Denise Welch looked incredible in a hot pink bikini as she recreated a beach moment to showcase her recent weight loss.
The Loose Women star, 62, took to Instagram on Saturday to flaunt her slimmed down physique after losing two stone.
She looked sensational in her after picture as she posed at home while holding her untied bikini top up with one hand.
Wow! Denise Welch looked incredible in a hot pink bikini as she recreated the moment she nearly exposed herself to showcase her recent weight loss in an Instagram post on Saturday
Denise beamed for the camera as she displayed her slender pins in a pair of matching bikini bottoms and added white sandals to her look.
The actress added a sultry red lip to draw attention to her pretty features as she posed in the snap.
She posted the before picture from nine years ago when she almost had a wardrobe malfunction and held her bikini top up with her hand on a beach.
Denise credited her weight loss to giving up alcohol and said that she’s ‘not bothered about being a size ten’ and is more concerned with her health.
Back then: The Loose Women star, 62, posted the before picture from nine years ago when she almost had a wardrobe malfunction and held her bikini top up with her hand on a beach
Looking good: Denise credited her weight loss to giving up alcohol and said that she’s ‘not bothered about being a size ten’ and is more concerned with her health
Denise penned: ‘My annual before and after pic!! Sadly not on a beach. Nine yrs ago I had put on over 2 stone after giving up alcohol and accepting that I had serious addiction issues.
‘As a result I turned to food to fill the void and my crooked thinking let to a very quick weight gain that was in danger of spiralling into another addiction.
‘I needed more than just a diet to help so when I was contacted by @lighterlife I listened as they used cognitive behavioural therapy to change the relationship with food.’
The star added: ‘I’ve never looked back and still do flexifasting to maintain a healthy weight. I’m not remotely bothered about being a size 10.
‘I’m a 12/14 but my osteoarthritis is massively improved and so is my breathing which be came impaired with weight gain.
Amazing: The actress often showcases her incredible figure in stunning swimwear snaps from her holidays
‘I’m 63 this yr and I’m more bothered about my health than anything else. Especially after this yr when we know how morbid obesity has caused so many problems with Covid.’
‘It’s so easy to comfort eat and emotional eating is so very common. There’s never been enough help out there for those struggling which is why I’m a proud ambassador for @lighterlife.
‘I’ve seen type 2 diabetes reversed in so many people and lives changed as a result.’ (Sic)
Denise has spoken openly about a number of issues she has had, most recently she reflected on her 32-year ‘endogenous’ depression battle in a candid interview last month.
Speaking on The Hot Mess Mums Club podcast with Kelly Pegg and Jenny Powell, she also spoke about her new role as Trish Minniver on Hollyoaks.
Candid: Denise has spoken openly about a number of issues she has had, most recently she reflected on her 32-year ‘endogenous’ depression battle in a candid interview last month (pictured in 2018)
Reflecting on her life during the chat, the former Coronation Street star bravely spoke about her 32-year battle with clinical depression.
Denise said that her depression started in 1989 after she welcomed her eldest child, 1975 singer Matthew Healy, 31, which was the ‘best and worst’ year of her life.
The actress, who also has son Louis, 20, with ex-husband Tim Healy, 69, said: ‘I always said that this has happened twice in my life. 1989 when I had Matthew, was the best and the worst year of my life .
‘The best, because obviously I had Matthew and he is the best thing that ever happened to me, along with Louis, but also because it was the start of my 32-year battle with clinical depression.’
Denise admitted that 2020 has also been the ‘best and worst’ for her due to the pandemic but she is grateful that her last episode of major depression was 2019.
Reflective: Also reflecting on her life during the chat, the former Coronation Street star bravely spoke about her 32-year battle with clinical depression (pictured with sons Matthew Healy, right, and Louis, left, in 2015)
She continued: ‘2020 is very similar, the best and the worst. The worst because we have been plunged into this dystopian hell, and especially for those of us who have children we worry about how it will affect them.
‘And, the best because the last episode of major depression for me was in September 2019 and this is the longest, I have gone without a major depressive episode.
‘So, the whole of 2020, and for those people who think that depression is completely related to circumstances, it’s not. Mine is endogenous, but I have been emotional and in floods of tears.
‘I’ve been sad, I’ve been anxious which is a completely normal reaction to the circumstances, but I have not had major depression.’
Denise added that 30 years later, people are now encouraged to speak about their mental health but that there is still a ‘long way to go’.
Post-natal: Denise said that her depression started in 1989 after she welcomed her eldest child, 1975 singer Matthew Healy, 31, which was the ‘best and worst’ year of her life (pictured together in 2011)