James Argent looked slimmer than ever as he soaked up the sun by the pool in Marbella on Thursday.
The former TOWIE star, 34, wore a pair of navy blue swim shorts with white feather prints and accessorized it with a delicate gold chain.
TV personality Arg has lost 14 stones in recent months after undergoing gastric sleeve surgery when his weight hit 27 stone, with the star appearing to be in his element during the day.
Looking good: Shirtless James Argent flaunted his 14 stone weight loss in navy blue swim shorts with white feather prints as he soaked up the sun during his short break in Marbella on Thursday
It comes after James declared he’s “finally the man he always wanted to be” – and revealed during a recent TV appearance he has an “exciting” new lady in his life.
The reality TV star opened up about her newfound confidence since her incredible weight loss and lifestyle overhaul.
Speaking on ITV’s Lorraine, Arg beamed as he gushed to the 62-year-old presenter that he “feels like winning”.
Swept back: Arg brushed back his wet chocolate locks as he emerged from the water after dipping
Grinning: The influencer smiled stunningly as he gazed into the distance in white mules
The former TOWIE star began: “I’ve gotten to a point where I finally feel safe.
“I’m ready to meet someone, and as cliche as it may be, you can’t love someone until you love yourself, and now I can take care of myself, I can take care of someone else.”
Arg revealed: “I met a woman in Mykonos, we texted, she’s not English, she lives abroad but who knows, it’s still exciting.”
The TV personality previously had high-profile relationships with his former co-stars Lydia Bright, 31, with whom he remains close friends, and Gemma ‘The GC’ Collins, 41.
Before and after: James was said to be putting his health at risk with his weight – which tipped the scales at 27stone before he had gastric sleeve surgery last year (pictured before, left).
Exes: The TV personality has previously had high profile relationships with his former co-stars Lydia Bright, 31, with whom he remains close friends, and Gemma ‘The GC’ Collins, 41
Support: Adding to his weight loss, he continued, “Even Joey Essex gave me a big hug and said, ‘Arg, you’re finally the man you wanted to be.’
Adding to his weight loss, he continued, “Even Joey Essex gave me a big hug and said, ‘Arg, you’re finally the man you wanted to be.’
“It’s the best thing I’ve ever done, my only regret is that I didn’t do it sooner, cliche as that may sound.”
But he candidly admitted: “I’m still conscious when I’m in swim shorts, I go with them Simon Cowell style up to around my belly button, but I’m fortunate that the excess skin is minimal.
“I had to learn a lot and hard lessons, but I’m not upset, I wake up in the morning looking forward to the day ahead.
Do not be absurd! But he candidly admitted: “I’m still conscious when I’m in swim shorts, I go with them up to around my belly button Simon Cowell style, but I’m lucky the excess skin is minimal.”
Sunbathers: He made sure to top up his tan during his short break in the Spanish city
Relaxing: He sat at the edge of the pool and looked into the distance
“There’s nothing better than being clean and sober, everything I set out to do I’m achieving now.”
Arg continued, “I’ve always wanted to be a wedding singer and now I’m finally becoming what I want to be. The Arg Band keeps getting stronger. It’s a dream come true.”
Speaking to Web, he previously said his career will now focus on his true passion and that he feels happiest performing in Marbella with his band.
In an exclusive interview, James, who last appeared on ITVBe show TOWIE in 2018, said: “As much as I love doing all the stuff on TV, I’m really passionate and my bread and butter is my band and all my singing performances. ‘
Speaking of his road to recovery, Arg said: “I think I had a very hard and hard lesson to learn. Sometimes when you’re clean sober for a long time, you get this stinky thinking where you think you’re not doing it.” You don’t have to go to meetings anymore.
“You can also start to forget how bad things were in the past and you can even say to yourself, ‘Oh, this time might be different, I can have a few drinks, I can make it this time, I can do it control this time, “But if you’re an addict, you can’t.
“If you don’t keep working on your recovery, you’re going to end up relapsing, so in the past I’ve had to learn the hard way and now I know recovery has to come first and I have to remember that for.” to work the rest of my life if I want to be happy and healthy.’
Grin: During the day he beamed from ear to ear