Jennifer Ellison flaunted her toned figure in a strapless white bikini as she enjoyed some winter sun in Turkey on Sunday.
The former Brookside star, 40, who was a size 18 at her largest, is not one to shy away from showing off her weight loss.
And after years of yo-yo dieting, she has decided to ditch fad diets as she finally feels content with her 10 stone bodyweight.
Jennifer showcased her sun-kissed glow as she sat on the side of a pool lounger, dipping her toes in the swimming pool.
The blonde beauty presented her toned bottom in the high-waisted bikini and tiny torso as she gracefully climbed out of the water.
Impressive: Jennifer Ellison, 40, flaunted her toned figure in a strapless white bikini as she enjoyed some winter sun in Turkey on Sunday
Incredible: The former Brookside star, who was a size 18 at her largest, is not one to shy away from showing off her weight loss
After taking a dip in the water, Jennifer slipped into a stylish white cover up and wore a white and black hat.
In September, Jennifer – who found fame as Emily Shadwick in Brookside opened up on her journey with fad diets.
She told new! Magazine: ‘I’m not the smallest I’ve ever been, but am at a happy weight where I feel OK getting into a bikini or a costume in the swimming pool.’
She added: ‘I’m in a happy and confident place. I am about 10¾st at the moment. I don’t feel I’m in that rat race anymore of having to look amazing. I’ve stopped trying to diet.
‘When you do faddy diets they don’t work, so I’ve given up. My weight has gone up and down so much over the years so I just try to eat healthily now.’
Jennifer told the publication about losing her confidence after gradually gaining weight and going up to a size 18.
She recalled: ‘My agent would phone me up, and the thought of going for an audition… I would refuse. I’d say ‘I can’t do it’. I had lost my confidence. I had literally given up on myself’.
Last year, Jennifer – who shares three sons Bobby, Harrison, and Charlie with husband Rob – revealed that prior to taking part in Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins: ‘I’d given up on myself. I never looked in the mirror.
Looking back: And after years of yo-yo dieting, she has decided to ditch fad diets as she finally feels content with her 10 stone bodyweight
Wow: The beauty – who was a size 18, now 10, presented her toned figure in the chic white two-piece
Relaxed: Jennifer showcased her sun-kissed glow as she sat on the side of a pool lounger, dipping her toes in the swimming pool
Side profile: Jennifer showcased her peachy bottom, washboard abs before taking her seat on the pool lounger for a day of sunbathing
Gorgeous: After taking a dip in the water, Jennifer slipped into a stylish white cover up and wore a white and black hat
Transformation: Jennifer recently revealed she was a size 18 at her largest (pictured in 2015)
‘I didn’t think I could ever go back on stage because no one would want me. I had gone from being this girl known for acting and men’s mags to becoming this mum and teacher.’
Jennifer previously admitted during an appearance on Loose Women: ‘I was getting anxiety about seeing people from my past because I thought they were looking at me thinking what the hell happened to you?
‘People in the shops would be like, “God girl, you’ve piled on the weight haven’t you!” I was size 18 in self destruct mode. I wouldn’t look in the mirror, I didn’t care. Everything was about my (sons).’
She decided to take drastic action, checking into a detox centre where she was rationed to a tiny 400 calories a day.
Jennifer added: ‘I’d have a slice of apple and a six mile walk and get back starving. I was told the perfect analogy for me about wanting to help your boy’s – like when you have to put on a flight oxygen mask, you have to put yours on first.
‘In order to be good mum to them you have to look after yourself. With me it was self-neglect, everything was about the boys.’
Jennifer soared to fame on Brookside in 1998, on which she played Emily Shadwick until 2003. During this stint she became a lads’ mag favourite.
She shares her three children Bobby, Harrison, and Charlie with husband Rob Tickle, who she married in October 2009.
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