Lorraine Kelly discusses weight loss after beating 'mindless comfort eating'
dailyrecord.co.ukWhen it comes to weight gain and lockdown, Lorraine Kelly 's story sounds like a familiar one. Like so many people, the pandemic took the wind out of her sails.The host of This Morning always seems chirpy, happy and brimming with energy when she appears on screen, but the breakfast TV presenter says "mindless comfort eating", plus a lack of exercise, left her feeling sluggish and low in confidence.Now, feeling more like herself again, she is delighted to report she's back in her size 10 clothes after losing nearly a stone-and-a-half. "During lockdown, so many of us ate for comfort, and weren't able to go to our exercise classes," says Lorraine, 62. "Before the whole thing, I honestly thought I'd cracked it, because I was going to my exercise classes two or three times a week, I was really healthy with my eating, I was a size 10.
And then when the pandemic hit, like so many of us, I just went completely off the rails."It was a combination of comfort eating, not getting enough exercise, and probably drinking a little bit too much – not to excess, but more than I would normally," she adds."I was feeling really sluggish at the start of this year – lack of energy, not sleeping properly, eating late at night and having far too many snacks and crisps and chocolate.
That's not to say I don't ever snack now, but I just don't do it every single night, piled up, as a sort of mindless comfort eating."After deciding to do something about it, Lorraine downloaded the WW app to her her get on track again with healthy eating, sleep, exercise and hydration.
She's dropped two dress sizes as a result – although the best part, she insists, is that she feels so much better."I found it incredibly easy, and I certainly don't feel in any way
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