Linda Robson has shown off her slim figure in swimwear after she opened up about some of the horrific side-effects of weight loss she has dealt with in the past

Linda Robson showed off her slimmed-down figure in a swimsuit while enjoying a lavish holiday with friends.

The Loose Women star was seen posing on board a yacht while enjoying a sun-soaked getaway looking lean in a black one-piece. Linda wore her blonde hair tied into plaits and minimal makeup as she beamed for the camera in the pictures. She appeared to be having a great time in the series of snaps she uploaded to Instagram from the trip which was for a fundraiser.

Linda wrote: “Had a wonderful couple of days attending a heartwarming fundraiser with such lovely people. Thank you so much Jay and family for your beautiful hospitality xxxx and met some lovely new friends xxxx.”

Linda looked fabulous in the snaps ( 
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The Loose Women star appeared to be enjoying herself ( 
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The snaps come after Linda opened up about embarking on a diet that was “so strict” it came with a catalogue of “revolting” side effects. The Loose Women star, 66, who openly admitted to struggling with her weight and body image, has tried everything from WeightWatchers to slimming pills, but insisted they’re “all horrible.”

She said one particular diet, which involved her living on packet soups, snack bars and milkshakes, made her breath stink and her hair fall out, while she was “starving the whole time”. Linda told Woman magazine: “I’ve spent most of my life on one sort of diet or another, even when I probably didn’t need to. I’ve done WeightWatchers and used slimming pills – I’ve tried just about every one available, and they’re all horrible.”

She added: “They either give you diarrhoea or they send you hyper. The plan (with one diet) was so strict, and the side effects I experienced were revolting. “My hair started falling out, my breath stank, and because I was literally living on packet soups, a snack bar and a milkshake – that’s all I would have all day – I was starving the whole time.”

Linda shared the series of snaps on Instagram ( 
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Linda recently opened up about her weightloss ( 
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@lindarobson58/Instagram)She said it’s “not sustainable” and knew she “couldn’t last on it forever”, but as soon as she started eating like a “normal person” again, the weight “went back on.” Linda, who admitted her weight had “yo-yoed so much over the years”, hit headlines in 2017 due to her extreme weight loss, which she found was down to abstaining from alcohol and sugar.

The Birds of a Feather actress said at the time that she felt “better” than she had done in “years”, but Linda was in the throes of some serious health issues, including alcoholism, OCD, and insomnia. Reflecting on this time in her life, she said: “After I stopped drinking the wine, I went down to a size eight, and everyone was telling me how good I looked because of the weight loss, but inside, I was falling apart.

“I was spending whole days crying, and I looked absolutely terrible, really skinny like a skeleton… It was as if I was at death’s door, with hollowed-out cheeks and lines etched across my face.”