Jennifer Ellison has been posting pictures on social media to show her weight loss progress – but some people have called into question the images' validity.

In an Instagram post shared on Sunday (July 23), the television personality and former Brookside star revealed she has lost three stone, posting a before and after picture to show her followers just how far she's come.

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Jennifer kept the caption simple, writing just "3 STONE!!!" alongside a big smiley face emoji, and her Instagram followers were quick to share some well-deserved praise to the actress.

"Well done Jennifer you look amazing," said one fan.

"You look great," added another. "Ignore the trolls. Don't matter what they they think as long as your happy that's all that matters."

"Well done, you look beautiful before & after," added another.

But others have suggested that some editing might have gone into the pictures: "I'm sorry but look at the curve on the wall in the reflection in the window! Why lie? Just post a genuine picture of yourself," said one person's comment.

Another said: "... just doesn't sit well if she's photo shopping her body which they claim she has. Think she's upset a few because she's not forthcoming on how she's lost the weight and ignoring encouraging lovely comments."

"Total fake photo shopped ....dissapointed (sic) big time," was another's more short response to the whole thing.

Jennifer, who also recently starred on Lifetime's Dance Mums with Jennifer Ellison, has been posting lots of photos of her new figure across her Instagram in recent months, including a post from back in February that revealed she'd dropped four dress sizes in three months.

"So proud to say Ive lost a further massive 6.5 inches of body fat in a month! And today I felt brave enough to take a pic after training without a big baggy top over!!!" she wrote.

"I've gone from a size 18 to a 10 in just over 3 months! I still have a long way to go to get back to what I was was but 2 stone lighter and 27 inches of body fat later im feeling SOOOO much better!"

The newest pictures come just months after Jennifer was hospitalised with an almost fatal allergic reaction.

Earlier this year, the actress posted photos from her hospital bed to Facebook, revealing she had an unexpected allergy attack after eating peanuts despite never having had a problem eating them before.

Yikes.

Accompanying the pictures from hospital, the actress shared: "Had one of the scariest nights ever! Had an annaphallacttic (sic) reaction to peanuts! Been eating them for 33 years!"

"Anyway ended up calling an ambulance as my throat closed over and I literally could nt breath! 2 adrenaline shots later and a resus stay and it turns out I'm allergic to Nuts! Got to carry an epi pen everywhere with me! This is going to be fun!"


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