Secrets behind Adele’s amazing 7st weight loss – from ditching cups of tea to Joe Wicks workouts and diets with red wine
ADELE has been wowing fans with her dramatic transformation over the last few years, losing an incredible seven stone.
She posed for stunning pictures in a Vogue interview, showing just how far she's come in her weightloss journey.
The mum-of-one told how she she got divorced, became addicted to exercise and shed seven stone.
She told the that her new album will explain to son Angelo, eight, why she chose to “dismantle his entire life”.
Opening up about her marriage break-up for the first time, saying: “It just wasn’t right for me any more.”
Fierce determination after heartbreak
Sticking to a strict diet and exercise regime takes serious determination - and that's something Adele has been brimming with.
The Sun revealed how she split up from her former husband Simon Konecki, after the pair drifted apart.
But determined to find happiness, she declared a month later - on her 31st birthday - that while her 30th year has "tried her", she knew 31 would be a "big year" - focused completely on herself.
In a rare Twitter post, she wrote: “This is 31 . . . Thank f***ing god. 30 tried me so hard but I’m owning it and trying my hardest to lean into it all. 31 is going to be a big ol’ year and I’m going to spend it all on myself.
“No matter how long we’re here for, life is constant and complicated at times. I’ve changed drastically in the last couple of years and I’m still changing and that’s OK.
“Be kind to yourself people we’re only human, go slow, put your phone down and laugh out loud at every opportunity. Learning to really, truly love yourself is it, and I’ve only just realised that is more than enough.”
Ditching her favourite sugary teas
Adele previously admitted she used to drink about ten cups of tea a day - with her famously starring on James Corden's Carpool Karaoke with a mug of tea in 2016.
However, she has since ditched the hot beverage in a desperate bid to cut down on her sugar intake.
She said previously: "I used to drink ten cups a day with two sugars in each so I was on 20 sugars a day.
"Now I don't drink it and I have more energy than ever."
Twenty teaspoons of sugar a day is more than three times the recommended daily allowance - and causes energy crashes, bad teeth and raised cholesterol.
Learning to love herself again
Earlier this year, a US holiday-maker who met Adele on her Caribbean break with Harry Styles and James Corden revealed how she was gushing about her new-found confidence.
Student Lexi Larson, 19, said at the time: “She was saying how she had lost something like 100lb. She seemed so happy and she looked amazing. She seemed really confident.”
And according to wellness guru Jedidiah Jenkins, who grew close with Adele, she admitted to him: “I’m trying to become inspired to reignite the love for myself which is definitely there,” before asking: “How do I better myself?”
Jenkins gave up his job when he hit 30 to spend 16 months cycling 14,000 miles down through North and South America on a journey of self-discovery.
Jedidiah’s 2018 book To Shake The Sleeping Self told the story of his adventure, which he has also documented on Instagram, and he has clearly had a transformative effect on Adele with his mantra of always “living life without regrets”.
Gushing about Adele in an Instagram story to mark her 31st birthday last May, he wrote: “I’m inspired by you, I’m changed by your bravery and strength, 31 will be your best year yet.”
Home workouts with Joe Wicks
The Sun previously revealed how Adele's weight loss is also down to the Body Coach Joe Wicks, after secretly following the personal trainer’s high intensity workout videos - long before his fame amid the coronavirus pandemic.
She is also reportedly a fan of personal trainer Dalton Wong, who helps actors get into shape for roles, including her pal Jennifer Lawrence.
A source said: “Adele’s been secretly working with these personal trainers.
“She’s not the sort to exercise in front of others, so she follows regimes and plans at home, using their videos and tutorials.
“The progress she has made in the last six months is clear for all to see.”
Meanwhile, although Adele isn't the biggest fan of the gym, she says one of the main things she does is weightlifting.
She told Rolling Stone in 2016: "I mainly moan. I’m not, like, skipping to the f***ing gym. I don’t enjoy it.
"I do like doing weights. I don’t like looking in the mirror.
"Blood vessels burst on my face really easily, so I’m so conscious when I’m lifting weights not to let them burst in my face. And if I don’t tour, you’ll catch me back down at the Chinese!"
'Weight has nothing to do with my career'
Over the last year we’ve seen more and more evidence that Adele, having lost an incredible 7 stone altogether, is happier and more confident than she’s ever been and with a body she no longer hides behind baggy clothes.
But it's happened completely on her own terms - as she's always vowed never to be pressured to lose weight in the past.
She previously said: ";I think no matter what you look like, the key is to first of all be happy with yourself.
"And then you know if you want to try to improve things that you don’t like about yourself, then do it after you appreciate yourself."
And while she admits to having self-image problems like the rest of us, she says there are bigger things to worry about.
She added: "I do have body image problems, for sure, but I don’t let them rule my life at all."
In fact, Adele previously revealed that she'd refuse to work with anybody who had an issue with her size, telling magazine at the time: "Even when I was signing a contract, most of the industry knew if anyone ever dared say: 'Lose weight' to me, they wouldn’t be working with me."
