The actress looks stunning in the photograph after losing some extra weight
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TV beauty Martine McCutcheon poses in some lacy lingerie after shedding the pounds.
The actress has revealed how she got her curves back following a battle with depression and fatigue illness ME.
Former EastEnders star Martine, 37, piled on an extra two-stone but has now lost the weight with a combination of exercise, diet changes and improving her mental well-being with anti-depressants.
She said: “The illness made me lose all my muscle tone and my skin became loose and dry. I had the body of an old woman. I would think, ‘That’s not me’.
“Because ME is an illness that affects the brain and nervous system, your hormones are all over the place, which makes you prone to bloating and sporadic and sudden weight gain and loss.”
Martine, who has been unwell for seven years, said it left her full of self-loathing.
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But getting the chronic fatigue under control has helped the Love Actually actress to start exercising again.
She said: “I go to the gym, I walk, I do Pilates and whilst I won’t deny that I would love to be slimmer, I have realised that short of living on fresh air, I’m never going to be a skinny Minnie.
“If I work out hard one day, I have to make sure I rest up the next. But my jeans fit nicely now, so that makes me happy. I feel like I’m getting there again, which is wonderful.”
And she revealed that she and husband Jack McManus are hoping to be parents within a year, now her health has improved.
She added: “It’s what I want more than anything, but I’d been so scared that I wouldn’t be able to. I thought, ‘How can I bring a baby into the world when I’m not well enough to look after myself?’ Now I feel I could.”
The full interview is in the new edition of Hello! which is on sale now.
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Martine McCutcheon poses for sexy lingerie shoot after two-stone weight loss
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