'Being a sugar addict was like being addicted to heroin': Josie Gibson speaks out about her battle against the bulge



Josie Gibson has compared being addicted to sugar to being hooked on heroin.
The ex reality star, who shed four stone in six months at the end of last year, branded sugar a 'drug' as she opened up about her weight battles during an interview on Daybreak on Friday morning.
Josie also revealed that she weighed nearly 17 stone when she left the Big Brother house in 2010 - blaming her emotional issues, as well as her lack of knowledge about nutrition, for her size.

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It's like heroin: Josie Gibson said her addiction to sugar was like being addicted to a drug
It's like heroin: Josie Gibson said her addiction to sugar was like being addicted to a drug
The 27-year-old star, who was a size 20 at her heaviest, explained: 'Being a sugar addict was like being addicted to heroin, but heroin being everywhere. Sugar is everywhere.
'Imagine going into a petrol station and heroin being everywhere.'
She said: 'I didn't realise, I was going to the supermarket and buying stuff with no fat but not realising it was full of sugar.
So much happier: Josie said that now she understands more about nutrition and was seen talking about her experiences with overeating on Daybreak along with Psychologist Emma Kenny
So much happier: Josie said that now she understands more about nutrition and was seen talking about her experiences with overeating on Daybreak along with Psychologist Emma Kenny
Emotional eater: The 27-year-old said at her heaviest she was suffering from depression and insomnia
Emotional eater: The 27-year-old said at her heaviest she was suffering from depression and insomnia
She added: 'Sugar is a drug and when you have it you're on a high and want more. But when you come down it makes you want more.'
Josie admitted that at her heaviest she was comfort eating because she was depressed and she suffered from insomnia.
She said: 'My diet had a lot to do with causing emotional issues, I was so depressed that I couldn't sleep properly. But exercise broke the whole habit.'
Josie previously said that yo-yo dieting had a lot to do with her weight gain, saying: 'Before I lost weight I was nearly size 20 and my only exercise was partying.
'I've tried all the diets - I did the Cambridge Diet and lasted from the meeting until I got home!
Feeling, and looking great! Josie gave photographers a thumbs up sign as she left the studios on Thursday
Feeling, and looking great! Josie gave photographers a thumbs up sign as she left the studios on Thursday
Think pink: Josie showed off her slim size 10 figure in a pair of jeans, knee-high suede boots and a pink jumper
Think pink: Josie showed off her slim size 10 figure in a pair of jeans, knee-high suede boots and a pink jumper
Think pink: Josie showed off her slim size 10 figure in a  pair of jeans, knee-high suede boots and a pink jumper
'They gave me all the bits and pieces but I ate a week's worth of food on the spot, then stopped for a kebab.'
Josie has launched her own fitness DVD entitled 30 Second Slim and it is already substantially outselling Davina’s latest offering ‘Intense’ since its release last year.
Davina, 45, has been the guru of the celebrity fitness trend, having released nine bestselling workout DVDs since 2004 and topping the New Year chart with number 8: Utimate target.

VIDEO Josie talks about her sugar addiction on Daybreak 

Rock on: Amelia Lily performed on Daybreak and was seen posing for photographs outside the studio
Rock on: Amelia Lily performed on Daybreak and was seen posing for photographs outside the studio

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