Gruelling hot yoga has been helping Claire Sweeney get in the shape of her life
She’s just celebrated her 51st birthday and Claire Sweeney has plenty to smile about, showing off the incredible results of a new health regime that she’s been following to help her look her ‘physical best’.
The former Brookside star is currently rocking some fabulously risqué outfits for a cabaret show in London. And to get ready for the role, she threw herself into gruelling gym and yoga sessions, held in steamy 100 degree temperatures.
FEELING LIBERATED
‘I wear a fabulous catsuit! I find it really liberating that I’m going to get completely outrageous,’ she said before the tour. ‘This does all mean that I want to look my physical best. So the plan is to start going to the gym and hot yoga five days a week, because it’s amazing for weight loss and strengthening my core.’
The mum-of-one has been updating her Instagram followers with regular postings on her progress. But by the end of last month, she was ready to ditch the scales after weighing herself and finding she’d lost nearly half a stone in two days!
Sharing a screenshot of her body mass and measurements, she said, ‘Ok so this is mental!!! 6lbs lost in just two days. Goes to show, don’t rely on the scales. It could be time of day you weigh yourself, how you position them, time of the month, water retention all make a difference. I’m gonna use my favourite jeans as a gauge from now on. No wonder scales can wreck our heads.’
Wonky scale readings aside, Claire is definitely in great shape – and it’s not the first time she’s lost a dramatic amount of weight. In 2017 she dropped four stone following the Slimfast plan, shrinking from a size 14 to a trim 10 after a close friend blurted out that she looked fat.
WEIGHT STRUGGLES
Claire, who is mum to Jaxon, seven, also cut down on alcohol and upped her yoga sessions. ‘I thought, you’ve got a great big belly, big thighs, come on and sort yourself out. I thought, that’s it, I’m going to get my pre-baby body back.’
She also used an old photo of herself as inspiration. ‘I looked back to when I used to host 60 Minute Makeover and I didn’t realise what good nick my physique was in. That was my goal. I had two pictures on my phone. One of me fat and one of how I wanted to look.’
The actress and singer has never been shy about her weight struggles. In 2009 she fronted a documentary, Claire Sweeney: My Big Fat Diet, in which she put o
