Ed Sheeran says drinking and smoking in "moderation" has helped him shed the pounds.
The ‘Castle on the Hill’ hitmaker – who returned to the spotlight in December – put on weight during his year-long hiatus, but says the key to his weight loss has been eating healthier and reducing the amount of booze and nicotine he consumes by "70 percent".
Speaking about the changes he’s made to get fitter, he told ‘Entertainment Tonight’: "I chain-smoked. I drunk a lot of alcohol and ate very unhealthy and I just kind of cut 39 percent if that out.
"I still do all those things, but my dad said, ‘Everything in moderation’. I just basically needed to moderate."
Avoiding alcohol can’t be easy for the the flame-haired hunk as he recently revealed he’s built a pub inside his Suffolk mansion.
He said: "I’ve built a pub. Like, I had a bar before, a bar where you could pour beers but now this has like a selection of beers, which is cool.
"So, basically, there’s an underground tunnel to get there that you can close off. So if I have a party, everyone goes in the pub and no one can get in the house so you get no one raiding the cupboards or smashing anything. You have to go underground to get to the pub."
However, the 26-year-old singer also believes exercising for just 10 minutes a day contributed to him losing almost 50lbs.
And he thanks his hockey player girlfriend Cherry Seaborn for helping him devise a high intensity workout plan, which made the weight fall off quickly.
He previously shared: "I didn’t realise how active I was on tour.
"My diet was pizza and beer, but because I was doing two hours a night I was really in shape.
"I stopped touring and carried on my diet of pizza and beer. Suddenly I didn’t fit in anything.
"I was like, ‘All my clothes have shrunk’.
"I did ten minutes a day without fail – intervals of 30 seconds sprinting and 30 jogging.
"The key is to not miss a day, so you don’t have to do an hour."
Ed Sheeran’s lifestyle change
