{"id":66827,"date":"2023-08-29T15:48:56","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T15:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotcelebon.com\/?p=66827"},"modified":"2023-08-29T15:48:56","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T15:48:56","slug":"shameless-star-tina-malone-shares-secrets-to-staying-trim-after-12st-weight-loss-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotcelebon.com\/lifestyle\/shameless-star-tina-malone-shares-secrets-to-staying-trim-after-12st-weight-loss-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Shameless star Tina Malone shares secrets to staying trim after 12st weight loss | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

TINA Malone credits several simple lifestyle changes for staying trim after her dramatic 12st weight loss.<\/p>\n

The actress dropped from a size 26 to a size six following gastric band surgery in 2010, and has managed to maintain her slim figure ever since. <\/p>\n


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The Shameless and Brookside star, 60, who has also had a face lift, confessed it has been hard work at times, especially after piling on a few pounds in 2019 and again earlier this year. <\/p>\n

But the TV personality quickly got back on track, and feels like a different woman, The Mirror reports. <\/p>\n

Tina, who appeared on the 2009 series of Celebrity Big Brother, said she ate four small, healthy meals every day and started jogging.<\/p>\n

She also focused on eating "lots of fruit, vegetables and protein", including plenty of spinach and fish, to help her feel fuller for longer.<\/p>\n

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"I was skipping meals and eating rubbish, and even with the band, I was putting on weight," Tina, who went from almost 20st at her heaviest to 7st 6lb at her lightest, told The Mirror.<\/p>\n

"You need to eat well to get your nutrients and if you're eating just fat and sugar, you'll put on weight.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

"A gastric band doesn't change your mind or your personality."<\/p>\n

Also on her list of healthy living changes was quitting booze, drugs and smoking. <\/p>\n

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But eating well remains a constant battle as "you can't abstain from it", Tina, who played Mimi Maguire in\u00a0Shameless, told Closer. <\/p>\n

She also recommends cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to help change your mindset when it comes to food, regular exercise to boost confidence, and not giving up if it takes a while to see results. <\/p>\n

"Be persistent \u2013 you might have some months where you lose a stone and one month where you lose 3st," she said. <\/p>\n

After losing so much weight, Tina, who went under the knife to remove her excess skin, now encourages others to follow in her footsteps.<\/p>\n

Speaking on\u00a0This Morning, she said: "My advice is, if you can pay for acrylics and cigarettes, save up for a gastric band.<\/p>\n

"Save your life. It has changed me as a person."<\/p>\n

She added to Closer: "I\u2019d tried every diet under the sun and healthy eating, but I just couldn\u2019t keep the weight off. <\/p>\n

"I got to the point where I was fed up of looking in the mirror and seeing a fat, ugly, sad woman. <\/p>\n

"And honestly, the gastric band totally changed my life \u2013 and saved my life. <\/p>\n

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"It changed my habits to eat little and often, rather than gorging on big meals. <\/p>\n

"I lost weight and became happier and healthier."<\/p>\n

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