Jennifer Ellison proudly flaunted her toned physique as she hit the beach during her festive getaway to Turkey on Monday.
Making the most of the sunny climes, the former Brookside star, 40, headed to the sea on Christmas Day for a spot of sunbathing.
After revealing she’s given up on fad diets and is finally happy with her weight, Jennifer showed off her figure in an eye-catching neon bikini.
The two-piece consisted of a neon pink crop top and colourful tie-dye bottoms as she strolled through the ocean.
And after years of yo-yo dieting, Jennifer has decided to ditch fad diets as she finally feels content with her 10 stone weight.
Jennifer Ellison, 40, proudly flaunted her toned physique as she hit the beach during her festive getaway to Turkey on Monday
Making the most of the sunny climes, the former Brookside star headed to the sea on Christmas Day for a spot of sunbathing
After revealing she’s given up on fad diets and is finally happy with her weight, Jennifer showed off her figure in an eye-catching neon bikini
In September, Jennifer – who found fame as Emily Shadwick in Brookside – opened up on her journey with fad diets.
She told new! Magazine: ‘I’m not the smallest I’ve ever been, but am at a happy weight where I feel OK getting into a bikini or a costume in the swimming pool.’
She added: ‘I’m in a happy and confident place. I am about 10¾st at the moment. I don’t feel I’m in that rat race anymore of having to look amazing. I’ve stopped trying to diet.
‘When you do faddy diets they don’t work, so I’ve given up. My weight has gone up and down so much over the years so I just try to eat healthily now.’
Jennifer told the publication about losing her confidence after gradually gaining weight and going up to a size 18.
She recalled: ‘My agent would phone me up, and the thought of going for an audition… I would refuse. I’d say ‘I can’t do it’. I had lost my confidence. I had literally given up on myself’.
Last year, Jennifer – who shares three sons Bobby, Harrison, and Charlie with husband Rob – revealed that prior to taking part in Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins: ‘I’d given up on myself. I never looked in the mirror.
‘I didn’t think I could ever go back on stage because no one would want me. I had gone from being this girl known for acting and men’s mags to becoming this mum and teacher.’
Jennifer recently revealed she was a size 18 at her largest (pictured in 2015)
The two-piece consisted of a neon pink crop top and colourful tie-dye bottoms as she strolled through the ocean
As she prepared to cool off with an ocean dip, Jennifer perched on the sunbed in her bold holiday ensemble
In September, Jennifer – who found fame as Emily Shadwick in Brookside – opened up on her journey with fad diets
She told new! Magazine: ‘I’m not the smallest I’ve ever been, but am at a happy weight where I feel OK getting into a bikini or a costume in the swimming pool’
She added: ‘I’m in a happy and confident place. I am about 10¾st at the moment. I don’t feel I’m in that rat race anymore of having to look amazing. I’ve stopped trying to diet’
‘When you do faddy diets they don’t work, so I’ve given up. My weight has gone up and down so much over the years so I just try to eat healthily now,’ Jennifer added
Jennifer told the publication about losing her confidence after gradually gaining weight and going up to a size 18
She recalled: ‘My agent would phone me up, and the thought of going for an audition… I would refuse. I’d say ‘I can’t do it’. I had lost my confidence. I had literally given up on myself’
Last year, Jennifer revealed that prior to taking part in Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins: ‘I’d given up on myself. I never looked in the mirror’
‘I didn’t think I could ever go back on stage because no one would want me. I had gone from being this girl known for acting and men’s mags to becoming this mum and teacher,’ she said
Jennifer soared to fame on Brookside in 1998, on which she played Emily Shadwick until 2003. During this stint she became a lads’ mag favourite
Jennifer previously admitted during an appearance on Loose Women: ‘I was getting anxiety about seeing people from my past because I thought they were looking at me thinking what the hell happened to you?
‘People in the shops would be like, “God girl, you’ve piled on the weight haven’t you!” I was size 18 in self destruct mode. I wouldn’t look in the mirror, I didn’t care. Everything was about my (sons).’
She decided to take drastic action, checking into a detox centre where she was rationed to a tiny 400 calories a day.
Jennifer added: ‘I’d have a slice of apple and a six mile walk and get back starving. I was told the perfect analogy for me about wanting to help your boy’s – like when you have to put on a flight oxygen mask, you have to put yours on first.
‘In order to be good mum to them you have to look after yourself. With me it was self-neglect, everything was about the boys.’
Jennifer soared to fame on Brookside in 1998, on which she played Emily Shadwick until 2003. During this stint she became a lads’ mag favourite.
She shares her three children Bobby, Harrison, and Charlie with husband Rob Tickle, who she married in October 2009.