Shaughna Phillips admitted even she was shocked by her impressive weight loss transformation.
The Love Island star, 29, wowed fans as she showed off her impressive lifestyle transformation in dramatic before and after pictures. She confessed that she hadn’t realised how much progress she had made until she saw the photos side-by-side.
Proving to fans that her snaps weren’t edited, the ITV star shared a lengthy caption on her lifestyle change. She wrote: “So this has been happening… I’ll be honest even I’m shocked.
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“So glad I’ve been taking pictures because honestly, when I look in the mirror, I don’t see any difference, your mind is your biggest enemy sometimes! And although being accused of editing your pictures when you actually haven’t is the biggest compliment EVER, I haven’t edited the pic on the right, so I thought I’d include the actual Live Photo just for any doubters.”
(Image: @shaughnaphillips/instagram)
The mum-of-one admitted she was proud for how much she has improved both mentally and physically. She added, “I’ve spoken openly about struggling with my body image since I was a little girl (breaks my heart to even say that), so to be told I was seriously overweight at a doctors appointment wasn’t great.
However, Phillips stated that she had made a conscious decision to improve her health and well-being. She explained, “I made the decision to make a real change and that’s why I worked so hard and got help when I needed it and now I’m finally learning to love myself and to see how far I’ve come.
“I’m proud of myself for getting there and even prouder to maintain it! This hasn’t been overnight, and I still have a way to go. The truth is, there has been weeks where I have found it so easy, and then there’s been months when I’ve seen no change, so I’m really trying to find what works for me, and I think I’m nearly there.”, reports the Mirror.
(Image: Instagram)
The TV star admitted that since her lifestyle change, that she only has one pair of jeans in her wardrobe that still fits. Fans soon flooded to the comments to shower her with praise online.
One user penned: “You look beautiful in both but so much happier in the second.” Another gushed: “You are a lovely girl inside and out! Always have been! I know the struggle to love your body, especially after babies and getting older… Being a woman is hard! But you look great and I am proud of you and you should be proud of yourself too.”
A third echoed: “You have and are doing amazing, as someone else said you look beautiful in both but you look soo much happier in the second pic and that’s what matters.”
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Earlier this month, Shaughna revealed she was “shaken to her core” after doctors told her she was obese just 12 months after giving birth to her daughter Lucia. She was also told she had “quite a lot of visceral fat around her main organs”, which could leave her prone to serious health problems like heart attacks in the future.
The reality star, who’s been parenting solo since her beau Billy got a nine-year sentence for drug crimes, confessed: “I’m a mum now and it shook me to my core, because I know I’m not the picture of health, but I didn’t realise things were that bad and it’s kind of scary to hear it from a medical professional.”
She vowed: “I’m going to do this. I need to do something. I need to lose so much weight. I only had one parent because my dad died. Without getting way too deep, I just never want that to happen to Lucia and I want to do everything in my power to be here for as long as possible.”
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