Lisa Riley reveals the secret to her weight loss success after losing 12 stone

Lisa Riley has revealed her top tip for losing weight and the thing that helped her the most when she lost an impressive 12 stone.

The Emmerdale actress went from a size 28 to a size 12 in 18 months and appeared on This Morning yesterday to talk about her success.

The star says the thing that ultimately helped her was keeping a food diary so she was aware of exactly what she was eating.

She said, “The honesty diary is the start. Every single thing I consumed, I wrote down. I realised it was too much.

“Then the change happens and I started getting smaller and smaller and it started getting addictive, in a good way.”

Lisa, who has penned a book about her weight loss, Lisa Riley’s Honesty Diet, was left with more than a stone of excess skin after losing weight and says surgery to remove it left her wanting to be a mother.

She has given up alcohol and cigarettes and may undergo IVF treatment when she’s ready to conceive.

She said, “I don’t know why I did it but the first question I asked before my surgery was, would I still be able to have children?

“Why did I ask that question? I wanted to know would the skin be able to stretch? Would the wound open up? I actually shocked myself.

“My gene pool is always going to be there, but I can’t be a ticking time bomb. What I can think is that I’m going to live my life to the fullest, and hopefully with what I’ve done I have added years to my life.

“I never wanted to put a child through the agony of losing their mum, something I know only too well.

“But making huge changes I believe I’ve saved my own life, so it has eradicated that fear of dying.”

Lisa's book Lisa Riley’s Honesty Diet was released at the end of last year and is available to buy online and in bookshops.

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