:00 | Updated: 27 April 2020, 21:01

Chaser Mark showed off his dramatic weight loss last year - here's how he managed to shed the pounds.

Mark Labbett lost a whopping two-and-a-half stone last year through a combination of diet and exercise.

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The Chase star, 54, who stands at an impressive 6ft'6ins high, was photographed looking noticeably slimmer at a pub quiz in October 2019.

Mark revealed that he had lost two-and-a-half-stone from his original 378lbs weight.

Previously opening up about his weight loss, Mark wrote on social media: "#thechase lost four inches off my chest and six inches off my belly in last six months. So they have bought me a new suit for the show. First target achieved (sic)".

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He also mentioned Lisa Riley - who famously lost around 11 stone - saying: "@Reallisariley I am not at your level yet but in last six months dropped 2.5 stones, four inches off chest and six inches off stomach (sic)".

Lisa congratulated Mark on his weight loss, saying: "Mark that's FANTATSIC...and now you keep strong and keep going. With ZERO pressure doing it at your own pace, this is for YOU and nobody else CHAMPION, I'm crazy proud of you @MarkLabbett (sic)".

Mark is said to have lost weight through a combination of diet and exercise.

Opening up about his decision to lose weight on Loose Women, he said: It was the diabetes. My colleague Paul Sinha also got the diagnosis and he rapidly lost two stone and he went from being diabetic to pre or non-diabetic.

He added: "Im waiting for my next check up and Im hoping the figures are going to be better.

"Im still eating very well I'm just cutting out sugar because of the Type 2 diabetes."

He appeared on TV show Sugar Free Farm, and revealed that he'd turned down the chance to appear on I'm A Celebrity because of the lack of food on the show.

Mark said: "I've been asked to do the jungle but the base calorie intake is about 700. Look at me! If I survived a week I'd drop three stone and cannibalism would be on the cards.

"On Sugar Free Farm the weight fell off me because I couldn't eat enough. Does 'The Chase' need me big? Put it this way, whenever I start losing weight because I'm doing a fitness kick of whatever, the producers go past me and hand me a second portion of pudding."

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When lockdown came into place I realised I had two choices: either I could use this as a fresh start away from my boozy social life, or I could sit around and gain weight even faster than I was before.

On my wedding day I was 10 and a half stone. But since my second pregnancy it steadily crept up until I was 14 stone and 8 lbs. That extra four stone had taken my BMI from the middle of the healthy category and into obese, and I was out of puff running around after my two sons.

The weight had come on through my hectic social life. Every Friday and Saturday Id drink with friends, as well as a couple of days during the week. The next day I would feel a bit worse for wear and would eat whatever I felt like.

With my diary wiped clear by lockdown, I thought that this would be the perfect time to lose weight. I was also motivated by reports of how the people most affected by coronavirus are overweight, particularly as my husband has type one diabetes so is more vulnerable to the disease.

I embarked on the 1:1 Diet to shift the pounds, a meal replacement programme made by the Cambridge Weight Plan. The company delivers your food to you: a nutritionally complete range of powders, bars and dried meals. Im a very all-or-nothing person, so find it easier for living on a rigid plan of 800 calories a day than spending all day thinking about what I can or cant have.

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Working out is great for our physical health - strength training and cardio, for example, can help improve your metabolic rate - as well as our mental health. HIIT is effective for burning fat, and if you're focused on booty gains, sprints and inclines on the treadmill are your best friends. But how soon after you start working out will you start to see results?

We want to preface this by saying that everyone's fitness or weight-loss journey is different, and everyone's body is different. So no two people's results will be the same. That being said, we spoke to three experts on what to expect results-wise from exercise depending on your goals - because everyone's goals are inevitably different, too - and we broke it down for you right here.

NASM-certified personal trainer Guychard Codio, cofounder of New York City Personal Training, told POPSUGAR that first, you can't work out and eat in a caloric surplus and expect to lose weight; you have to burn more calories than you take in (learn more about eating in a caloric deficit here). Healthy eating habits, he said, have to be an integral part of your workout routine. In terms of losing weight through exercise, he said people can start seeing results in two to three weeks. But, he said, if you want to kept the weight off, you'll need a routine that progresses slowly and steadily instead of one where you're going all out.

For example, trying to lose 20 pounds in a month isn't a realistic goal, he said, which is what he sees some people do before weddings and some professional athletes like boxers or bodybuilders do before competitions. If you have more intense parts of your workout and diet plan where you cut calories from 2,500 to 1,200 for two months but want to maintain your weight-loss process, you should gradually bring those calories back up and increase your exercise routine as you do that, he explained. Slow and steady wins the race. (Just check out some of our POPSUGAR weight-loss success stories and you'll see proof.)

