Chanelle Hayes showcases her eight stone weight loss in a pink bikini

Chanelle Hayes showcases her impressive 8.5 stone weight loss in a plunging neon pink bikini as she hits the beach on a sun-soaked getaway in Spain

Chanelle Hayes showcased her impressive eight stone weight loss during a day at the beach in sun-soaked Spain on Friday – after undergoing a gastric sleeve operation last November.

The former Big Brother contestant, 34, wowed onlookers as she put her slimmed-down figure on display in a similar neon pink bikini to one she sported back in 2018, while flashing her ample assets and bronzed legs.

Posing up a storm with her hands behind her gorgeous walnut locks, she strolled along the seashore with a pair of black sunglasses over her head.


Chanelle Hayes looked sensational as she showcased her impressive eight stone weight loss during a day at the beach in sun-soaked Spain on Friday – after undergoing a gastric sleeve operation last November (pictured right in 2018)

Before undergoing her surgery, the star revealed she took laxatives for 10 years and would only eat a tin of tomatoes in a bid to look ‘skinny like Victoria Beckham’ during her battle with yo-yo dieting.

In subsequent years, she found her weight creep up to 17stone 4lbs at her heaviest, after bingeing on Domino’s pizza, doughnuts and Coca Cola.

In an interview with The Sun, the mother-of-two has shared how gastric sleeve surgery helped her curb her compulsive eating habits and develop a healthy relationship with food.

Reflecting on how fame exasperated her desire to be ‘skinny’, Chanelle recalled: ‘My life post Big Brother, my eating habits got worse, everyone I hung out with in London was even smaller than me, so I felt so big…



Incredible: The former Big Brother contestant, 34, wowed onlookers as she put her slimmed-down figure on display in a similar neon pink bikini to one she sported back in 2018, while flashing her ample assets and bronzed legs


Glowing: Posing up a storm with her hands behind her gorgeous walnut locks, she strolled along the seashore with a pair of black sunglasses over her head

Tranformation: The mother-of-two recently shared how gastric sleeve surgery helped her curb her compulsive eating habits and develop a healthy relationship with food

Svelte: She has been flaunting the results of her transformed body

‘They all took drugs, which I guess explains why they were thin, but that was not something I was into. I was living in hotels and would not eat anything all day, if I got absolutely starving I would eat a tin of tomatoes with hot sauce, then take laxatives…

‘I thought I was setting myself up for this amazing life but in truth I was always on my own and it was so lonely.’

At 8.5 stone, Chanelle moved up north to Wakefield to live near family but found she had begun to binge on food when she fell pregnant with son Blakely, now 11.

The television personality found herself in a vicious cycle of overindulging on takeaways, feeling guilty and then trying to compensate for her actions by taking laxatives and over-exercising.


Changing it up: By 2013, Chanelle’s weighed 13.5 stone and was offered a chance to lose weight and make money by signing a contract with a slimming pill company, and lost 5st in four months

Transformed: Chanelle was showcasing her phenomenal figure in all its glory as she preened this way and that



Shock: The television personality found herself in a vicious cycle of overindulging on takeaways, feeling guilty and then trying to compensate for her actions by taking laxatives and over exercising

By 2013, Chanelle’s weighed 13.5 stone and was offered a chance to lose weight and make money by signing a contract with a slimming pill company, and lost 5st in four months.

Yet three years later, a failed relationship and now a single mum to two boys, she found her food addiction ‘totally out of control’ and weighing 14.5stone.

Chanelle said: ‘People just thought I was greedy but I was beyond the point of control and my addiction was really taking hold. I decided to have gastric sleeve surgery in 2020 after going up to 17st 4lb.’

New look: Now weighing 9.5 stone Chanelle says she is the ‘happiest I’ve ever been both physically and mentally’


All eyes on me: She has spoken about the life-changing impact of her body overhaul (pictured left in 2018)

Before undergoing the procedure, the reality star said she ‘lived like a hermit for a year’ as she felt ‘so ashamed’ of her weight.

But the gastric sleeve surgery has given the star a new lease of life. Now weighing 9.5 stone Chanelle said she is the ‘happiest I’ve ever been both physically and mentally’.

The influencer admitted while she would love to remove her 34F breast implant and ‘doesn’t love her loose skin’, she is trying to ’embrace her body’.

Chanelle said the surgery was a last resort and she had it because ‘I was an addict and felt powerless’, and that having it can ‘save your life’. 

Lifestyle change: The influencer admitted while she would love to remove her 34F breast implant and ‘doesn’t love her loose skin’, she is trying to ’embrace her body’

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