Gemma Collins Reveals Secrets to Losing 50 Pounds With Exact Tips

Gemma Collins is a British pop culture icon. She starred in the iconic reality series The Only Way Is Essex, which led to stints on Celebrity Big Brother, Dancing On Ice, and her own series, Gemma Collins: Diva. Collins has also embarked on a fitness journey, and has lost 50 pounds. Read on to see 5 ways Gemma Collins stays in shape and the photos that prove they work—and to get beach-ready yourself, don't miss these essential 30 Best-Ever Celebrity Bathing Suit Photos!

1. She Doesn’t Let Herself Get Too Down

While Collins seems like a confident person, she admits on the Secure The Insecure podcast that she has days where she feels low. She says, “Some days you have an off day. You know, you're just like, 'Oh, I look really ugly today, I don't feel myself.' Just this strange stuff, like, ‘my life seems really good, is it suddenly going to go wrong? Am I good enough to do this job? Am I confident?’ You know, everyone has it, so when people see me, like performing on TV and stuff, before that, you do sometimes doubt yourself a little bit.” Collins says that she has a way to get herself away from that feeling. “I just take a deep breath and I go, 'I've got nothing to lose. I've just got to do this.' But you know, I wouldn't be human if you didn't have the down days, you know?”

2. She Doesn’t Restrict Herself Too Much

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Collins says that while she is eating healthy, her plan isn’t super restrictive. She wrote on her Instagram story after a shopping trip, "You do not need to starve on an eating plan, people. You can eat!"

3. She Uses Weights

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Collins has posted a lot of workout videos on her Instagram page, and she’s a big fan of strength training and using weights. She posted this video of herself swinging a hand weight up and down outside.

4. She Works Out On Her Own

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A lot of Collins’ weight loss and fitness journey has been on her own, and she wants to encourage others that they don’t need a gym membership or a trainer to stay in shape. "I am so proud of my achievements but I wanted to come on here today just to say yes we can’t get to a gym and yes not everyone can get a trainer,” she said on Instagram. "That’s fine. If you can find steps whether it’s in your home or at a park, you can just do things with it."

5. She Stays Motivated

Collins revealed one of her biggest weight loss and health secrets is staying motivated. She posted this Instagram video of herself at the gym, and captioned it, “Hope you’re all feeling motivated guys. Why is it the minute the weather gets better you feel so much more motivation.”

Valerie Bertinelli is revealing the secret to winning her weight gain battle. The 61-year-old star and Food Network host has famously struggled with her weight for most of her life, losing weight and then gaining it back again. But two years ago, the self-proclaimed “most famous dieter in America,” came to realize her self-worth and made a single sacrifice that completely changed her life and ended her weight war. Read on to find out Valerie Bertinelli’s secret to winning her weight gain wars and the photos that prove they work—and to get beach-ready yourself, don't miss these essential 30 Best-Ever Celebrity Bathing Suit Photos!

1. She Had Been Trying to Lose the Same 10 Pounds for Forty Years

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In a new interview with People and an excerpt from her upcoming memoir, Enough Already, Bertinelli reveals that she started 2020 off on a mission: to lose 10 lbs., "the same 10 lbs. I had been trying to lose for the past forty years," she said. She walked over her scale and had a revelation: "No. I can't be doing this again." It was then she realized tying her self-worth to numbers on the scale was making her fail.

2. She Decided to Live in the Moment Instead of According to the Scale

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"The goal is to live in the moment, and not according to the scale," she continued. In October 2020 she lost her ex-husband Eddie Van Halen, and realized losing weight wouldn’t help with grief either. "There is no magic number that will make me feel good about myself," she said.

3. She Is Prioritizing Self-Love

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Bertinelli explains in her book that she is prioritizing self-love. "I'm done judging myself," she writes. "I want to be kinder and more accepting of myself."

4. She Has a History of Disordered Eating

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Valerie explains that when she became a spokesperson for Jenny Craig at the age of 47, it wasn’t for the right reasons. "I wasn't trying to get healthy or deal with the reasons I had gained weight over the years. I had split from Ed and I refused to take money from him. As a single working mom I needed to make money. Jenny Craig was a good job,” she writes. She lost a whopping 50 pounds in two years, and in 2009, posed in a bikini for the cover of People. "I started to gain weight as soon as the photo shoot ended,” she continues. "I was starving myself and doing twice a day workouts. Some people can look like that without doing that but not me. And there is shame for being part of the problem to make other people think they could do it. I bought into it hook, line and sinker, but I didn't take care of my head and my heart and I think it really starts with that.”

5. We Need to “Dismantle” Diet Culture

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"I have a lot of decades of thinking I have to look a certain way for people to accept me and to like me,” she writes. "We're all part of this diet culture that isn't actually helping us, our mental or emotional health. I'm trying to dismantle all of the things I learned that are ingrained in me. And I've learned there are many people that feel the same exact way that I do. Some of us were taught the wrong things."

6. She Gave Up the Scale

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Ultimately, her secret to winning her weight gain wars was simple. "I gave up the damn scale," she says. "I haven't weighed myself since I finished writing the book and all I know is every time I put on my jeans, they fit. I don't have to lay back and put them on! Every time I want to get on the scale, I think, 'Why would you do that Valerie?' Because it's not about the number. There's not going to be before and after photos. Whatever happens happens," she continued. "This is what I am. Right now. Today."