Ashley Kelly, NASM-certified personal trainer for Bach, told POPSUGAR she puts her clients through a six-week program if their goal is to lose weight through exercise, with three weeks of introductory training to get them used to an elevated heart rate, one lighter week, and two higher-intensity strength-training weeks. She'll usually do a body fat test before and after the program to see their progress.

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How Much Do I Have to Work Out to Lose Weight?

Ashleigh Kast, NASM-certified trainer at Performix House and Ladder coach, gave POPSUGAR a scenario in which people focus on exercise alone to lose weight (and by losing weight, she means losing fat). "If you're trying to lose fat by working out, you're going to need to establish a caloric deficit through working out alone," she explained, but she stressed that "the amount of working out you need to do in a week without addressing food to maintain that caloric deficit can be very stressful."

Eating in a caloric deficit and exercising is what's recommended for weight loss because you'd have to burn 500 calories per day in your workouts for seven days just to lose a pound a week, which isn't a superrealistic goal. Plus, it's not recommended that you work out every day. And "in some cases, where calories are still very high, it's simply not enough to create the necessary deficit," Kast said.

All the trainers we spoke to said they ultimately couldn't give a definitive answer for weight-loss results since it depends on a person's individual goals, body type, weight, age, and other factors. In general, though, they all agreed that, for healthy weight loss, it will take at least a few weeks to really see results and that an aggressive approach in a short amount of time isn't something you can sustain. You can healthily lose half a pound to two pounds a week, Jim White, owner of Jim White Fitness and Nutrition Studios and ACSM-certified personal trainer, told POPSUGAR in a previous interview. So after five weeks, you may see a loss of up to 10 pounds.

Kast said that, when completing a bodybuilding or strength-training cycle of 10 to 12 weeks with at least three lifting days per week, it's not uncommon to see a muscle gain of five to seven pounds. Codio said it's going to be easier for someone who already has some muscle to add to that muscle. For this person, it normally takes about two weeks for them to see results. For someone who hasn't worked out before, it may take up to two months - and this also, he noted, varies depending on how much muscle you're trying to put on.

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Similarly to what she said about seeing weight-loss results in six weeks - which she named as a general timeline for her clients - Kelly said, in her opinion, you can start to see muscle changes in six weeks. This is a bit easier to do than lose weight since most people can just focus on heavy lifting, she explained. Eating in a caloric deficit isn't important; you actually need to be eating enough carbs and protein to help repair muscles. Kast further noted that people who weight train and don't address nutrition will have a harder time achieving and sustaining results. (If you're interested in the proper macros you may need to gain muscle, check out our guide on that.)

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The more muscle you have, the easier it is for your body to lose fat and burn calories throughout the day, Codio said. In terms of losing fat, muscle will help with that, so if your goal is to lose weight by working out, gaining muscle to some capacity is part of the process. Kelly tells her clients to focus on the way their bodies look - definition in their arms and legs, for example - and feel progress-wise as opposed to the number on the scale. "If you try to go on the scale while you're developing muscle mass, you might see either no change in the weight, or you might see that your pounds go up. So, see how you feel in your clothes and see how you feel in the mirror," she advised.

Whether your goal is to lose weight or gain muscle through exercise, Kast said it's most realistic for people to work out three to four times per week (don't forget about rest days!) with strength training and high-intensity cardio and an emphasis on nutrition, especially monitoring and managing calories to find out what works for you. You also have to manage stress and get plenty of sleep. As with making a change in any aspect of your life, Kelly noted, "if you're consistently doing something and wait at least 21 to 42 days, then you will see changes." Check out some of our workout plans below for inspiration on where to start:

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What were you weight loss goals at the beginning of the year? Have you met your weight loss goals? Are you moving in the right direction? Is it hard to stay on track?

Losing "stubborn" fat is hard and as you get older - it just gets harder and harder. You might go to the gym five days a week, sweat on the treadmill for an hour, and see maybe a pound or two drop in a month. Is that really worth your time? Or... imagine going to a medical facility, laying down, spending 25 minutes relaxing, then getting up and finding out you've lost two inches around your waist. Which do you prefer? What if you could keep doing that and losing more and more fat until you looked like you did years ago? If you have any interest in this and how it works when it comes to inch loss, you should stop what you're doing and call the office for an appointment immediately. This new treatment technology - now available in Tucson - uses a special light therapy to trick your mitochondria (in your fat cells) to release their fat content. ULTRASLIM is now cleared for prescription use in the United States as the only noninvasive treatment for immediate fat removal without dieting, exercise, or pills.This treatment is safe and painless! Click here for more information.

