DEANNE Jolly has posed in a swimsuit for New Idea magazine and revealed how she lost an impressive 10 kilos.
The fiery The Block contestant appears in this week’s issue, showing off her trim figure in two different one-piece cozzies, and admits there was a turning point that prompted her to lose the weight — an unflattering photo published of the reality TV star while on holidays in Noosa with her family late last year.
“I was mortified — I had no idea,” the 43-year-old told the magazine. “I was just relaxing with my family and not thinking about how I was looking at all, then I saw the photo and realised how much weight I’d put on, and that I needed to lose it.”
The mother-of-two says she weighed 72 kilos at her heaviest and, at just 164cm tall, decided she finally needed to do something about it.
“It did make me stop and go: ‘Right, that’s the end of that, I need to start looking after myself better.’”
Jolly signed up with nutritionist Donna Aston and says she resisted the temptation of pasta, wine and cheese, while upping her exercise regime.
“It was Christmas and I just went to town eating, because we were hanging out with friends and drinking. Everyone does it at Christmas. I could really see that I’d stacked on a fair bit,” Jolly said.
Now weighing a healthier 62 kilos, Jolly revealed she was seeing a psychologist after the birth of her second daughter Lily. “The weight crept up after my postnatal depression ... that was probably when I started to put it on. You comfort eat when you’re not happy.
“On The Block, there’s no balance, so one of the things that falls away is exercise.”
Dea and her husband of nearly 10 years, Darren, returned to The Block this year after controversially pocketeing just $10,000 on the show last year.
The four apartments will go under the hammer during Wednesday’s grand final, 7.30pm on Nine.
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