Chantelle Houghton reveals she has lost two stone after ’embarrassing’ lockdown weight gain

Big Brother star Chantelle Houghton has revealed she’s feeling more confident than ever after losing two stone in weight over the past four months.

The former CBB star, 38, who now works for the Body Shop, admitted she put on three stone during lockdown in 2020 but with the help of a diet plan and personal training sessions she has dropped at least two dress sizes and is down to a size 10.

Speaking to New Magazine, the mum of one admitted she was ’embarrassed’ that her weight had crept up, but is now living a much healthier lifestyle. 

‘I felt really down about it, but my confidence now is great,’ she told the magazine. ‘Not only have I lost nearly two stone, I feel healthier, too.’

Speaking about her lockdown weight gain, Chantelle added: ‘All of a sudden I just thought, “How did I get this big?” With lockdown, I was eating rubbish and not moving as much as I would normally. I felt really embarrassed.’

Chantelle has been following the MuscleFood Goal Getters Super Slimmer meal plan with food delivered straight to her door. 

She has combined the three healthy meals a day with regular PT sessions, swimming and boxing.

Her weight loss has even inspired Chantelle to date again after a year of being single. 

In September 2021 the star revealed that she split from her fiancé Michael Strutt in January 2021 after their whirlwind romance fizzled out during lockdown. 

Chantelle found love with Ordinary Boys singer Preston during her time on Celebrity Big Brother in 2006, with the two going on to marry. They divorced a year later but remain good friends.

Chantelle also shares a nine-year-old daughter with her ex-fiancé Alex Reid.

Speaking about future romance and her past marriage, Chantelle gushed: ‘I’d love to get married. I know I have been married before. What me and Preston had… our marriage was completely real.

‘I loved him wholeheartedly and wanted to marry him. I don’t look at it as a failed marriage because I was 21 and we were in a crazy world back then. I don’t look at it as a real-life marriage, even though it was. I’d love to do it again, though.’

The interview also saw Chantelle speak out on her heart condition after she sparked concern over Christmas by sharing a photo of herself in an ambulance. 

She wrote at the time that she had experienced a ‘scary day’ but that the NHS were ‘amazing’, without elaborating further about the reason for her visit.

Speaking to New, Chantelle explained that she was diagnosed with a heart condition called supraventricular tachycardia ten years ago, which means her heart sometimes races up to 400 beats per minute.

‘If I can’t get out of the episode myself then I have to call 999 and they help. They’ll do manoeuvres to get it back to normal,’ she explained of her scare over Christmas.’ 

‘A few years ago, they actually had to stop my heart, which was frightening. It’s just something I live with.’

Read the full interview with Chantelle in New Magazine, on sale now.  Chantelle has been following the MuscleFood Goal Getters Super Slimmer meal plan.