If you eat better, drink plenty of water, stay away from sugars, and carbohydrates, this can lead to permanent fat loss without surgery. Here's a heads up. If you have tried liposuction in the past - you know that when you"regain the weight" it goes to different places-making your body look distorted and then unfortunately, you're back to where you started, only worse. With this technology we don't destroy your fat cells. What we do is we simply drain the contents of the fat cells so you lose the inches and look good again.

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The ancient Chinese practice of acupressure is known to have multiple health benefits. Pressure is applied on particular points of the body with the help of your fingers and thumbs. It is known to heal headaches, backaches, sleep problems and a plethora of other physical and mental problems.Acupressure is also known to work wonders for weight loss. It may not directly cause weight loss but has positive effects on your appetite, digestion and metabolism. The practise of acupressure is effective and easy and can be done at home with no side effects. Special pressure points are known to help you lose weight. Be calm and relaxed before you begin and apply pressure on these body parts for effective weight loss.EarThis pressure point is located at the front of the ear, near the highest point of the jaw. To locate the point, move your jaw up and down. The point with the most movement is where you need to put pressure. Pressing this point for a minute or two everyday helps in controlling your appetite.Inner ElbowLocate this point an inch below the crease of your inner elbow. Massage this point for 2-3 minutes daily to help stimulate the intestines.

AnkleThis pressure point is located just above the ankle. It lies four-finger widths above the ankle, just behind the inside border of the tibia. Use your thumb to press this point for five minutes, providing pressure for six seconds with a rest of two seconds in between. This increases blood circulation.

CalfThis point is located on the outer calf, about four finger width under the knee. This pressure point strengthens the digestive system. You need to apply pressure using your thumb. Keep a steady pressure till you feel a little soreness and numbness.

WristTo find the pressure point on the wrist, measure two finger widths below the palm at the center of the wrist. Pressing this point with your thumb and forefinger helps prevent digestive disorders.

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There is only one viable way to stop the rise of COVID-19 cases. It is social distancing which can only be achieved with a strict lockdown. While many of us started the quarantine or the self-isolation period with good intentions, boredom, irritability, and a general sense of gloominess have begun to hit a lot of us. But there is one other side effect of the lockdown, and it is weight gain. It is impossible to escape the memes of lockdown weight on social media. Here's all you need to know about lockdown weight and how to lose it.

All the stress, anxiety and irritability are causing a lot of us to turn to comfort eating. As the weeks go by, we tend to give in more into mindless eating and drinking. You are now only a few steps away from the kitchen, and when things do not go right at work, a 3 pm KitKat or a Cadbury seems even more necessary. Plus, when we are chilling on the couch all day, we are not walking or moving around too much, we are not even burning the calories we are eating.Did the Buttons of Your Jeans Start to Social Distance From One Another? Heres How Stress Gives You that Belly Fat During COVID-19 Lockdown.

The first step to lose or prevent lockdown weight is to change your relationship with food. Have a proper eating schedule to prevent your meals from merging into one. Designate breaks for snacks, the same way you would do for meetings and calls at the office. This will help avoid mindless snacking throughout the day. Eat protein-rich snacks and meals to keep yourself full and satiated throughout the day. Also, do not resort to your refined flour biscuits and cookies when hungry.

Drinking a lot of water can promote proper digestion and prevent you from getting bloated. But downing two glasses of water glasses before meals can make you feel fuller preventing you from overeating.Does Drinking Milk Everyday Cause Weight Gain? All That You Should Know About The Calcium Rich Fluid.

Water may not hit the same spot as a bottle of Coke, but getting rid of liquid sugar in your diet can drastically reduce your caloric intake without you really having to change anything about your food a great deal when you think about it!

Performing just a set of crunches will not give you a six-pack ab. The only way to see real changes in your body is to stick to a fitness programme and practice it regularly. So whether it is yoga or Pilates, be consistent with your practice.

Alternating between periods of high-intensity exercises like burpees and squat jumps and short recovery periods, you will be able to burn body fat more efficiently.Work Out at Home: With Gyms Shut Amid Coronavirus Outbreak, Here Are Five Easy Exercises to Keep Fit.

In the end, make sleep a priority. When you do not sleep enough, the hormones that moderate your appetite goes out of whack, making you eat way more than your body needs. Establish a consistent bedtime to keep your appetite hormones in check.

