Former Steps Singer Claire Richards - Bonding with Daughter is More Important Than Losing Weight Right Now

March 6, 2010 by tiffanyb
Filed under: Celebrity Baby News

Claire Richards is no stranger to dieting and weight loss as she has slimmed down from a size 20 to a 10, but after the birth of her second child, Daisy she says that bonding with her daughter is more important than shedding the baby weight right away.

Claire, who has her own weight loss DVD, says that she is concentrating more on bonding with her 2 month old daughter Daisy rather than trying to get all the baby weight off now. This is not the first time Claire has had to lose weight though. Since leaving Steps, Claire has struggled with her weight reaching as high as 15 stone and a size 20.

She was able to slim down from a size 20 to a size 10 in only 9 months and even put out her own fitness DVD.

But following the birth of her second child, she is making losing weight come second to her family. A close friend to Now magazine, “She realised that she was over-committing herself by trying to shed the pounds too quickly after the birth. So she’s decided that the diet can wait while she bonds with her new daughter.”

Claire sang in the band Steps until 2001 when the band split up. She then tried a duo act with H Watkins but they split in 2003.

Daisy is Claire’s second child with Reece Hill. Her son Charlie was born in May 2007.