Diamond: I've only lost 1lb

Confessing to a stomach stapling operation was Anne Diamond's lowest point on Celebrity Fit Club.

Until tonight's episode that is.

The former television presenter is on the verge of quitting the show after losing only one pound in three weeks.

Producers had set her a target weight loss of nine pounds and her meagre weight loss was far less than any other contestant.

ITV1 viewers will see Miss Diamond's humiliating personal weigh-in on tonight's show.

Insiders revealed that after filming on Sunday evening, a tearful Miss Diamond stormed off the set without speaking to anyone.

Relations with her fellow contestants have been strained since Miss Diamond confessed to the surgery which had given her a headstart over the others.

But weeks into the show, and her weight loss has tailed off.

'After things started off so well for Anne and she lost loads of weight, her progress rapidly halted,' said a source on the programme.

'It is bad enough that her fellow celebrities, and the rest of the nation, know she cheated to lose weight. But at least she was losing weight.

'Now though, what with all the stress of everyone knowing, even that has dried up. Anne just feels humiliated.'

Her rivals on the show refused to let her take part in the latest team weigh-in because of her surgery.

Miss Diamond, who is 5ft4in and weighs 13st7lb, has branded the programme ' Celebrity Spite Club'. A spokesman for the 51-year-old mother of four said: 'Anne joined Fit Club to participate in a mutually supportive programme where everyone receives the support of the celebrities and producers alike.

'Unfortunately, the actions by certain contestants have now turned this into Celebrity Spite Club which is not, she feels, the spirit of the show she joined.