Married At First Sight’s Elizabeth Sobinoff reveals the exact diet she followed to lose 10kg – but warns people not to ‘glorify’ her weight loss
Returning bride Elizabeth Sobinoff shed an impressive 10kg following her ill-fated first appearance on Married At First Sight last year.
And on Thursday, the 29-year-old store manager revealed the secret behind her dramatic body transformation.
Elizabeth told WHO magazine that she’d followed the popular 5:2 diet, which can improve one’s metabolism and result in weight loss.
‘This has always been me’: Married At First Sight’s Elizabeth Sobinoff (pictured) reveals the secret behind her dramatic 10kg weight loss
The 5:2 approach involves eating 25 per cent of the recommended calorie intake on two scheduled fasting days and eating normally for the other five days that week.
In addition, Elizabeth said she works out several times a week to reduce stress.
While exercise burns fat and builds muscle, the added effect of reducing stress results in lower levels of cortisol – a hormone that stimulates your appetite.
Despite her dramatic weight loss, Elizabeth said she does not want to ‘glorify’ her transformation.
‘It’s still very much me. I know people are going to say, “Well, you look completely different to how we saw you last year”. But don’t always focus on the outer shell,’ she told WHO.
‘This has always been me. We grow, as people. I don’t glorify weight and be like “I’m better now”.’
Multiple reasons: Elizabeth follows the 5:2 diet and works out several times a week. But she also suffers from a blood disorder and autoimmune disease, which fluctuate her weight
In an editorial for 9Honey in May last year, Elizabeth addressed to fan comments applauding her weight loss.
‘You will never see me talk about my supposed “glamorous weight loss secrets”, but I will put myself out there to help defeat the belief that says you should be defined as a whole based entirely on your dress size…’ she wrote.
‘I have been quite candid about how when I’m unwell I fluctuate in my weight.’
Transformation: Elizabeth looks very different thanks to her recent weight loss. Pictured left in June 2019, right in February 2020
Speaking to 9Honey in March last year, Elizabeth revealed she suffers from two chronic health conditions, Porphyria, a blood disorder, and an autoimmune disease, which is a mild form of Lupus.
And she said she ‘was at one of my heaviest weights I have ever been at’ while filming the 2019 season of MAFS.
Posing on Instagram in November last year, Elizabeth once again addressed her weight loss amid growing concerns for her health.
Slim: Elizabeth debuted her slimmed-down figure on season seven of Married At First Sight this week
‘I know there is a lot of comments thrown about saying sometimes I look sick, well, yes I struggle on a daily [basis]. I do the best I can,’ she explained.
On MAFS last year, Elizabeth was ‘married’ to cheating tradie Sam Ball.
Sam infamously fat shamed her on their wedding day by saying he ‘didn’t usually date girls her size’, before cheating on her with another bride, Ines Basic.
Returning to the show this year, Elizabeth is now partnered with Seb Guilhaus and the pair were recently spotted getting keys cut in Newcastle.
New year, new husband! Last year, Elizabeth was partnered with Sam Ball (left), who infamously fat shamed her on MAFS. This year, she is ‘married’ to Seb Guillhaus (right)