Amy Childs reveals shocking reason for staggering weight loss amid wedding heartbreak
EXCLUSIVE: Amy Childs has been open about her weight loss journey in recent months, and now the reality star has revealed the real reason behind her staggering transformation
Amy Childs is no stranger to comments about her weight loss, since the mum of four lost a staggering amount of weight in the last few months.
Now, Amy is opening up about how she lost her weight after she was forced to cancel her wedding to fiance Billy Delbosq. The Only Way Is Essex star Amy, 34, announced her engagement to Billy in 2023 – weeks after the couple welcomed twins together. The couple then postponed their nuptials in October of the same year.
She recently wowed fans with her latest Instagram offering as they declared she “looks like a different person”. The reality star has made no secret of the fact that she has been on a gruelling weight loss journey in recent months, and it’s clear that her hard work is paying off.
Amy has recently made headlines for losing alot of weight(Image: Chelsea White)
Speaking exclusively to OK!, Amy addressed the recent speculation about her weight loss and the vicious trolling she’s suffered as a result of it.
“People don’t know what is going on behind closed doors,” Amy says emotionally. “I’m going through so much at the minute that the weight has fallen off me. I worry about my mum constantly. She’s very emotional – she thinks she’s going to have another heart attack.”
“People think I’m not eating, but I do eat. To be honest, I do feel better when I’m a bit heavier than I am at the moment. There’s so much going on at the minute – it’s the result of pure stress. We’re also having renovations done in the midst of parenting four kids.”
“But I’m strong, I’ve been in this industry for 15 years. I’ve had lots of people concerned about me, which I completely understand, but yes, people can be so quick to judge.
“It’s so unfair – it shouldn’t matter what size people are. Imagine if I was really happy and healthy this way? I’ve been open about losing too much, but I’m working towards putting some back on now.”
Amy is also keen to address rumours that she has been using weight-loss injections. “I just want to be clear that, as I’ve said before, I’m not using weight-loss injections. I did try the jab, but just once about 18 months ago.
“It made me so, so ill. I injected myself and literally a few hours later I threw up three, four times. I’ve never had sickness like it. The nausea stayed with me for three days. And it scared me so I stopped immediately. It doesn’t agree with everybody and it obviously didn’t agree with me at all.”
Amy was forced to postpone her wedding to fiance Billy due to her mum’s ongoing health battle(Image: Chelsea White)
Amy explains that she had gone to a private doctor with the hope of losing some weight. She had her weight and blood pressure checked during a 30-minute consultation before being prescribed the injections, which started at the lowest dose.
“Bill was like, ‘I don’t know if you really need to do it,’ but he’d proposed to me and I felt like I wanted to look amazing for my wedding day and wanted to lose some baby weight after having the twins – although I do think it’s important that women shouldn’t feel under pressure to lose weight after having a baby. But after feeling ill I stopped straight away, so it’s not the reason for my weight loss.”
The reality TV star, famed for her stint on The Only Way Is Essex (TOWIE), has graced our screens for 15 years. Despite regularly dazzling fans with her glamour on the telly, Amy openly confessed that she had lost touch with loving her figure and has suffered with self-confidence issues.
Now a proud mum-of-four, Amy’s journey through the last decade-and-a-half has been significant, and recently she had been refreshingly honest about her struggle with body image. Acknowledging her tendency to consume “complete rubbish”, she noticed distinct changes in her physique.
Amy then began a training and healthy eating routine in order to shape up naturally. She started working with Freya from Potentia, an online weight-loss coach based in Dubai.
Amy says her weight loss is due to ‘stress and worry’(Image: Chelsea White)
“I decided, ‘Right, I’ve got to do it the proper way now.’ Freya gave me amazing recipe plans and workouts to follow, which I stuck to religiously. She got me in the gym four times a week, eating really clean. I had to be very boring for a good six months, but I felt amazing. It’s only more recently that I’ve been losing weight due to stress that it doesn’t feel healthy.”
Amy, who waved goodbye to The Only Way Is Essex after two years on the show, made an epic return in 2020 and, since then, she has been delighting viewers with her on-screen charm.
