CORONATION Street star Katie McGlynn has exclusively revealed upping her step count saw her shed two dress sizes.
The actress, 26, who played cancer-stricken Sinead Tinker in the ITV soap, is back to her size 8 wardrobe and committed to "focus" on her health.
Katie quit the ITV soap late last year in tragic scenes which saw her character pass away from her second bout of cancer – leaving husband Daniel and baby Bertie behind.
Off-screen, she exclusively told The Sun Online how the sad subject matter and intense filming left her snacking on cakes in the Corrie canteen, and creeping to a size 12.
She candidly told us: "I just didn’t feel myself.
"Throughout the whole Sinead storyline, I put a bit of weight on and didn’t feel comfortable in my own skin, and I wanted a kickstart on my health, and to feel confident again.
"You’re knackered and you’re doing 12-hour days and it’s upsetting scenes.
"The canteen at Corrie have the best homemade cakes and I was eating for the town."
Revealing her secrets to weight loss success, with the help of personal trainers at Ultimate Performance in Manchester, she added: "I was weight-training four to five times a week, and steps was the main thing.
"I was doing 15,000 steps a day, which really helped, and tracking them on an app.
"It took 12 weeks to lose the weight. I’m now a size 8, and I was a 10 before – tethering on a size 12, and I didn’t like that – I was like a big size 10.
"I’m not dissing 10s, but it’s just the way my body shape is – I feel more comfortable being a size 8.
"I lost over a stone, and a little later I lost a bit more so I think it was a stone and a half altogether."
Proving she's just like the rest of us when it comes to stuffing ourselves silly with mince pies and pigs in blankets, she conceded: "However, over Christmas I put half a stone back on.
"I’m going to focus on my health this year and I’m going to carry on with my fitness.
"To celebrate my weight loss, I threw out my old wardrobe and bought some new bits, and some new gym gear."
Previously, Katie has told how she felt "very down" about her weight and as such, adopted a high protein diet.
She showed off her new figure at last month's NTAs, where she was crowned winner of the Serial Drama Performance.
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