'Didn't realise' Lorraine Kelly admits fooling Weight Watchers members while losing weight

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Lorraine Kelly has opened up about embarking on a Weight Watchers as she tried to lose the lockdown pounds. In a new interview, the ITV star, 62, told how she anonymously used the weight loss app in a bid to become more confident after piling on the pounds during the pandemic.Lorraine previously told how she found herself eating and drinking more as a result of the lockdown that was imposed due to Covid.She explained that she put on one and a half stone and went up by two dress sizes.As a result, she looked to Weight Watchers to help her get back down to her regular size.Speaking on an Instagram Live in April, Lorraine told how she "wasn't happier" after putting on the weight.She told her 494,000 followers: "I’m feeling more confident and wearing clothes not to disguise anymore, wearing clothes that fit me properly and getting into a size 10.“It does feel so much better, and I am supposed to be a 10 but I was a 14 heading towards a 16."Now there’s nothing wrong with that if that’s what you’re supposed to be, but I'm supposed to be a 10 and when I'm not, I'm just not happy," she said.In a later interview, the star went on to credit her weight loss to Weight Watchers, revealing she was able to fool members over her identity and remain anonymous.She said: "I knew I needed a bit of help, so I joined WW and with the help of others and the app I dropped two dress sizes and managed to get back into my size 10s at the end of January."Being able to get back into my size 10 jeans was a big deal!

I must have put on more than a stone and a half - I was about 11st 10lbs - but for me, it was not just about fitting into my posh black frock that wouldn't go over my bottom but about being happy in myself."The star went on to confess that.