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Find out how Leona Lewis dropped two dress sizes!

By Sarah Karmali on Tuesday 23 February 2010

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Leona Lewis - Drops two dress sizes, detox diet secrets - Celebrity News - Marie Claire

Leona Lewis has shed the pounds to go down two dress sizes, and we found out just how she did it...

The X Factor starlet is the poster girl for the curvy woman, having never succumbed to the stick-thin stereotype.

But the 24-year-old decided to put herself on a strict detox diet last year, having spent a long period in the recording studio - with the result being that she dropped two dress sizes.

‘I went on a detox at the end of summer last year and basically ate vegetables and nothing processed,' she explains. 'And after being in the studio a while, I started doing shows and getting more active.'

‘I didn't drink anything but water for a month!' she continues. 'I usually drink lots of water anyway, so it wasn't a crazy, dramatic change to my lifestyle, but I just really wanted to try it and see how I felt.'

Leona Lewis - Drops two dress sizes, detox diet secrets - Celebrity News - Marie Claire

And, ever-sensible, Leona didn't put her body through the rigorous regime for long.

‘I only did the detox for a little while,' she says. ‘But it must have kick-started something in me because everyone keeps saying: "Wow, you've lost weight!" and I'm like: "Cool!"'

The down-to-earth starlet is quick to add that at no point did she ever feel pressure from the industry to lose weight - the decision was all her own.

'No one's ever said, "You need to work out more," she tells Closer magazine. ‘I put pressure on myself to stay healthy and I do want to look good, but I like to eat and I don't like to starve myself!'

And that is precisely why we love her.

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wow she looks even more beautiful!!
well done for not letting anyone pressure you Leona
Comment by Yvonne Davis on February 23 12:34

Her body looked fine the way she was.....she may have slimmed down but she still looks awkward in anything she wears and never pulls it off.... her clothes are always a disaster, as is her make up !!
Comment by Berry on February 23 12:48

she looked just as beautiful before. she didn't need to lose weight. it's a shame that she felt she needed to at size 14. maybe a if she had slimmed to a 12 would I believe it was all for herself, but to a 10 is a big drop, and I am sure that whether she was conscious of it or not, there will have been pressure, even from who she is now with on a daily basis.
Comment by dawn on February 23 12:53

What a shame that yet another gorgeous curvy young woman has put herself through an unnecessary diet to achieve a new look, when she was absolutely stunning in the first place.
Comment by Alison on February 23 12:54

What a shame she's done this..at least while she was a size 14 people could relate to her as being a normal girl from xfactor. Now she's succumbed to pressure and it's spolit her.
Comment by Tricia on February 23 13:04

Wow Berry! That's very harsh!! It's comments like that from the public and media that give people eating disorders and body complexes!! I like she looks lovely!
Comment by Caz on February 23 13:23

She does look absolutely stunning in both pictures but there is no denying that she looks even better after losing some weight. Don't we all?! People need to stop picking on her for losing some weight. She's not anorexic, just looking after herself.
Comment by Moiza on February 23 16:19

I have recently slimmed down from a 16/18 to a size 10 and don't only feel I look much better but I feel much healthier. As a size 14 I was still classed as overwieght with a BMI over 25 I now have a BMI of around 22.5 which is an ideal weight to be, I do not feel I look skinny and have kept all my curves in the right places as Leona has, she looks fantastic and I think if she had been pressurised into losing weight by the 'industry' she would be down to a size 8 or 6, so long as she is now sensible enough to maintain her weight I'm sure she will be much happier with both her health and her figure!
Comment by Karen on February 23 16:25

do u rly think she was a size 14!!!? LOL
she looks like she is a size 10-12, it just shows how our celebrity goggles make us think differently!!!
leona is now a size 8 easily cheryl cole for example is a size 4- its stupid how ppl assume that when someone has an ideal body they are assumed a size 14!!!
Comment by dan on February 23 16:38

Leona looks really wonderful - I'm sure her being down to earth will prevent her taking the weight loss too far.
Comment by kathy on February 23 17:15

I agree with Berry. Leona is a pretty woman but her stylist always gets it wrong when it comes to the red-carpet situation. Leona could trust her won instinct, not somebody's advice. You have an admirable body Leona! xx
Comment by Lora on February 23 18:03

Leona's gorgeous however she is. And I look up to her for wanting to look after herself, it's not as if she starved herself or went on a fad diet. She just did the obvious-ate healthy.
Comment by shaaaan on February 23 19:08

Another clone!
Comment by Sandra on February 24 11:04

In reply to Caz - try re reading and understanding what I wrote. I wasnt being harsh as all, I said she had a nice body before she lost weight but her clothes and make up just dont suit her!

My comments had nothing to do with her figure so no idea why you are saying its comments like mine that give people eating disorders !!
Comment by Berry on February 24 13:31

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