Strictly's Shayne Ward unrecognisable after losing 3 stone

Shayne Ward is champion known for his clip connected Coronation Street and winning The X Factor - but the soap prima has undergone a large assemblage translation since then

Strictly Come Dancing heartthrob Shayne Ward turned rather a fewer heads backmost successful 2019 flaunting an unthinkable bodily translation aft hitting the gym hard with his different half, Sophie Austin. Ditching his gig arsenic Aidan Connor connected Coronation Street successful 2018, Shayne on with his fiancee, embarked connected a quest to summation carnal prowess and steer their lives towards wellness.

Spotted exuding newfound confidence, Shayne was each astir banishing those 'love handles' and parading a revamped image, implicit with a booming beard and longer hairsbreadth that was miles isolated from his stint connected the cobbles. He confessed to erstwhile indulging successful nutrient conscionable for the involvement of it but has since experienced the joyousness of ditching late-night munchies, fizzy drinks and confectionery.

The star's meal besides had a makeover, with eggs and veggies taking the spot of cereal. He told Manchester Evening News: "The alteration successful my assemblage has been crazy. I cognize I talk for myself, and a batch of guys I cognize arsenic well, we ever endure with putting a batch of value connected astir our midsection, our gut and our hip. That's the country we ever consciousness astir conscious about."

Reflecting connected his exit from the soap opera beingness astatine the time, Shayne noted that, contempt missing the show, it truly did his 'dad bod' nary favours. "I volition miss it erstwhile I permission but it's not done favours for the dada bod," helium admitted to The Sun. "The canteen has a truly large paper but past it besides has truly naughty food. Put it this mode it's your choice, but past if you devour from the naughty paper you've got to marque definite you don't enactment value on, which is what happened to maine really," helium revealed.

"Since the training, that's been the spot that has changed the most. Love handles I deliberation that's what we each telephone them. They've wholly gone down."

The erstwhile X Factor victor, shedding an awesome 3 stone, expressed his halfway inspiration: "My information passim each this is my small miss and that volition not change. I evidently privation to look the champion I tin look, consciousness the champion I tin consciousness and beryllium arsenic steadfast arsenic I tin be, but my girl Willow May comes supra each that. I cognize if I'm feeling each that, I'm going to beryllium the champion dada for her,".

Sophie turned heads with her ain staggering value nonaccomplishment odyssey, having dropped implicit a chromatic and a fractional successful conscionable the archetypal fortnights of her caller programme. The ex-Hollyoaks sensation managed to gaffe down 2 formal sizes, spurred connected by Shayne's encouragement.

Back successful 2019, Sophie shared her backstage battles, admitting however she 'lost herself' pursuing pregnancy and struggled with self-image, revealing: "I hated the mode I looked."

"And it upset maine due to the fact that I recognize my assemblage accomplished thing incredible. Dealing with anxiousness has been a conflict for me, and it intensified aft Willow was born. Food became a comfortableness I didn't admit myself and felt shame for harbouring specified feelings."

"I would get down astir my assemblage and carnal appearance. My biggest happening is the assurance I had conscionable mislaid it. I conscionable consciousness similar I'm getting myself backmost dilatory and it's a truly large happening for me. You can't bargain that."