In great shape: Hannah Waterman lost 2.5 stone and dropped five dress sizes It wasn't so long ago that Hannah Waterman reacted with horror to pictures of her in her bikini.
But dropping five dress sizes - after losing 2.5 stone - seems to have done wonders for her confidence.
The actress showed off her toned and slim figure in a blue bikini, before modelling some flesh coloured underwear.
This time last year the actress was a size 16 and weighed 10st 4lb. Now she is a svelte 7st 10lb, a healthy weight for her 5ft 2in frame.
'I joined the cast of Calendar Girls in the West End last month and have to strip off every night on stage in front of an audience, so this shoot was a doddle!' she told Closer magazine.
'The only tricky thing was covering my boobs with my hands. If it’d been the old me, it would have been a real challenge!'It was seeing paparazzi shots of her on the beach that motivated Hannah to get fit.
'Seeing those pictures was mortifying. I knew I’d put on weight, but seeing myself that big was a shock,' she revealed.
'I’ve always struggled with my weight – when I joined EastEnders in 2000, the press nicknamed me Lard-arse Laura, even though I was only a size 12.
'I ran a marathon three years ago, but after that I didn’t do an ounce of exercise.'
Hannah blamed poor food choices for her expanding waistline.
'I’d have white toast for breakfast, eat nothing until I was starving and then shovel down a cheese sandwich on white bread.
'Then I’d have a high-calorie ready meal for dinner with a few glasses of wine. I never had a sweet tooth, but I’d snack on crisps, sausage rolls and cheese.
'No wonder people thought I was pregnant in those holiday pictures. My tummy was huge – I called it my cheese and wine baby.
'And Ricky [Hannah’s husband, actor Ricky Groves, 41, who also recently lost almost 2st on Strictly] called me Little Buddha because of it.'
Hannah embarked on a healthy diet and gruelling fitness regime, getting up at 6am to fit it in before rehearsals.
She said: 'The early starts weren’t easy - I’d be in a grumpy mood, but I soon had so much more energy for the rest of the day.
'The first session nearly killed me - we only did power-walking and squats, but I could barely walk the next day. I got fitter quickly though. After six weeks it was easier to learn my lines and concentrate too.'
Slim: Hannah shows off her figure in this week's Closer magazine, left, promoting her new fitness DVDsource: dailymail
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