Star of Dragons’ Den Sara Davies recently revealed that she had dropped three dress sizes – and she also shared the weight loss trick she used to achieve it.
The TV star was previously a size 16 and now fits into a size 12. Despite her confident personality, Sara admitted that while working on Dragons’ Den, she experienced a “trigger moment” that led her to want to lose weight.
Sara Davies on her weight loss
Speaking to Closer Magazine in July, Sara stated that for her 40th birthday earlier this year, she wanted “to be the fittest I’d been since I was 30”.
“I’ve spent half my life sucking myself into Spanx, and now it’s bloody lovely to put on a dress and not have two pairs on underneath!” she said.
Sara – on The Hit List this weekend (December 10) – continued: “I had to size up in all my clothes, and I was mortified. It was the biggest size I’d ever been wearing, and it really got to me.”
To achieve the desired results, Sara “stopped having chocolate and cakes, but also cut back on carbs and ate more veg than fruit”.
Admitting the diet was “miserable”, she also stopped drinking alcohol to “reduce sugar”.
“During filming we go for dinner as a pack of Dragons, and Peter Jones has very nice, expensive taste in wine, but I feel so much better for cutting it out,” Sara added.
The former Strictly star expressed that she doesn’t have plans to cut alcohol out of her life for food, confessing she had a hamburger and gin and tonics for her big birthday. However, she admitted she had “really enjoyed cutting down”,
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‘I’m a convert to kombucha’
Since losing the weight, Sara said she incorporating kombucha into her diet. The beverage is a fermented, sweetened black tea drink with a hint of fizzy. She was introduced to the drink by her Dragons’ Den co-star Deborah Meaden, referring to kombucha as “life-changing”.
Sara described the drink as similar to a “glass of wine”.
While on the set of the show, she eats salads, which she prepares on a Sunday night.
“Thrilled” about her “body shape”, Sara said she feels “more toned”, “fitter” and healthier, despite not losing any weight over the past four to five months.
The star’s new figure certainly caught the attention of Strictly fans when she appeared in the audience recently.
Sara attended the show with Helen Skelton, and posted pictures of her outing on Instagram. She looked stunning in a red jumpsuit.
“Great choice with the red jumpsuit,” said one fan. “You looked stunning in that jumpsuit,” echoed another. “You looked stunning,” said another.
Catch Sara on The Hit List on Saturday December 10 at 5.45pm.
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