Ed Sheeran shed three stone for comeback after living on ‘pizza and beer’ during hiatus

The pop star had a year away from the limelight after his last tour 
Slimmed down: Ed Sheeran was on a strict fitness regime ahead of his comeback
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Jennifer Ruby11 January 2017
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Ed Sheeran went on a strict fitness regime to get back into shape for his comeback after putting on three stone during his hiatus.

The pop star, who is gearing up to release his brand new album, has said that his diet consisted of ‘pizza and beer’ while he was having time off.

“I didn’t realise how active I was on tour,” he told Total Access on Signal 1 radio.

“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.”

Sheeran, 25, went on to say that he put himself on a regular workout plan in order to slim down ahead of his return to the spotlight.

“I did ten minutes a day without fail – intervals of 30 seconds sprinting and 30 jogging,” he said.

“The key is to not miss a day, so you don’t have to do an hour.”

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The musician, who is expected to drop his new album this month, released the track listing on Wednesday morning.

Track titles include New Man, Happier, Galway Girl, Eraser and Supermarket Flowers.

Sheeran kept fans happy with two new song releases last week, both managing to rack up an impressive 6 million Spotify streams in just 24 hours.

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