By Sarah Bull
Last updated at 4:41 PM on 5th October 2011
She stunned fans yesterday when she revealed her new bodybuilding physique.
But now Jodie Marsh has revealed she has her new body to thank for ending her two-year man drought.
The 32-year-old former glamour model insists she feels 'sexier than ever' and says her new career has given her a new lease of life on the man front.
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'I've never been happier!' Jodie Marsh, seen here arriving at the ITV studios this morning, said her new bodybuilding physique has ended her two-year man drought
Muscular: Jodie showed off her tiny size six figure in a crop top and black jogging bottoms
She told The Sun: 'I have never attracted so much interest from blokes in my life. It's been a real eye-opener. For the last two years I went through a complete drought of men.
'No one was chatting me up. I despaired of ever having a boyfriend, or even a date, again. But since I became a bodybuilder, I've suddenly got about 50 guys interested in me.'
Jodie, who has dated stars including Fran Cosgrave and Kian Egan, as well as experimenting with the same sex in a brief lesbian phase, added to Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby on This Morning today that she has already picked up a few phone numbers from her first championship.
Nice guns! Jodie said despite negative criticism of her body, she absolutely 'adores' it
Showing off: Jodie displayed some of her best bodybuilding poses for Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby on This Morning today
She said: 'I'm single but the bodybuilding men are gorgeous. When you walk into a bodybuilding show you don't know where to look.
'There are these gorgeous men with the best bodies you have ever seen in your life. I took about 5 phone numbers!'
Jodie, who has slimmed down from a size 12 to a tiny size six, and from nine-and-a-half stone to eight stone, also said she is still in disbelief that she has managed to alter her figure so radically.
She said: 'It is the hardest thing I have ever done in my life and also the best thing. I feel amazing. I'm buzzing every day. I can't believe its my body.
Buff: While Jodie has been bodybuilding for three years, she was given just eight weeks to get into shape for the championship competition
Posing up: Jodie filmed a segment for the show displaying her figure before her interview
'Even when i look at pictures of myself, I think, "Is that really my stomach?" '
But it's not been an easy journey for the former Celebrity Big Brother star, who revealed she eats 15 egg whites and seven protein shakes a day - cutting carbohydrates out of her diet entirely.
Jodie also has to push herself in the gym every singe day in order to maintain her new muscular physique.
Explaining her daily workout regime, she said: 'I do three hours of cardio, two hours of weights and one hour of abs a day. I also do an hour of posing and routine work.
Who's that girl? Jodie Marsh showed off her amazing new look at a bodybuilding championships after just eight weeks of training
Buff: The 32-year-old former glamour model has gone from a size 10 to a size six, and from 25 per cent body fat to 10 per cent body fat
Battling it out: Jodie flexes her muscles as she takes to the stage for her turn
'When you're on stage, you have to do the compulsory poses and then you have to do a routine to music.
'The posing is harder than any weight training in the gym because you have to hold it for so long and have to tense every single muscle at the same time.'
Jodie's transformation into a bodybuilder has been documented for DMAX show Jodie Marsh: Bodybuilder, due to premiere in January 2012, but the Essex-born star insists she would have gone down the bodybuilding route with or without the TV cameras.
She said: 'The whole thing was for a television show but I wanted to do this anyway. My trainer Tim Sharp approached me 3 years ago and said that he could get me fit.
'All along he said to me that I should do a competition. He's been competing for 20 years and he said I would love the buzz.
'I've been bodybuilding for three years but I was given 8 weeks to get into shape for the competition. So I had to lose a stone of fat and get ripped for this competition.'
Winner: Jodie came in fifth position in the Natural Physique Association (NPA) Mike Williams Classic and Pro-Am Bodybuilding Championships
Jodie debuted her new physique at the Natural Physique Association (NPA) Mike Williams Classic and Pro-Am Bodybuilding Championships last month.
And Jodie took the opportunity during her interview on This Morning today to deny that her new figure is down to chemical assistance.
Asked if she had taken any drugs to get into shape, Jodie said: 'Absolutely not and for the TV show I had to be polygraph tested and drugs tested.
'All of these shows are natural bodybuilding shows. If you get caught on drugs then you are banned for life and you're not allowed to compete.
'My body is 100 per cent natural and I'm proud of that, because I could have gone down the steroid route but I wouldn't want to.'
Transformed: Jodie has been working with personal trainer Tim Sharp to achieve her new body, and seen right how she used to look in 2003
Strict: The glamour model has been sticking to an intense diet and exercise regime to get in shape for the contest
Jodie, who has to don incredibly dark bodybuilding tan for her competitions, also said the pictures of her on stage aren't accurate in terms of how she looks in real life.
She said: 'In pictures you can't tell how big someone is and in those I look like some 16-stone beast of a man.
'But I'm just toned, I'm a size six, eight stone, 5ft 2. You can see that I'm not huge.'
Jodie's new body, honed by personal trainer Tim Sharp, saw her come in fifth position in the world-famous championships in Sheffield.
Working it: Jodie says she has never felt better than she does now after working to get into shape
Check out my six pack! Jodie lifts up her top to show off her newly-formed six pack of muscles
The trainer: Jodie poses with her trophy and personal trainer Tim Sharp after coming in fifth
Sharp, who says on his website that he can help you achieve a six pack 'in weeks', worked with Jodie to achieve her dream figure in a journey which has been documented and will be shown on DMAX show Jodie Marsh: Bodybuilder, due to premiere in January 2012.
On his site, Sharp says: 'I can transform your body in weeks NOT months or years! I have 24 years experience as a trainer so your assured to be inspired and you will get amazing results fast.
'If you want maximum fat loss in weeks, look no further. The world's best athletes and celebrities trust me to get them in shape fast.'
Good grief she looks hideous! She looks as if she's been skinned alive and tarred!
- Ellen, London UK, 05/10/2011 18:57
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