Ola and James Jordan have revealed that they were told to lose weight if they wanted another baby, after being classified as “obese”.
The strict former pros, who have a two-year-old daughter, Ella, made the confession while appearing on Tuesday’s Lorraine, after bouncing back and flaunting their combined 6.5-stone weight loss.
Ola, 40, admitted she was “huge” and “needed a wake-up call” after “hiding a lot” and recalled avoiding a party because she didn’t want to dress herself.
‘We needed a wake-up call!’ Ola and James Jordan have revealed that they were told to lose weight if they wanted another baby, after being classified as “obese”.
James, 44, told the host: “She’s an IVF baby and we’ve been told we’re in the obese category.”
“Ola is 5-foot-3 and I was almost 12, so we were in the obese category and they told us if we wanted another baby, we had to lose weight.”
His wife added: ‘He was huge and I was huge! I needed a wake up call and hid a lot and didn’t take pictures with Ella on vacation.
‘There was a party, I didn’t want to get dressed and James left without me and I sat on the sofa with a glass of wine and posted it. I was not myself, it was very difficult.
‘Unflattering’: Ola previously admitted she was ‘appalled’ and ‘disappointed’ in what she perceived to be her ‘mother body’ after sharing an unflattering vacation photo in July
Ola continued: “We used to go to the gym together, but now we have a baby and we need her so much.” We get lost dancing in our kitchen and Ella says, “Mommy, look, I can do it too.” I wanted to put on my old catsuit.
James chimed in: ‘Ola has lost all this weight and doesn’t have to buy a new wardrobe.
‘I couldn’t make my own shoelaces. I had to sit down. My belly got in the way. I was in a bad place with my dad’s death. With the confinement you also went one way or the other.
Ola recently showed off her astonishing 3.5 weight loss by slipping back into her favorite catsuit, after thinking she would never be able to fit it again.
Candid: The strict former pros, who already share a two-year-old daughter Ella, made the confession while appearing on Tuesday’s Lorraine, after boasting a combined 6.5 weight loss
Wow! James said: ‘I couldn’t fix my own laces. I had to sit down. My belly got in the way’
Taking to Instagram on Monday, the TV personality uploaded a video at the start of her transformation journey, telling fans that she hopes she can put it back on one day.
After five months of hard work, Ola was elated as she slipped back into the daring number that plunged to her belly button.
At the start of her fitness journey, she said: “So I’ve been sorting out my wardrobes and look what I found, my catsuit.” One of my favorite catsuits to wear.
‘I mean I wouldn’t be able to fit into it now. It’s like half my body fits together, but maybe one day…’
‘Now I’m back!’ Ola recently showed off her astounding 3.5 weight loss by slipping back into his favorite catsuit, after thinking she might never fit in it again.
The video then fast-forwards five months to show the professional dancer showing off her toned figure while going braless in the sheer, sparkly catsuit.
She was like, ‘Yeah, I’m back in my catsuit!’
Ola captioned the video: ‘I’m so glad I put this in the back of my closet! My classic catsuit.
“In the summer, I looked to it for motivation to keep going when we both decided we needed to move on and make a change. But I didn’t think I’d ever be able to get back in!
Before and after: It comes after Ola showed off her slimmest physique when she donned the green bikini on Friday, five months after that “unflattering” husband James.
‘Maybe you have something in your wardrobe that you’d like to wear again? Let me know what, maybe your wedding dress? It’s a great way to stay focused if you’ve decided this is the year you’re doing to get fit and healthy.’
The husband and wife duo have just launched their ‘Dance shred’ program, which is a 12-week format with a diet plan and fun cardio dance routines.
Ola said he used to weigh 8 and now weighs 11½, while former dancer James got 5 and weighs 16.
Ola told MailOnline: ‘I feel like I’ve lost a whole person.
‘A size 14 was the largest. I’m also pretty short so a size 14 for some people isn’t big and that’s the problem with weight and sizes because some people say a 14 isn’t big. But being 5 foot 3 and a size 14 is big.
I am now a size eight. I missed my old self. There’s nothing wrong with admitting it.
“People now preach body positivity and they accept it, but I really missed the old me and that’s not just my body, it was with dance and everything. Health is important to me and I want to stay healthy for as long as I can.’
Unbelievable: The former Strictly Come Dancing pro has rebounded with her husband James and they’ve been flaunting their combined 6.5 stone weight loss