Throughout the years, Josie has been open about her struggle with weight gain and weight loss, having gone from a size 18 to a size 12 and back again. The body-positivity TV star previously famously went from a size 20 to a size 8 and lost a staggering six stone after winning Big Brother and becoming a household name.
How much weight did Shay lose?
A total transformation! Shay Mooney of the country pop duo Dan + Shay has been open about the weight loss journey he began in 2022.
“Thank you guys so much for all your kind words about me looking healthy. Really means a lot. Been a little over 5 months I believe and I’m down almost 50lbs,” the “Tequila” musician wrote via Instagram Stories in October 2022.
The Arkansas native noted that the secret to his slimdown was “eating clean,” cutting out alcohol, “walking 7 miles a day” and lifting some weights. “That’s it! I completely changed my lifestyle and I’ve never felt better physically, mentally and spiritually,” he shared.
In January 2023, Mooney posted a before and after photo to show his progress.
“Consistency. I changed my entire world in six months. No gimmicks or fads. Just consistency. If that tired guy on the left can do it, so can you,” the country crooner captioned the Instagram snap.
Friends and fans flooded the comments with supportive messages. “You should be proud!” Carrie Underwood wrote.
The Grammy winner has also received ample encouragement from his wife, Hannah Billingsley.
Has Josie had a baby?
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This Morning star Josie Gibson has expressed her worries as her son, Reggie James, is due to start school in September.
The 38 year old mum of one revealed she has “struggled” wrapping her head around the change in the amount of time she’ll be able to spend with her little boy once the school routine kicks in.
Speaking to the Mirror, the bubbly blonde said: « I’ll be honest with you, it’s not my favourite thing in the world. Because someone’s taking them off your hands – Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.
« And I’m used to having my Mondays with Reg – we spend Mondays together, we spend Fridays together so, to be fair, I struggled with that a little bit. »
The star is a proud mum to four year old son, Reggie Josie welcomed son Reggie James on 9 September 2018 (Image: LORNA ROACH / OK!
How did Josie lose her weight?
Josie has also opened up on how she shed six stone and went from a size 18-20 down to a size 8.
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Josie has released a number of diet books and DVDs and revealed that she lost weight through a combination of « healthy eating and exercise » but, crucially, had put three major lifestyle changes into effect:
- improving her sleeping pattern
- drinking more water
- doing 30-45 minutes of exercise at least three times a week
How did Josie Gibson gain weight?
Speaking in a video on her Instagram in 2021, she revealed that stress had caused her to gain weight during lockdown and saw her go up to a size 18. In the video, Josie was seen trying on a pair of size 14 jeans which she « squeezed » into, jumping for joy and claiming she was « so happy ».
Josie told fans: « Hello guys, I cannot tell you how happy I am. You know, all these lockdowns, the pandemic has been very stressful.
Did Josie Gibson have weight loss surgery?
She revealed that after staring her weight loss journey in 2013, she dropped six stone in weight in over a year with a combination of healthy eating and exercise, she told Closer magazine in 2021.
It saw her go from a size 20 to a size 8-10, and Josie released her workout DVD 30 Second Slim. She also released the DVD Josie Gibson’s 21 Day Fat Burn that same year and published a healthy living book in 2014, The Josie Gibson Diet: Love Food, Get Slim, Stay Slim, which detailed her weight loss journey. She said then that she believed getting rid of sugar from her diet had a huge impact on her health.
In 2016 Josie, shared how sh’ed had surgery to remove to remove 6lbs and 13 inches of loose skin of excess skin following her weight loss. But she then put on around four-and-a-half stone while pregnant. She then went on to shed two stone in just 12 weeks in 2019, crediting MuscleFood’s Do The Unthinkable: Diet and Exercise Plan as she went down from a size 18-20 to a 12. She lost another 10 lbs in January 2021.
Josie in 2013 after her huge weight loss journey (Image: FilmMagic)
Speaking in a video on her Instagram in 2021, she revealed that stress had caused her to gain weight during lockdown and saw her go up to a size 18. In the video, Josie was seen trying on a pair of size 14 jeans which she « squeezed » into, jumping for joy and claiming she was « so happy ».
She also told Closer magazine the same year: « I don’t want to be really, really slim because it just kills me to get there – it takes a lot of exercise.
