‘I’ve found fat Cath in the garage!’ Catherine Tyldesley poses with a cut-out of herself as a size 22 teen as she reflects on her ‘greedy, unhealthy’ past
Catherine Tyldesley posed with a cardboard cut-out of herself at size 22 in an Instagram post shared on Thursday.
After finding the picture in her garage, the former Coronation Street star, 36, took the opportunity to reflect on how far she’s come from being a ‘fat, greedy and unhealthy’ teen.
‘I’ve found fat Cath in the garage!’, the actress joked, causing her husband Tom Pitfield and their son Alfie, five, to chuckle in the background.
‘I’ve found fat Cath in the garage!’ Catherine Tyldesley posed with a cardboard cut-out of herself at size 22 in an Instagram post shared on Thursday
The media personality was dressed in an orange hooded jumper and swept her tresses into a tousled bun as she unveiled the throwback image, to which personal trainer Tom shouted: ‘Jesus!’
TV star Catherine detailed her past in the video’s caption, candidly sharing: ‘When you find your old self hiding in the garage…( to anyone about to jump on a high horse- I’m calling myself ‘fat’ because I was.
‘I was greedy. I ate junk. I was unhealthy. Curves are beautiful…I love mine. But there’s no skirting around the fact that At this point in MY life, I considered myself ‘fat’. ffs).’ (sic)
The thespian has gushed about embracing her figure ever since she famously shed an impressive seven dress sizes.
‘I was greedy. I ate junk. I was unhealthy’: the former Coronation Street star, 36, took the opportunity to reflect on how far she’s come from being a ‘fat, greedy and unhealthy’ teen
Change: Her weight plummeted and left her as a size 12, and following the birth of her first child Alfie, the blonde beauty lost another two stone (L this month, R as a teen)
In an interview on Loose Women back in 2018, Catherine confessed she would have resorted to having a gastric band fitted as she struggled to control her weight as a size 22 teen.
The Strictly Come Dancing 2019 contestant said she would have jumped at the chance to have weight-loss surgery when she was larger.
Joining a discussion on the rising number of teenagers being fitted with gastric bands, Catherine told Janet Street-Porter, Stacey Solomon and Ruth Langsford her lack of education around food contributed to her gradual weight gain.
‘I’m calling myself ‘fat’ because I was’: The media personality was dressed in an orange hooded jumper and swept her tresses into a tousled bun as she unveiled the throwback image
She said: ‘I used to be overweight and when I was a teenager my education on food wasn’t the best so I was in a desperate place and probably would have jumped on that.’
When asked by Ruth whether she would have taken an offer of having a gastric band, she added: ‘Probably, because I was desperate, but I think the key is education.’
‘We need to target the parents as well and make sure the food they’re giving them at home is the best.
Weight loss journey: The media personality now boasts a size 8 to 10 frame
‘I think when you look whatever you eat is either feeding disease or fighting it and that’s very scary.’
The Scarborough star has spoken openly about her weight loss battles in the past, telling The Mirror in 2013 she was motivated to shift the pounds after being told by a director she was too fat for play a leading lady.
Tipping the scales at 15 stone, Catherine’s weight plummeted leaving her a size 12, and following the birth of her first child Alfie, the blonde beauty lost another two stone leaving her a size 8 to 10.