Health & Fitness: James and Ola Jordan flaunt 6.5st weight loss as star rewears 'unflattering' pink bikini

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© Provided by Daily Express James and Ola Jordan flaunt 6.5st weight loss as star rewears 'unflattering' pink bikini Strictly Come Dancing professionals James Jordan, 44, and Ola Jordan, 40, have opened up about their weight loss journey, which saw them drop a total of 6.5 stone. The dancers have been busy getting into shape in order to keep up with their energetic two-year-old daughter, Ella.

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Two days ago, James and Ola announced the launch of their new dance fitness plan, Dance Shred, after many fans were keen to know the secret to their dramatic weight loss of 6.5st in just four months.

Today, the couple took to Instagram to share pictures and videos from before and after their transformations.

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"Gotta say we're a bit shocked ourselves at how different we look now! But shocked in a good way," they said in a joint statement.

"It's the reason that original picture got posted - to give us the wake up call we needed to get our ***es into gear!

Hey watch us lose 6 1/2 Stone in 6 seconds!" they wrote with a laughing emoji in a previous post, before going on to explained: "It took a bit longer than that in reality - four months in total.

"Although the first two weeks were quite dramatic. We lost 2 Stone between us in a fortnight. Pretty crazy eh?!

"But we had a lot to lose and you always lose more in the first couple of weeks. If you want to follow the plan we used to do it - it's a LOT of fun!"

James and Ola's new fitness plan Dance Shred is available here.

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© Provided by Daily Express James and Ola Jordan look worlds away from how they did back in July

" /> © INSTAGRAM James and Ola Jordan have launched a brand new fitness plan © INSTAGRAM James and Ola Jordan shared before and after snaps in the same swimwear

" /> © Provided by Daily Express James and Ola Jordan previously provided some insight into how their new plan came about

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