“Victoria was thrilled Jo turned to her, and has been enthusiastic about giving her advice”
Posh has been giving 5ft 8 Joanne diet tips, hiring her a personal trainer and sending encouraging text messages.
Joanne turned 30 in February but celebrated early with David, 37, and Victoria last December when they were in the UK. She has told pals she’s thrilled with the results.
“Victoria was thrilled Jo turned to her, and has been enthusiastic about giving her advice.”
Posing in a Twitter picture in a clingy black dress last week, hairdresser Jo was almost unrecognisable as she showed off the results of her transformation.
With the help of a personal trainer, Jo committed herself to three sessions a week, doing a combination of cardio and toning at her local gym in Loughton, Essex. She lost 2½st over the first part of the year, but then, after letting her diet slide a little over the summer, she found she’d regained ½st. She went on another health kick and lost 1st in September and is now 10st.
“David and Victoria wanted to treat her to a trainer and Jo now works out regularly to maintain her new figure,” says a pal. “Victoria also organised a consultation with a dietician and suggested she go on a metabolism-boosting plan.
“Jo has totally overhauled her diet and is eating organic and juicing to stay healthy, while sticking to five small meals a day to stave off hunger and keep her metabolism going. She’s ditched junk food, limited her alcohol intake and switched from a carb heavy diet to a mainly protein one – she’s eating lots of fish and chicken, with salads and veg.
“Jo visits LA regularly and they go to the gym together. She laughs that Victoria checks up on her UK gym visits and doesn’t let her get away with anything! Victoria is really proud of her, especially because Jo feels so much better about herself now and is back on the dating scene.”
Even though in previous years there have been reports of feuding between Victoria and Joanne, pals say they are now “like sisters.” The pal adds: “They were young back then but, as they’ve matured, they’ve grown close. They share the same sense of humour and act like sisters. Victoria lets Jo raid her vast handbag collection and they gang up on David together!
“Jo now jokes that Victoria is her fairy godmother. She says her weight gain was caused by comfort eating when she was down, but Victoria taught her self-help techniques and helped her to be positive.”