Celebrity chef Manu Fieldel opens up about losing 12 kilos in just four months

'I have much more energy and I am so much happier': Celebrity chef Manu Fieldel speaks candidly about his incredible transformation after losing 12 kilos in just four months

By Demeter Stamell For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 05:05 BST, 29 July 2019 | Updated: 05:05 BST, 29 July 2019

Manu Fieldel has spoken candidly about his recent weight loss, which saw him lose 12 kilos in just four months.

In an interview with New Idea magazine on Monday, the 45-year-old My Kitchen Rules judge confessed he was 'getting really overweight' before changing his lifestyle habits.

Manu said he spoke to his wife of a year, Clarissa Weerasena, about his desire to slim down, before utilising a few months off from work at the beginning of the year to focus on his health.

Losing it: Manu Fieldel has spoken candidly about his recent weight loss, which saw him lose 12 kilos in just four months. Pictured on My Kitchen Rules before his weight loss (left), and after losing 12 kilos (right)

He said he lost the weight by cutting sugar, alcohol and carbs from his diet, and hitting the gym five days a week.

'I'm very proud I've finally got to where I wanted to go,' he told New Idea.

'After four months, I was 12 kilos down and I am still the same weight today, so I am really happy.'

Working it: He said he lost the weight by cutting sugar, alcohol and carbs from his diet, and hitting the gym five days a week

The right fit: Manu said it was only after he put on some of his old clothes that he realised just how much weight he had actually lost. Pictured on My Kitchen Rules before his weight loss

Manu said it was only after he put on some of his old clothes that he realised just how much weight he had actually lost.

And he said his wife joined him on his weight loss mission, with Clarissa losing 12 kilos, too.

But he said they now relax their diet on the weekends, allowing themselves to indulge in 'naughty food and have a couple of glasses of wine'.

'I'm very proud I've finally got to where I wanted to go,' he told New Idea. 'After four months, I was 12 kilos down and I am still the same weight today, so I am really happy'

Trimming the fat: In April, he posted a photo of himself holding two-and-a-half kilos of fat, and wrote: 'I can’t believe I’ve lost 4 of those in 12 weeks'

'I have much more energy and I am so much happier,' he added.

Manu has been documenting his weight loss journey on Instagram, regularly sharing photos and videos of his gruelling workouts.

In April, he posted a photo of himself holding two-and-a-half kilos of fat, and wrote: 'I can’t believe I’ve lost 4 of those in 12 weeks'.