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Elaine Crowley has admitted she feels a million times better following her weight loss.

The host has been open about her weight in the past and her ambition to shift a few pounds.

Elaine, 42, revealed she has struggled with her weight since she was a teen and explained why it was so difficult.

Elaine had appeared on RTE Ones 2016 season of Celebrity Operation Transformation in which she and a handful of famous faces, including James Patrice and Katherine Lynch, took on expert advice to lose weight.

She had put on two stone before the show and lost weight in the eight weeks the show ran, however she put it all back on once normal life resumed.

Elaine told the RTE Guide that the reason behind her recent weight loss is down to hormones.

The TV star explained: I got my hormones fixed, that was it. Its been a couple of years. My hormones had gone a bit wonky because I went into peri-menopause quite young and I had PCOS (polycystic ovary syndrome) as well.

I was piling on weight and I couldnt understand why. I was always off on these boot camps and health retreats.

So I got my hormone levels fix and I feel a million times better.

Elaine wished she had learned of the problem sooner, saying: I had no idea I had PCOS and I cant believe its taken until my 40s to get everything sorted.

If I had known it earlier in my teenage years, Id say I wouldnt have had a lot of the problems that manifested but you cant be pissed off about that.

Ill never be Twiggy; Ill always have some junk in the trunk.

Elaine, like many of her Virgin Media TV colleagues, is still entertaining the nation as she hosts her daytime show.

While her guests appear via video link she is holding down the fort at the studio.

Elaine has been keeping her followers updated about the show on her social media, which she took some time away from recently.

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Anne Hegerty is best known as The Governess on ITVs The Chase, which has a new spin-off called Beat The Chasers that started this week. But as well as being famous for her formidable knowledge, Hegerty has made plenty of headlines for her impressive weight loss over the last few years.

The 61-year-old star lost weight very publicly after she won hearts on ITVs Im a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here in 2018.

The popular show puts celebrities through their paces as theyre left to live in the Australian jungle on very basic rations, taking part in gruesome tasks to try and win more food.

Campmates have to eat a basic diet of rice and beans unless they win additional treats and dinners through the terrifying challenges.

Hegerty lost a stone during her three weeks in the jungle, though reports suggest she may have lost up to three stone in total since her trip Down Under. She has said she struggled with the restricted diet.

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Talking to Phillip Schofield and Rochelle Humes on This Morning in 2018, the quiz star revealed she didnt get on with the rice at all.

About a week ago my digestive system just said to me Im sorry, I'm not having any more rice, she told them.

"I can have beans, I can have rice and beans but I am having no more rice because it is just going straight through. So since then Ive not had rice by itself. It just went straight through me.

Anne, who has Aspergers syndrome, revealed shed found being in the jungle incredibly hard and was even considering walking out, but her fellow campers helped her to keep going.

They said take it easy, lets just get through the next few hours, then let's just get through the next day, have one more night in here and see how you feel... and it gradually began to feel like something I could continue to do, Hegerty told This Morning.

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The Britain's Brightest Family host has also spoken honestly about her size and health in the past.

Talking to Jeremy Vine in January 2019, she admitted: I do not have big bones. I do not have a glandular issue. I'm fat because I eat enormously. That's why. And I love cake, it's brilliant."

However, she passed the medical for Im a Celeb and says shes healthy despite being big.

But the thing is my health is fine. Before I went into the jungle I had to have a load of tests and they all came back saying, 'Your blood sugar is perfectly normal, your blood pressure is if anything lower than perhaps it might be. We've spent an hour staring at scans of your heart, you don't have any clogged-up arteries'.

The quiz champion has said shed like to be fitter, though, adding: I'm not a fit fat person and I would like to be fitter, but I am not unhealthy."

Anne also revealed in an interview with Express.co.uk that if she could change anything about her body it would actually be her eyes.

Id like bigger eyes. Why did I inherit my mums big boobs and big feet but not her big eyes? the Governess said.

The brainbox has also spoken candidly about how her bra size was a source of massive discomfort during her time in the jungle.

She told The Mirror: I'm not really designed for the outdoor life and I'm not really an outdoorsy person. Just things like trying to take my bra off and put it on - I mean I have really enormous knockers.

I don't even know what size I am because I buy the biggest bra I can to get the biggest cup size and then I take it in, my several inches, so all my bras are customised, so they have lots of knots in them.

In an interview with ITVs Loose Women, Hegerty admitted she was delighted that the reality show had helped viewers to see her as herself, rather than as her alter-ego from The Chase.

