{"id":347143,"date":"2011-03-29T11:51:17","date_gmt":"2011-03-29T11:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/29\/claire-richards-shows-off-the-results-of-losing-five-stone-again\/"},"modified":"2011-03-29T11:51:17","modified_gmt":"2011-03-29T11:51:17","slug":"claire-richards-shows-off-the-results-of-losing-five-stone-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/claire-richards-shows-off-the-results-of-losing-five-stone-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Claire Richards shows off the results of losing five stone&#8230; again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"131.4449116905\">\n<!-- google_ad_section_start(name=s2) --><\/p>\n<p>\nBy<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/home\/search.html?s=y&#038;authornamef=Daily+Mail+Reporter\" rel=\"nofollow\">Daily Mail Reporter<\/a><br \/>Last updated at 12:51 PM on 29th March 2011<\/p>\n<p><span>One year ago, Claire Richards posed in a purple bikini at size 18 and declared that she would lose all the weight she had regained following the birth of her daughter Daisy three months before &#8211; but she would do it safely and in her own time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Now, the former Steps singer has proudly unveiled the results of her hard work over the past 12 months in a new photoshoot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Claire, 33, has seen her weight go up and down over the years &#8211; ballooning from ten stone, to 15, and back to ten again.<\/span><\/p>\n<div readability=\"8\">\n<p>Transformation: Ex-Steps singer Claire Richards shows off the results of her staggering five stone weight loss<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <span>In this week&#8217;s Closer magazine, Claire shows off her weight loss in a blue swimsuit and nude heels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8216;I feel like a yummy mummy! I can\u2019t wait to buy a new wardrobe and slip into <\/span><span>a few sexy little party dresses,&#8217; she tells the magazine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>During<br \/>\nlast year&#8217;s shoot, she insisted that she would take her time losing the<br \/>\nbaby weight. <br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Claire had previously worked it off after the birth of her<br \/>\nson Charlie, three, by releasing a workout DVD.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>After she regained those pounds all over again, the mother-of -two said pictures of her at her heaviest spurred her to get back on the wagon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8216;Those photos were mortifying,&#8217; Claire says of pictures of her tucking into a pastry last year. &#8216;My stomach looked enormous! <br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8216;It was a wake-up call. I\u2019d been<br \/>\ntrying to eat well, and had lost around a stone, but I was still eating<br \/>\nrubbish.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8216;It\u2019s exhausting looking after two young children and I\u2019d often reach for the biscuit tin, just for an energy boost.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But she managed to kick her bad habits with &#8216;<\/span><span>sheer bloody-mindedness and lots of hard work,&#8217; she says. &#8216;It\u2019s been a tough slog, but I\u2019m delighted with my sexy curves.&#8217;<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span>But Claire still relies on a little trickery to keep her red carpet-ready:<\/span> <span>&#8216;My tummy has stretch marks and I still<br \/>\nwear Spanx \u2013 plus my boobs will never be the same again! I\u2019d still like<br \/>\nto slim down a bit, but that will come with time&#8217; <\/span><\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/47666269650_634x384.jpg.jpg\" width=\"634\" height=\"384\" alt=\"Yo yo: Claire says she always felt like 'the fat one' back in her Steps heyday\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yo yo: Claire says she always felt like &#8216;the fat one&#8217; back in her Steps heyday<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"8\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/a5baceee722_306x423.jpg.jpg\" width=\"306\" height=\"423\" alt=\"Best seller: She vowed not to re-gain weight after releasing her workout DVD in 2009 but ended up piling on the pounds again\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Best seller: She vowed not to regain weight after releasing her workout DVD in 2009 but ended up piling on the pounds again<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>She has worked with a dietician and personal trainer to overhaul her lifestyle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8216;I stopped finishing off the kids\u2019<br \/>\nleftovers and shrank my portions,&#8217; Claire reveals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8216;I\u2019d cook low-fat<br \/>\nversions of things like spag Bol and cut out <\/span><span>all treats apart from the odd two-finger KitKat. I was eating around 1,500 cals a day.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In 2009 Richards released a best-selling workout DVD, 5 Step Fat Attack, after saying she thought she &#8216;looked like a person wearing a fat suit&#8217; after the birth of Charlie.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>She also insisted at the time that she would not succumb to slowly regaining weight like others before her who had released fitness tapes, such as Natalie Cassidy &#8211; but found herself piling on the pounds when she fell pregnant for the second time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8216;I joined Steps when I was 19 and was<br \/>\nalways on a diet \u2013 the pressure to stay slim was huge. I was always seen<br \/>\nas &#8220;the fat one&#8221;.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8216;Losing weight has made me more confident. I was feeling like a slummy mummy \u2013 now I\u2019m slipping into my yummy mummy clothes!&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Do you have a story about a celebrity? Call the Daily Mail showbusiness desk on 0207 938 6364 or 0207 938 6683. For U.S. stories, phone 310 642 2317<\/span><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end(name=s2) --><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/47666269650_634x384.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Go here to read the rest:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-1370946\/Claire-Richards-shows-results-losing-stone--again.html?ITO=1490\" title=\"Claire Richards shows off the results of losing five stone... again\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Claire Richards shows off the results of losing five stone&#8230; again<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 12:51 PM on 29th March 2011 One year ago, Claire Richards posed in a purple bikini at size 18 and declared that she would lose all the weight she had regained following the birth of her daughter Daisy three months before &#8211; but she would do it safely and in her own time. Now, the former Steps singer has proudly unveiled the results of her hard work over the past 12 months in a new photoshoot. Claire, 33, has seen her weight go up and down over the years &#8211; ballooning from ten stone, to 15, and back to ten again. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-347143","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Claire Richards shows off the results of losing five stone... again - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/claire-richards-shows-off-the-results-of-losing-five-stone-again\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Claire Richards shows off the results of losing five stone... again - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 12:51 PM on 29th March 2011 One year ago, Claire Richards posed in a purple bikini at size 18 and declared that she would lose all the weight she had regained following the birth of her daughter Daisy three months before - but she would do it safely and in her own time. 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