FORMER Gogglebox favourite Jonathan Tapper has revealed his latest weight loss in a series of amazing before and after snaps. The reality TV star, 53, who has diabetes, showed off the incredible results of his incredible fitness journey. Back in 2020, Jonathan was left “heaving with every breath” as his distraught family, who also caught […]
FORMER Gogglebox favourite Jonathan Tapper has revealed his latest weight loss in a series of amazing before and after snaps.
The reality TV star, 53, who has diabetes, showed off the incredible results of his incredible fitness journey.
Back in 2020, Jonathan was left “heaving with every breath” as his distraught family, who also caught Covid-19, anxiously watched by his bedside.
Since the health scare, Jonathan has transformed his lifestyle and diet.
His daughter Amy, who has also openly spoken about her weight loss, praised her dad for committing to his fitness goal.
“How it started VS how it’s going today!
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“In 2019 dad lost just under 3 stone with MuscleFood Goal Getters! I’m so so proud of what my dad and I achieved back then in just 12 Weeks, even more so that he has maintained his weight for this health and joined me back on the @mfgoalgettersuk plan!
“Back in 2019 dad was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes after the weight crept on and we decided it was time to make a change!
“Now Dad is feeling even more motivated than before and being active as well as healthy snacks on the go from the @musclefooduk Goal Getter plan has made it easy for him!”
Fans were blown away by the transformation and raced to comment.
One wrote: “Love that go on Johnny 
.”
Another posted: “Good on you! Both looking amazing!”
A third added: “Omg u have done so so well. Keep it up.
”
Two years ago Jonathan was left fighting for his life after contracting the deadly coronavirus.
Speaking to the Daily Star at the time, his wife Nikki said: “One night Jonathan came home from work and was unable to move.
“He had a cough and high temperature. He laid down on the sofa and – with no exaggeration – he stayed there for two weeks in our lounge room.”
Doctors told the family to keep Jonathan at home and he was attached to an oxygen monitor.
Nikki continued: “I rushed downstairs and couldn’t believe how pale he was, heaving with every breath.
“I tried to keep calm, asking him all the time if he could breathe. I felt that I couldn’t think straight because I was so unwell myself at the time too. Amy was crying.”
In 2019 Jonathan lost nearly three stone in 12 weeks after being diagnosed with diabetes.
He slimmed down from 21st 3lb to 18st 8lb and also saw his waist shrink down from 44 inches to 38.
Jonathan – who said hours sitting in front of the telly filming Gogglebox was one of the reasons behind his weight gain – made the change after being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes.
He said at the time: “I love to eat so keeping the weight off has always been a struggle.
“I’ve lost weight a few times, through cutting out the rubbish in my diet and upping the exercise, but over the years the pounds have slowly crept back on.”
The star, who is seen munching takeaways with wife Nikki and kids Josh and Amy on the show, now has porridge for breakfast, a veggie lunch and healthy stir-fry for dinner.
His calorie intake has dropped from more than 3,000 a day to around 1,800 and he now exercises four times a week.
Jonathan took on the Musclefood.com Do The Unthinkable diet, which features high intensity workouts and low-calorie pre-prepared meals.
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