She said: "For a long time I wasnt allowed to be anything but The Governess when I went on TV, even if I went on a talk show I had to be in costume. I mean guys, I own clothes!"

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No one chooses to be fat. Social scientists from The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) conducted an international poll to find out what matters most to people for their general wellbeing. Good health was revealed as the number one priority, so how can this be squared with the fact that 60% of the UKs adult population is now overweight or obese?

As pointed out in the New England Journal of Medicine: food choices are often automatic and made without full conscious awareness. Despite wishing to lose weight, were still tempted to buy the chocolate bar at the checkout till.

Yet as the country is gripped by the Coronavirus crisis, being overweight and its associated health risks are being highlighted as never before.

There is a staggering ten-fold increased risk of death from COVID-19 for those with obesity and the conditions associated with metabolic syndrome such as type 2 diabetes.

Metabolic syndrome, which is caused by excess body fat, is defined as any three of a cluster of five conditions; increased blood pressure, excess body fat around the waist, high blood sugar and abnormal cholesterol levels.

Data from America reveals only 1 in 8 adults is metabolically healthy, including less than 1 in 3 with a normal BMI of under 25.

Those with obesity and metabolic diseases already have some degree of mild ongoing chronic inflammation in the body and appear to have an impaired immune response to coronavirus that ultimately causes the cytokine storm (an overreaction of the bodies immune system) leading to respiratory failure and death in a tragic minority.

This, by the way, might also be one of the most plausible explanations so far as to why those from BAME backgrounds are more at risk of COVID-19 complications as they have a three to fourfold increased prevalence of metabolic syndrome than Caucasians. Vitamin D deficiency may also play a role.

Excess body fat produces inflammatory molecules in the body which over time slowly damage organs. Chronically raised insulin, driven by regularly eating high glycaemic index products (typical of ultra-processed foods) also appears to be the driving force behind a series of conditions; type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease and possibly even cancer and dementia.

As pointed out by Professor Robert Lustig, Paediatric endocrinologist at the University of California, San Francisco, ultra-processed food sets you up for inflammation that COVID-19 is happy to exploit. Just another way ultra-processed food kills.

The food industry has exploited peoples emotional urges by saturating the food environment to maximise sales opportunities. They have managed to make cheap junk food available to anyone, anywhere at any time. Not surprisingly more than 50% of the calories consumed in the British Diet is now classified as ultra-processed food or what obesity researcher Dr Zoe Harcombe more pertinently describes as fake food.

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Alanis Morissette says the music industry is primed for a #MeToo reckoning of its own.

In a new interview with the Sunday Times Magazine, the singer speaks out against a culture she says is steeped in abuse and misogyny though she stops short of naming names.

While industry figures like rocker Ryan Adams, R&B star R. Kelly, producer Dr. Luke and hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons have been accused, to varying degrees, of sexual misconduct, Morissette says a Hollywood-style movement hasnt even begun in the music industry.

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Almost every woman in the music industry has been assaulted, harassed, raped, the mom of three said. Its ubiquitous more in music, even, than film. Its just so normalised.

Alanis Morissette says the music industry is rife with stories of abuse. (Photo: Sven Hoppe/dpa via Getty Images)

Sex, drugs and rock n roll? she added. By definition its crass, sweaty and aggressive. But its only a matter of time before it has its own explosion of stories.

The 45-year-old declined to identify anyone in particular as a perpetrator responding, I dont have an answer at this moment but did share instances from her own pop star past.

Many things happened: sexual abuse, exploitation, financial undermining, she said of her music career, saying she was mistreated from age 3 onwards, frankly. That included being pressured to lose weight after skyrocketing to stardom with Jagged Little Pill, culminating in an eating disorder and depression.

Unsolicited feedback is a form of violence against women, she said.

Morissette turned to recovery groups and used her music to work through her demons. She told the Sunday Times that her record company responded by suggesting that the music video for Hands Clean feature kids singing its provocative lyrics about abuse.

Morissette (performing in 1995) says she was pressured to lose weight and faced abusive behavior. (Photo: Paul Natkin/Getty Images)

I was like, Have you heard the lyrics? Did you read ? No, right? she recalled.

While she praised Kesha, who is in a lengthy legal battle with Dr. Luke over her allegation of rape, for kicking a**, Morissette also defended those who take their time to share their own experiences.

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I mean, please. First of all, they didnt wait. Second, they face the threat of losing their job, reputation or not being believed. At best its swept under the rug, at worst you are admonished or fired, she said of women who expose abuse.

My goal would be to take away the normalisation, she said later. And the structures that allow it.

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