Gemma Collins is showing off her slimmed down figure – in her swimsuit. The Only Way Is Essex star dances on a boat in one of her latest social media posts. “It’s THURSDAY we’re all making it through January!!!! And if your still eating beans and cheese on toast just enjoy it he he !!!! Wishing you a beautiful Thursday 💫 get the tunes on and strut your stuff !!!!” she captioned the cheeky video. How does she stay so fit? Read on to see 5 ways Gemma Collins stays in shape and the photos that prove they work—and to get beach-ready yourself, don't miss these essential 30 Best-Ever Celebrity Bathing Suit Photos!

1. She Battles Health Conditions

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Gemma battles PCOS and an underactive thyroid, explaining in an Instagram post that she’s “always up against it !!!! people don’t realize or sympathize everyday is a struggle with these two conditions but I keep going and I’m very proud of myself 💪🏻 cause it’s really exhausting and a constant battle,” she wrote.

2. She Walks

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To celebrate her birthday last year, Gemma revealed a few of her get-fit secrets. "I've made it to 41. I feel fit. I feel good," she said in the post, adding “and it's all showing and coming off.” One way she is achieving her best body ever? "I've been working out,” she said. “I've been exercising.” She enjoys going on long, really long, walks. “After 2 hours walking and loving life I didn’t realize the only way back up was 172 steps !!!! There was no way out !!!Reaching my fitness goals feels great but there’s always that moment when you do feel like your going to die,” she joked in one video of herself taking a walk.

3. She Eats Healthy

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She also revealed that “eating well” is responsible for her transformation. She used to rely on fad diets, including juice cleanses, to try and lose weight fast, but now focuses on healthy eating habits. "It’s basically what works for you,” she said, per The Sun. "I eat scrambled eggs, bacon, avocados, I have two bits of chocolate, I have jelly, nuts. But my diet may not work for you, it’s just a healthy eating plan.” She also eats plenty of good fats, revealing avocados fuel her up. “You do not need to starve on an eating plan, people. You can eat!" she said in an Instagram Story. She does encourage meal planning. “Gotta prep hunnies, or prepare to fail,” she told her followers.

4. She Indulges in Self-Care

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Gemma also takes time out of her busy schedule for self-care. “I've been at a spa,” she added in her birthday post. During her podcast she added that she likes cryotherapy. "I've been doing some really cool stuff. I went into an ice chamber and, yes, I was naked. It was minus 188C and it freezes your body and it starts getting rid of all your fat,” she said. "I actually want one put in my house. I want to go in it all day every day."

5. She Does Intermittent Fasting

In November 2022 on her podcast Gemma revealed she was on a time restrictive eating plan. "This week I have been a good girl, I have been intermittent fasting. I've had to be a little bit low-key and say no to a few social events because I'm like honey's, I'm fasting. I've been going to bed early. I've been getting my walk's in,” she said. She added that she was "loving life" and enjoying the experience of fasting. "Let's see if this intermittent fasting that everyone is talking about is good. You know what it's like, it's winter - I went to the supermarket the other day and I saw Christmas slices, did I have one? No."

Emily Simpson has been documenting her fitness journey and recently shared she's lost 40 pounds. The Real Housewives of Orange star posted a compilation video showing off her progress throughout the last few months and wrote, “Around age 42 I gained 40 pounds and it wasn’t until now (age 47) that I was able to finally get it off and feel like my old self again…,” She added “Just to be clear though… I rocked a bathing suit on TV for 5 years and never felt ugly or not confident in myself or my body. Not once.” Simpson contributes the weight gain to hormones and has worked hard to shed the unwanted pounds. Here's how the TV personality dropped the weight. Read on.

1. She Was Ready to Make a Change

In an interview with Us Weekly, Simpson shared that the reason for wanting to lose weight was that she didn't recognize herself. “We finished filming in November [2022] and I remember we filmed the title cards and our showrunner sent a photo of me that he took with his cell phone. And honestly, I didn’t even recognize myself,” she explained. “I was like, ‘Who is that?’ And then I was like, ‘Oh, that’s me.’ I really neglected myself those four months that we were filming. I ate too much, drank too much, didn’t go to the gym, didn’t work out and I felt really down, really depressed, really dark when we finished filming.”

2. She Hit the Gym

Simpson ditched some of her unhealthy habits and started working out more. “I cut out a lot of things and I go to the gym seven days a week and work out," she told the outlet. "I work out like I’m training for a fitness competition. … That’s kind of the whole story.”

3. She Took Ozempic

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The 47-year-old admits to taking Ozempic to "jumpstart" her goals but said she didn't take it for long. “The thing that bothers me the most is that when people comment on the way that I look, they constantly say, ‘Ozempic, Ozempic,’ she told Us Weekly. "And it’s like, yes, I did use that nine months ago or however many months ago it was, but I don’t like that it discounts all the hard work I put in."

4. She's Consistent

Since starting her wellness regime, Simpson has been dedicated and consistently going to the gym daily. "I don’t care if you say that all you want," she emphasized, referring to her taking Ozempic. "But at least gimme credit for seven days a week, getting up at 6 a.m. every morning and busting my butt in the gym every single day.”

5. She Got Lipo

While Simpson has been making healthier food choices and working out daily, she did admit to having cosmetic surgery done. "The liposuction [in my arms] was helpful,” she told Us.