He returned to Corrie after lockdown with a slimline new look, and Colson Smith was showered with praise for his hard work as he celebrated his 22nd birthday.
Weatherfield favourite Colson was all smiles as he posed for a snap outside a camping lodge and told fans 'feeling 22.'
The Coronation Street actor, who has been on remarkable fitness journey, shared the celebratory photo on his Instagram.
"Will your weight loss be spoken about in a storyline?" asked one follower who pointed out that he appeared to have lost 'half of his body weight.'
"I'm hoping its mentioned! I came back off holiday and was catching up and he lost about five stone over night and nobody at least said how great he looks," said another.
"You look amazing well done," congratulated another follower.
"What an inspiration, go on Colson!!" another cheered.
Earlier this month Corrie fans remarked how different his character Craig Tinker looked as the trainee police constable stepped out of the police station looking slimmer and with blonde hair.
After the soap halted filming due to the coronavirus pandemic in March, the actor has been using the time off to focus on his fitness regime, and he's been keeping followers updated on his fitness journey.
He shared a time lapse video of himself working out outdoors with a dumbbell, kettle bells and a medicine ball.
On screen his character has taken up running after finding that he was out of breath while chasing shoplifters.
Craig told his friends that he was going to make an effort to get healthier after being bullied at work.
Colson previously joked in lockdown that he'd need a 'fat suit' when he returned to work as he'd look completely different to where the character left off.
Cameras starting rolling again on the set at Trafford Wharf in June and viewers are now seeing new scenes incorporating life amid the coronavirus.
Colson recently shared a throwback photo of himself to celebrate nine years on the ITV soap.
He joined the soap as a fresh-faced 12-year-old as the son of Beth Sutherland.
Sharing the baby-faced picture with his Instagram followers, Colson wrote: "Nine years of Craig Tinker. 5th August 2011. #Tinks."
