Coronation Street star Colson Smith says he was 'self harming with food' before incredible weight loss

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Coronation Street star Colson Smith has admitted he was “self harming with food” before his weight loss plan over the last 18 months which he says has changed his life.

Colson, known to millions as Craig Tinker on the ITV soap, has charted his fitness plan and diet changes in a new online film he will release next month called Bored Of Being The Fat Kid.

And Colson, who joined Corrie in 2011, says he has hated reading comments about his weight from an early age and decided to do something about it.

Speaking about his weight loss in-depth for the first time, Colson said: “I was always the fat kid. In most of my social situations, social circles, that's just who I was. “And it's kind of the identity that I ended up with.