Fern Britton showed off her incredible five stone weight loss in black cycling shorts as she shared Instagram snaps from her bike trip around Italy on Tuesday.
The TV presenter, 68, has long been open about her weight struggles, having fluctuated between a size 22 and a size 12 over the years.
Fern, who insists she has lost weight ‘naturally’ and without any Ozempic, displayed her jaw-dropping figure in the tight-fitted sportswear.
In another snap, Fern couldn’t wipe the smile off her face as she posed for a photo with a friend.
She captioned her post: ‘A glorious week in Italy with the Bike Buddies! Friendships spanning 20 years. Love you ladies’
Dozens of fans commented on Fern’s weight loss transformation and age-defying appearance, writing: ‘Looking fire Fern’,
Fern Britton, 68, showed off her incredible five stone weight loss in black cycling shorts as she shared Instagram snaps from her bike trip around Italy on Tuesday
The TV presenter has long been open about her weight struggles, having fluctuated between a size 22 and a size 12 over the years (pictured in 2022)
‘How wonderful. Looking fabulous Fern. You are definitely one of the people inspiring me to get fit before I hit 60’,
‘You look 20 years younger and your an inspiration Fern’,
‘Looking fabulous, loving life, good for you’.
Fern recently revealed all she has done to lose weight is cut-out sugar from her diet and do 6am gym classes as well as couch to 5K.
She told Woman&Home magazine: ‘People often wonder when you’ve lost lots of weight whether you’ve done it naturally. And I can look at you and say, “Yes, I have”‘.
Fern reflected on the powerful moment she decided to take back control of her health.
She added: ‘I had my shoulder replacement 18 months ago, and two-and-a-half years ago, when I saw the surgeon, he said, “I’m going to totally replace your shoulder, I’ll see you in a year.”
‘I thought, “I need to get my life back on track. I need to stop smoking, stop drinking, get eating under control and stop lying in bed feeling sorry for myself”.
Fern, who insists she has lost weight ‘naturally’ and without any Ozempic, displayed her jaw-dropping figure in the tight-fitted sportswear
In another snap, Fern couldn’t wipe the smile off her face as she posed for a photo with a friend
The former This Morning presenter, split from the TV chef, Phil, in 2020 after 22 years of marriage (pictured 2007)
‘So I started the Couch to 5k, took about 80 per cent of the sugar out of my life and started to think about what I was eating, which I had never done before.’
Fern has twin sons Harry and Jack, 31, and daughter Grace, 27, from her first marriage, to Clive Jones, and daughter Winnie, 23, with Phil Vickery.
Fern has kept her private life out of the spotlight since calling it a off with TV chef, Phil, 64, in 2020, after 20 years.
She recently admitted that while she does get ‘lonely’, she is still not looking for love five years on from her split.
The couple’s 20-year marriage came to an end in 2020 following the deaths of Fern’s parents, which reportedly caused the pair to realise that they had to ‘follow their own paths’.
She told Woman & Home: ‘I’m not looking for love – I’m still a bit too wary of losing my liberty.
‘There’s nobody to run something past but, on the other hand, I think back to running things past people and it never really worked out, so why don’t I just make my own decision? Then I’m the only person who can go, ‘I f***ed up there.’