{"id":88802,"date":"2023-12-16T18:10:16","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T18:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/?p=88802"},"modified":"2023-12-16T18:10:16","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T18:10:16","slug":"gemma-collins-reveals-four-medical-reasons-why-she-struggles-to-lose-weight-as-she-hits-back-at-body-shamers-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/tv-movies\/gemma-collins-reveals-four-medical-reasons-why-she-struggles-to-lose-weight-as-she-hits-back-at-body-shamers-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Gemma Collins reveals FOUR medical reasons why she struggles to lose weight as she hits back at body-shamers | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GEMMA Collins today revealed FOUR medical reasons why she struggles to lose weight.<\/p>\n<p>The popular TV star, 42, hit back at body-shamers, as she opened up about her health.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/gemma-collins-gemma-collins-42-861939886-1.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-733.png\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/sherrie-hewson-julia-bradbury-gemma-864926571.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Gemma, who stripped off for The Real Full Monty this week, has now talked about her secret health issues, which impact her weight.<\/p>\n<p>The Towie favourite has an underactive thyroid, Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), metabolic syndrome and low iron levels<\/p>\n<p>Gemma told MailOnline: &quot;I&#x27;ve always loved myself. To be honest, I&#x27;ve never looked at myself and thought, &#x27;&#x27;Oh, I&#x27;m disgusting&#x27;. I mean, there&#x27;s always b******t I could do with losing a bit of weight.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;But as I say, you know, I&#x27;m not going to spend my life being unhappy. I&#x27;ve got four things going against me before I&#x27;ve even started with PCOS, the underactive thyroid, and the metabolic syndrome.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>READ MORE ON GEMMA COLLINS<\/h2>\n<p><source media=\"(-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.5)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/newspress-collage-0ezsdiovj-1702464281672.jpg\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/newspress-collage-0ezsdiovj-1702464281672.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/newspress-collage-0ezsdiovj-1702464281672.jpg\"><\/picture><span>FESTIVE GEM <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Gemma Collins reveals she\u2019s \u2018massively cutting back\u2019 at Christmas with no gifts<\/h3>\n<p><source media=\"(-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.5)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/newspress-collage-61z3aa0af-1702333387338.jpg\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/newspress-collage-61z3aa0af-1702333387338.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/newspress-collage-61z3aa0af-1702333387338.jpg\"><\/picture><span>WEIGH TO GO <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>The Real Full Monty&#x27;s Gemma Collins shocks co-stars with weight of her boobs<\/h3>\n<p>&quot;You know, it&#x27;s all these things, but I&#x27;m constantly at a negative before I&#x27;m at a positive. I don&#x27;t let it get me down.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&quot;This is me.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Gemma also admitted to The Sun, she is going to &quot;enjoy Christmas&quot; and not &quot;worry about calories&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>The GC told us: &quot;I don\u2019t leave the house in the winter, I don\u2019t move. The only thing I do is walk the dog. <\/p>\n<h2>Most read in Celebrity<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/lv-Colin-Burgess-breaking-comp-1.jpg\"><\/picture><span>&#8216;ROCK IN PEACE&#8217; <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>AC\/DC drummer Colin Burgess dead at 77 as band share heartbreaking tribute<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/newspress-collage-5u10vezix-1702716201937.jpg\"><\/picture><span>SAD LOSS <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Heartbroken Kerry Katona says goodbye to childhood sweetheart after tragic death<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/AP-JADE-GRAVE-VISIT_COMP.jpg\"><\/picture><span>A MUM&#8217;S GRIEF <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Jade Goody\u2019s mum wipes away tears as she visits grave ahead of Strictly final<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/bn-matthew-perry-comp.jpg\"><\/picture><span>TRAGIC ENDING <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Matthew Perry&#8217;s cause of death revealed after toxicology report completed<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Apart from the odd walk and a swim, I\u2019m going to thoroughly enjoy my Christmas like everyone else. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;You might see me bust out a sweat in the New Year, as soon as the <span>weather<\/span> gets better, I get more inclined to do it but when it\u2019s like this, just minimal walking is kind of what I can do. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;I\u2019m going to be honest, I just don\u2019t have the motivation in the winter.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The ex-Towie star revealed exactly what a Christmas looks like in the GC household and it includes cracking open a bottle of Louis Roederer Champagne in the morning. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;I don\u2019t give a s*** hun, I don\u2019t calorie count anyway. I\u2019ll be eating that Terry\u2019s Chocolate Orange,&quot; she told us.<\/p>\n<p>She laughed: &quot;We don\u2019t drink Prosecco in the GC house, I can\u2019t stand Prosecco I find it too sweet. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;We wake up, mum and dad will be over.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>&quot;We crack open a bottle Louis Roederer, exchange some gifts and have a little chat, put the Christmas carols on, dad\u2019s going to cook this year which I\u2019m really looking forward to because other years I\u2019ve had chefs and all of that. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;We\u2019re just reigning it back \u2013 we just want a bit of normality.&quot; <\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tvandshowbiz\/25075678\/gemma-collins-medical-reason-weight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GEMMA Collins today revealed FOUR medical reasons why she struggles to lose weight. 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