Susanna Reid is an English television presenter, actress and journalist, who many will recognise from presenting Good Morning Britain alongside Piers Morgan. The 48-year-old has recently been showing off her slimline figure on the ITV morning show following her 1st 7lb weight loss. She previously revealed that she’d managed to slim down after cutting one thing from her diet. What is it? The presenter decided to go teetotal, following a visit to the doctor. Susanna made the conscious decision to cut out alcohol as she had been experiencing bad skin, which a medical professional advised could be diet-related.
Speaking in a recent interview with Prima Magazine, she said: “I’ve lost a stone-and-a-half and I feel fantastic.”
Discussing her decision to lose weight, she said: “This time last year, I went to the doctor with a skin problem and he told me I could do with losing some weight.
“It turned out I was at the upper end of my BMI and, I have to admit, I’d been feeling a little heavy for a while.”
From providing empty calories to increasing belly fat, alcohol can affect the body in many ways.
Excess alcohol can lead to what is known as alcoholic fatty liver. This condition can damage the liver, affecting the way the body metabolises and store carbohydrates and fats.
As well as ditching alcohol, Susanna reduced the amount of sugar snacks she eats, saying: “It can creep up without you noticing, and what I did was cut out snacking.”
She added: “I found waking up so early in the morning, and you’re in a sort of energy deficit and all your body can think of is to have toast and biscuits, have calories. And you can pile it on really quickly.”
Alongside diet, Susanna upped her fitness game and reverently returned to the gym.
“I’d stopped going for a while because it gave me an excuse to over-snack. But the good feeling of doing exercise is unbeatable,” she said.
Fellow ITV presenter Lorraine Kelly has also had an amazing transformation in recent months.
The 59-year-old Scottish presenter managed to drop two dress sizes – going from a size 14 to a 10 – by making one change.
Although Lorraine admitted she doesn’t weigh herself, she explained that she managed to slim down by adding more exercise to her life.
The presenter decided to take up aerobics, and as a result shed inches off her waistline.
Speaking on This Morning, she said: “I really look forward to my classes, and with the new DVD we wanted to show what a class was like.”