First Dates waitress Cici Coleman wowed her fans after sharing photos of her weight loss transformation.
The 35-year-old took to her Instagram page to explain how she achieved her slim figure by giving her 170,000 followers a visual representation of the highs and lows of weight loss.
The Channel 4 star is a sports and fitness instructor and showed off her impressive progress from the last three months of training by posting before and after photos.
She offered advice about how to lose the weight in a detailed post. Cici wrote: "Weight loss is not linear. There are so many factors as to why the scales can vary so much week to week," while highlighting things such as hormones, stress, water retention, sleep patterns and dieting can affect your weight.
"You have got to trust in the process," she added, before explaining the two phases of weight loss.
"Phase 1 — Rapid weight loss. The first stage of weight loss is when you tend to lose the most weight and begin to notice changes in your appearance and how your clothes fit. It usually happens within the first 4–6 weeks.
"Phase 2 — Slow weight loss. Weight loss in the second stage occurs at a much slower rate, but it primarily comes from body fat, generally after 6 weeks and beyond. At times, you may experience a weight loss plateau during which you experience little to no weight loss."
She finished: "This is why “crash diets” never last. If you want to lose weight and keep it off, patience and consistency is needed.
"Patience and consistency are two significant ingredients to keep you on track."
Cici shared six photos on her post which explained her process, showing how the two phases occurred in her own path. She shared a graph of her weight throughout the selection of images that started from the beginning of July to last Friday.
She is grinning on the second photo which says "2 weeks in" with a matching emoji before the next slide shows Cici pulling a face with the caption: "1 month in 'it's not working'".
The waitress wrote on the fourth photo: "2 months in okayyy.... I'm starting to understand the process."
The last slide saw the comparison photos at the three-month stage, where she is wearing a sports bra and underwear in the before image and a leopard print bikini in the after shot.
Fans on Instagram praised the First Dates star calling her "beautiful either way", with one account saying "great work".
Another added: "Love your honesty! Encourages me to keep going!"
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