Ruth Langsford issues health update after 'realisation' following Eamonn Holmes split

Ruth Langsford has issued a health update in the wake of her split from Eamonn Holmes. The ITV Loose Women star, who split from Eamonn earlier this year, has discussed her weight after a realisation that she was "at least" two dress sizes bigger.

Ruth said: “I'm at least two dress sizes bigger than I would have been in my thirties." She told the QVC podcast she came to a shocking realisation about her lifestyle after the emergence of devices such as the Fitbit and the Apple Watch.

Ruth said: “I remember thinking, ‘I'm a very busy person, I must probably do that naturally, because I am very busy'.” She added: “I spend a lot of time sitting; I get driven to work in the morning, but I'm sitting. I'm reading my notes, I'm reading the papers, I’m sitting. I sit in makeup.”

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“I realised I need to really up my game,” she admitted, saying she now does 10,000 steps a day. The panellist went on, adding to the podcast: “Am I going to ever say, ‘No cake for me, no champagne for me?' Never!”

Discussing her struggles, Ruth opened up: "When I hit 60, it seems to have happened very quickly. You know me, I don't tend to worry much about age. But at 60 until now, I'm 64, I feel that everything has drooped and sagged and I have a funny neck." She said: "I can see it. When you take a selfie or something, whereas before I didn't really notice. Now I do and I go, 'Ugh, look at that'."

"We promote very much on here, body positivity, confidence - age is just a number. I teeter on this tightrope of trying hard to be that woman, 'Age is just a number, count your blessing in life, all my friends look like this'," Ruth added.

"Then I have those moments where I could fall off the tightrope and go, 'Look at my neck', It's awful."