Tina Malone shares secrets to staying trim after 12 stone weight loss

Shameless actress Tina Malone has shared the secrets of staying trim following her dramatic 12 stone weight loss a decade ago, as she insists surgery isn't the easy option

Tina Malone has shared the secrets of her staying trim after she lost 12 stone a decade ago.

The Shameless actress, 60, was branded “unrecognisable” as she appeared on Good Morning Britain earlier this month, as she has since had a facelift. Tina has confessed she feels like a different person after she went from a size 28 to six to eight, having underwent gastric band surgery back in 2010. The actress has said it has been hard work to maintain her weight and insists surgery isn't the easy option.

Tina shared she put on a stone earlier this year, but decided to get "a grip" on it in May. As part of her health kick, Tina ate small healthy meals four times a day and she took up jogging. She focused on eating "lots of fruit, vegetables and protein". Tina explained: "I was skipping meals and eating rubbish, and even with the band, I was putting on weight. You need to eat well to get your nutrients and if you're eating just fat and sugar, you'll put on weight.

"A gastric band doesn't change your mind or your personality," she told Closer. Tina has been sober for 25 years after she was once having "30 to 40 gin and tonics". She confessed she doesn't miss drinking or smoking, but food is a "battle" for her as "you can't abstain" from it. Speaking on Good Morning Britain, she said: "As somebody who has always struggled with my weight having lost 12 stone and it's difficult in the current times we live in, the challenging times we live in.

"We all tend to look for different crutches. I think I am more likely to go in and get a sausage roll and the pasties – everything in moderation – if it's at the end of my road and it's open at 12 at night. It's like everything – I'm 25 years sober, 10 years drug free but if you have an addictive personality, if something is tempting you the more likely you are, especially in these difficult times."

Tina has been open out her surgeries having gone under the knife to have excess skin removed and to get a face lift. She told Closer Magazine last year: "I'm over the moon with how I look. My old face appeared sad and miserable now I look healthier, sexier and prettier than ever. The last few years have been tough and this has given me something to smile about."

It hasn't always been easy for Tina as when she appeared on Loose Women in 2017, she admitted that paparazzi shots showing excess skin left by her weight loss left her feeling down. She explained: "I've done so well. I’ve lost 12 and a half stone… I'm a scouser, I'm hard as nails. Love me or hate me, I'm a bit of a Trojan, but I saw those pap shots and all the wrinkles, and I thought, 'How can you get that far?'"

She also revealed she became a target of online trolls – which also took its toll. She explained: "I'm happy, healthy, eradicated my diabetes and highblood pressure. But I am horrified by the wrinkly skin on my legs, tummy, back, bum etc. I actually have sobbed tonight. But I'm only human, I don't deserve the battering I've had from people… just nasty comments."

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