Pauline Quirke

Pauline Quirke is not a stranger to losing weight. She has famously gotten lighter back in 2011 by following a LighterLife diet for a year. The régime was terrific for fast weight loss, but Quirke had difficulty maintaining the diet. Unfortunately, she still ended up gaining back her previous pounds. The actress admitted in her autobiography, Where Have I Gone?, that she wanted to lose weight because she was getting older and expanding faster. She even shared that she had to ask for a seatbelt extension in an airplane as one of the many red flags that made her decide to change her eating habits.

Quirke gave credit to her best friend, Linda Robson, for aiding her all throughout her ordeal. Robson went on a weight loss journey herself, and Quirke thought it was incredible and inspiring. In turn, the actress changed her diet and stopped drinking, and Quirke saw the changes in her weight. She also put effort into exercising, and she vowed to maintain these changes.