The Chase fans praise Mark Labbett for his impressive weight loss as he joins co-star Shaun Wallace for a sweet snap back at the studio

Mark Labbett showed off his impressive weight loss as he snapped a fun photo with his co-star Shaun Wallace at the Chase studios on Thursday.

The Chase star, 58, also known as The Beast on the show, has lost a whopping 20 pounds in a year.

Shaun captioned his post: ‘If you think I’m big…this is a beast!!

‘Have a beautiful day, but be careful if you are in the storm Babet! I’m back in the studio today… just another day at the office.’

Fans flocked to the comments to praise Mark’s staggering weight loss, with one writing: ‘Gosh, he looks half the size he used to be!’

Friends: Mark Labbett, 58, showed off his impressive weight loss as he joined his co-star Shaun Wallace for a sweet photo at the Chase studios on Thursday

Unbelievable: The Chase star, also called The Beast on the show, has lost a whopping 10 kilos in a year

Unbelievable: The Chase star, also called The Beast on the show, has lost a whopping 10 kilos in a year

Others wrote: ‘Handsome’.

‘Life Saving Weight Loss by Labbett’.

It comes after Mark and Hayley Palmer looked loved up as they enjoyed a healthy day out together.

Mark, who is known as ‘The Beast’ on the ITV show, looked slim in a black ensemble after dropping from shirt size 5XL to 2XL over the past year.

In August, Mark revealed the real-life way he managed to lose weight on Loose Women and again denied having a gastric band fitted.

He said: ‘I think one of the positives of having what may or may not have been Covid a few times is that I just lost my appetite.

‘My appetite is not what it used to be. Have one of your doctors check me for a gastric band scar. They won’t find it!’

The star previously revealed The sun that although he was tempted to go under the knife, he instead decided to get fit and healthy the old-fashioned way.

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Support: Fans flocked to the comments to praise Mark's staggering weight loss, with one writing: 'Gosh, he looks half the size he used to be!'

Support: Fans flocked to the comments to praise Mark’s staggering weight loss, with one writing: ‘Gosh, he looks half the size he used to be!’

Looks good!  Mark proudly showed off his slimmed-down figure on Thursday following his impressive 10th weight loss last week as he left Elstree Studios after filming for The Chase

Impressive: The quiz champ looked slimmer than ever after shedding a whopping 10 stone in recent years (pictured in 2017)

Looks good! Mark proudly showed off his slimmed-down figure on Thursday following his impressive 10th weight loss last week as he left Elstree Studios after filming for The Chase

Motivated: The star previously revealed that although he was tempted to go under the knife, he instead decided to get fit and healthy the old-fashioned way

Motivated: The star previously revealed that although he was tempted to go under the knife, he instead decided to get fit and healthy the old-fashioned way

He said: ‘I’m not really trying to diet, I’m just sensible. People say you had a gastric band or gastric band, and I didn’t.

‘I was tempted by the gastric band, but a good friend of mine who is a GP said my problem is sugar, that I have a sweet tooth.

‘A gastric band doesn’t make sense for me because sugar metabolizes quite quickly, so I did it the old-fashioned way by eating less and trying to go to the gym.

A gastric band is a band placed around the stomach, creating a small pouch at the top that requires less food to fill.

Happy couple: Mark and his girlfriend Hayley also opened up about their relationship after meeting at the National Television Awards last year

Happy couple: Mark and his girlfriend Hayley also opened up about their relationship after meeting at the National Television Awards last year