Davinia Taylor, 45, shows off her 3 stone weight loss in a bikini in incredible comparison snaps

By Liam On Jan 4, 2023

Former Hollyoaks star Davinia Taylor previously lost an incredible three stones and went from a size 16 to a size 8.

And on Wednesday, the actress-turned-interior designer shared incredible comparison snaps with her followers to show just how far she’s come.

Davinia, 45, donned a skimpy black bikini for a series of snaps, telling her fans it was “now or never” in an empowerment post.

Bikini body: Davinia Taylor, 45, donned a skimpy black bikini in incredible comparison snaps while showing off her 3 stone weight loss on Instagram on Wednesday

Empowerment: The actress donned a skimpy black bikini for a series of snaps, telling her fans it was “now or never” in an empowerment post

The star, who played Jude Cunningham on the Channel 4 soap opera, recreated the same image of a sun-drenched holiday, looking much slimmer in the chic swimsuit.

In another snap, she enjoyed a cold drink while topping up her tan, flaunting her toned physique for the camera.

Running to the comment sections, celebrity fans and friends raved about her amazing transformation.

Stunning: The former soap opera star recreated the same image of a sun-soaked vacation, looking much slimmer in the chic bathing suit

Actress Patsy Kensit, 54, quipped: ‘Can I move in with you for a month and learn everything? You are amazing’.

While Meg Matthews, 56, wrote: ‘Wonder Woman’.

Davinia previously attributed her weight loss to ‘biohacking’ during an appearance on This Morning in 2021.

Throwback: Davinia shared a series of flashback snapshots of herself

Impressed: Running to the comment sections, fans and celebrity friends raved about the star’s incredible transformation

She insisted: ‘You don’t count calories, you have to count chemicals!’

The recovering alcoholic also claimed that vegetable oil gets you down, while promoting her new book on the show: ‘It’s Not a Diet’.

Explaining to hosts Dermot O’Leary and Alison Hammond what her diet entails, Davinia said: “You don’t count calories, you have to count chemicals.” What I’ve done over the years is… because as a depressed…

“When I’m upset or stressed I reach for carbs, and that’s a form of biohacking. But basically, you’re trying to hack your hormones to improve your mood.

“I stopped drinking 13 years ago, so I knew I couldn’t go to that. So I turned to carbs, sugars, pizza and everything… And I couldn’t stop.

“But what I didn’t realize was that the ingredients in there, some of them, were really triggering me to be even more depressed.

‘You’ve got to count the chemicals’: Davinia previously attributed her weight loss to ‘biohacking’ during an appearance on This Morning (pictured in 2021)

‘And what I found out, more than sugar, you’d think, is that vegetable oil and seed oil actually do get you down. It is not meant to be in our diet, but it is everywhere.

‘And when I removed that, my body started to function better. And I was able to metabolize the food that I was storing up and get rid of it… And then improve my mood and start exercising.’

Davinia explained that her new lifestyle began when she went to see the doctors, who told her she was ‘borderline obese’ and needed to moderate her diet.

Visible change: She embarked on a lifestyle change eight years ago, after the death of her mother, going from a size 16 to a size 8 in the process (pictured left in 2004)

When asked how people watching can start biohacking, the soap opera star suggested: “You can do little things like cold showers that change your hormones.” My mantra is: “feed the brain and the body will follow”.

“I get up every morning and feed my brain fat, not sugar, because sugar triggers me. I put coconut oil in my coffee. It’s called MCT oil, it’s a medium exchange hyglycoride. It shoots into your brain and feeds it fat.

Your brain is 70 percent fat, and fat is its fuel of choice, not sugar. It holds it longer, so you don’t have peaks and valleys.

Familiar face: The star rose to fame on the soap opera Hollyoaks and appears in 1998

Davinia also revealed that if she eats toast or croissants in the morning, she craves more food quickly. Instead, the actress eats bacon and eggs every day, but not granola, because it’s not an “old food.”

When asked to explain biohacking, Davinia said: “If you can, go out in the morning without your sunglasses.”

Take off your sunglasses. Natural sunlight: Blue light in the morning will hit your retina so your body knows when to start pumping out sleep hormones.

WHAT IS BIOHACKING?

The concept of Biohacking is constantly evolving, but it is rooted in the idea that it is possible for people to change their bodies and brains.

It is essentially the practice of changing chemistry and physiology through science and self-experimentation to energize and improve the body.

It includes the implementation of lifestyle and dietary changes believed to improve bodily functions, as well as wearable technology to help monitor and regulate physiological data.

It can even go to extremes such as the use of implant technology and genetic engineering.

Biohacking rejects the idea that the best and only approach to getting healthier and avoiding disease is to eat less and exercise more.

A popular, if controversial, type of biohacking is nutrigenomics, which focuses on how the food you eat interacts with your genes.

Nutrigenomics looks at how different nutrients affect feelings, thoughts, and behaviors, with the belief that a person’s gene expression can be mapped and optimized by testing how different nutrients affect health over time.