The This Country and Am I Being Unreasonable? star wowed fans with her inspiring weight loss journey and revealed the lifestyle changes that helped make it possible
Daisy May Cooper looked fantastic at her son’s sixth birthday party, where she wore a black jumpsuit that showed off her new figure after losing 10 stone. The comedian and actor has had quite the weight loss journey over the past three years and revealed the simple lifestyle changes that helped her work so hard to slim down.
Speaking to The Sunday Times, Daisy shared that the best advice she’d been given was “from Denise Welch, who said stopping drinking is life-changing”. Alongside ditching the alcohol, she opted for a keto diet, which focuses on low-carb, high-fat meals.
Keto diets are said to encourage the body into a metabolic state called ketosis, where the body starts burning stored fat and turning them into ketones in the liver. By limiting carb intake to 20-50 grams a day, the body will start to use up fat for energy.
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There are many low-carb diets to follow, such as Atkins or the paleo diet, but while these are high in protein with a moderate amount of fat, the keto diet contains higher fat and a moderate amount of protein. It’s health benefits are debated and some NHS hospitals who offer it as a treatment for drug resistant epilepsy and certain metabolic conditions insist on close monitoring by a specialist dietitian.
Daisy also appeared on the BBC podcast How to Be in the Spotlight in June and said changes to her medication impacted her weight loss. “I was put on some medication for depression, Quetiapine. It slows your metabolism right down to a crawl and it makes you have the munchies 24/7.
“I was put on it just before I started This Country. What people weren’t aware of is I’d always been a size 8 to 10. It was that medication that made me balloon.”
She credited coming off the medication with a dramatic weight loss: It wasn’t until I made the decision to come off that that people were like, “Oh my God, she’s so different and she’s losing all this weight”. This was always who I was, so shedding all of that was great.”
It is important to note that coming off antidepressants does can come with serious side effects and you should always talk to your doctor before choosing to stop medication.
Daisy made it clear that one thing was not involved in her weight loss – surgery. “I haven’t had any surgery. I did go in to have a consultation for a tummy tuck and the surgeon just scared the s*** out of me.”
Speaking to Grazia, she opened up about the reason she started losing weight in the first place, despite being “so for body positivity”.
“I’m so for body positivity, but when I was at my biggest, I was at my most miserable and I had a massive food addiction. I wasn’t healthy. I couldn’t breathe when I was walking up the stairs. I was so unhappy.”
She has received backlash for her weight loss and spoke about how “angry” some comments made her. “I’ve had some messages like, “Well, now you’ve lost the weight you’re not funny any more.” What the f**k? Why do women have to be f**king fat to be funny?
“That makes me so angry. I champion anybody. I think everybody should be happy with their body.”
There are lots of ways of losing weight by making small changes or by seeking support. If you need help managing your weight, you might be able to refer yourself directly to services that can help you. Please check the NHS website for further advice.
Source: Mirror
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