Jayne Winterham eats Christmas lunch every day to stay slim. Picture: PA Real Life.

Jayne Winterham tucks into turkey and all the trimmings, accompanied by festive candles, once a day and says it keeps her in shape.

Since 2000 she has had a whopping 5,475 roasts, including 21,900 potatoes and 82,125 sprouts.

The 60-year-old started making it Christmas every day when her kids — Jessica, 33, Olivia, 31, Charlotte, 29, and Harry, 25 — left home and says she can’t imagine getting bored with it.

And she believes her consistent calorie intake stops her weight from fluctuating.

Jayne Winterham eats Christmas lunch every day to stay slim. Picture: PA Real LifeSource:Supplied

The part-time sales executive said: “I have a Christmas dinner every day.

“I love roasts. I’m always eating them ... summer, winter; all year round.

“Friends probably think I’m bonkers, but a roast is a balanced meal — meat and three veg. I never put weight on. I’m the same size as I was when I was 18 — a size 10.

“I’m still in the same jeans and only weigh 62kg (9st 8lb). It’s probably the roasts that are keeping me in shape, as I always have the same calories.

“I don’t fluctuate. If you eat the same sort of food, your intake is stable. I definitely don’t see myself getting sick of roasts any time soon.”

The tradition began because of the long hours she was working as a nursery teacher when her children left home, 15 years ago.

She found it was quick, easy and nutritious to just “bung meat and vegetables in the oven” when she got home.

She said: “It’s what I like to eat when I get home from work. It finishes the day off nicely.

“I’m not a Sunday roast person. I’ll eat it anytime. It’s nutritious and extremely quick to do and the good thing is you can make other meals out of the leftovers — soups, salads, and curries.

Jayne Winterham eats Christmas lunch every day to stay slim. Picture: PA Real LifeSource:Supplied

“And the kids are quite happy to have roasts when they come round too.

“I sometimes have foreign students lodging and they love the traditionalism. They say, ‘Of course, you’re British, you have roasts all the time’.

“The gravy’s my favourite part, but I love it all. There’s nothing I don’t like about a Christmas dinner.”

Jayne makes her own gravy from the juices of the meat and vegetables. And her meals take her one and a half hours to prepare.

Jayne Winterham eats Christmas lunch every day to stay slim. Picture: PA Real LifeSource:Supplied

She will make four potatoes, three carrots and 15 sprouts per dinner, so there is always enough for a second helping.

And while generally she eats at home, as a treat she enjoys a Christmas dinner out at her local Toby Carvery restaurant, where turkey and bread sauce is always on the menu, and where they also do “takeaway roasts.” For Jayne, Christmas Day is still extra special, though. She added: “At Christmas, a roast comes into its own. My children and I cook together and have wine and champagne.

“We’ll have a bigger variety of vegetables, put a bit of booze in the gravy and make it more special by having pigs in blankets, stuffing, bacon and different sauces like cranberry or bread sauce.

“Christmas scented candles are out all the time, too. There’s no point putting them away.

“People gear up for Christmas from September, so I’m not that different to everyone else.”

Her only rule? No Christmas jumpers at the table.

The Stats

1,460 — the number of potatoes she eats a year.

21,900 — the number of potatoes she has eaten since 2000

1,095 — the number of carrots she eats a year.

16,425 — the number of carrots she has eaten since 2000

5,475 — the number of sprouts she eats a year

82, 125 — the number of sprouts she has eaten since 2000