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Lisa Riley Shows Off Her Amazing Eight Stone Weight Loss

Former Emmerdale star and all-round lovely lady, Lisa Riley, has shown off her incredible eight stone weight loss during an appearance on Loose Women.

The actress, who played Mandy Dingle on the soap from 1995-2001, looks amazing after dropping from a size 30 to a size 16, explaining she’s done it all the ‘sensible’ way and denying having a gastric band fitted.

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Admitting that people barely recognise her now, including some of the Loose Women panellists, Lisa added that it’s ‘still hard’ for her to see her own reflection.

She said: “It’s insane [when I look back at old photos]. I was happy there, don’t get me wrong, [but] I am so proud of what I’ve achieved - but I needed to do it. It was for health reasons as well.”

Explaining how she’s lost the weight, Lisa revealed that though she finds the gym itself ‘boring’, she fell in love with zumba and yoga.

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She hasn’t completely banned things like chocolate and crisps from her life, now just enjoying them in moderation, and hasn’t consumed alcohol since August 19.

The star added: “I don’t believe in the fad diets. I’ve seen family members do it and I’ve tried it before. Why are you going to do a diet where you’re allowed to cheat?”

It was seeing her dad in hospital where doctors were looking for prostate cancer that was the turning point for the Strictly Come Dancing contestant [he has ‘come out the other end now’], with Lisa saying: “There were 21 men and they were all Type 2 diabetes.

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“It was like, ‘that’s the next stage’. I didn’t want to be that statistic and I think it was the fear factor. It was like a bulb going off in my head that I didn’t want to be that person.”

Sharing her advice for others, Lisa told viewers: “Don’t succumb to the pressure. Do it when it’s the right time, and suddenly you’ll see it’s working.”