Denise Welch vows to have a six pack at 60 after slimming down to size 12
The actress admitted she's ready for the challenge
DENISE Welch has revealed she is on a mission to get a six pack by the time she turns 60.
The 58-year-old, who is a size 12 at present, has made no secret of her challenge to keep fit in the past and admitted she's on a mission to get toned up again.
Speaking to Best magazine, the former Coronation Street actress explained: "I'm going to try and and be inspiring at 60.
"The only thing I've never been addicted to is exercise! I want to try and get a six-pack at 60. I'm kind of joking, but if that hashtag becomes my slogan, so be it. I'm on a mission."
She admitted: "I'm lazy, I need motivating. I don't want to be the fittest person ever; I just want to tone up my flabby bits.
"It's harder when you're older - your bones creak; you're tired. I'm never going to look like I did at 30, but I feel better at 58 than I did when I was 38, so I want to match that by looking as good as possible."
The former Loose Women panellist took to Twitter in August to share a picture of her in a patterned yellow bikini, showcasing a flat tummy and toned legs.
Captioning the shot, she wrote: “Staying sober. Staying slim. Staying sane. @LincolnTownley @LighterLifeFast @gordonwise xx”.
Denise became the face and body of LighterLife in 2013, when she signed up to the plan to lose weight ahead of her marriage to second husband Lincoln that summer.
Speaking at the time, she said: “I’d swapped drinking too much for eating too much.
“What I quickly realised through the LighterLife group work was that I often listened to the Child’s voice inside my head: the rebel that says ‘Go on, you deserve it.’
“I was ignoring my rational, adult voice. In practical terms, this means that I now stop and think before I eat.”
Denise – who has been open about her battles with alcohol and depression in the past – saw a dramatic change in her overall health after taking up the LighterLife plan, revealing how she had reduced her osteoarthritis in her knee by 90 percent, which she credits with her weight loss.
The former Coronation Street actress managed to loses two stone before her nuptials in Portugal to PR manager Lincoln.
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