Gemma Collins has admitted she’s “scared” to weigh herself after overindulging over the festive period.
The 41-year-old reality star revealed how she reckons she’s put on a stone amid her "constant battle" with her weight.
She vowed to drop the pounds by ditching junk food and getting her health back to the forefront of her mind – just weeks after she said she's 'made peace' with her body and explained why she refuses to lose any more weight.
Gemma suffered an "agonising" back injury recently which rendered her unable to workout.
The former TOWIE star told how she hurt her back during a trip to Jerusalem last month with her husband-to-be Rami Hawash.
The injury was later diagnosed as a trapped nerve and has caused her no end of bother.
"Not only did we have a magical time, we went to Tel Aviv and me and Rami were all in love again," Gemma recalled.
"We've never not been in love, we're in love more than ever and we just really got connected.
"I did some really good stuff while I was there, from the nature side of things it was incredible.
"I ate vine leaves, hummus, falafel.
"Basically I probably whacked on, no joke... seven to ten pounds, even a stone.
"I'm scared to get on the scales, I refuse to get on the scales."
Despite not being able to get back into her fitness regime just yet, Gemma has set herself a new healthy eating plan instead.
"What I want to talk to you about is goal setting, in life it's good to have that vision of what you want to be or do," she explained to listeners on her GC podcast.
"I think January, February, March is a time where I certainly need to crack on and start doing my fitness and get some of this weight off.
"I'm absolutely sick of it, as you all know I struggle with my weight as I have PCOS and underactive thyroid and it's a constant battle for me all the time.
"When my back went I was like, 'I really need to lay off the goodies'."
Gemma has tried a whole host of treatment in an attempt to cure her sore back following her Jerusalem trip with fiancé Rami.
She sought help from a personal trainer, physiotherapist and spiritual healer when she returned to the UK.
Gemma told fans after her treatment: "I'm in agony. Oh my God, is this man the G-O-D. One session I'm walking, I'm up, I'm round the kitchen. I can't tell you the agony I've been in it's like a curse."
She continued: "I don't know what's happened. Whoever put the curse on me take it off. It's been nothing but hassle the minute I stepped back in the UK."
But one session with one of the experts was all the reality star needed, it seems, as she later wrote on Instagram: "It's a miracle. I am up and walking this morning like a new woman. Phew. Let's get 2023 on the road now thank you."
