24/05/2026
The little things losing 5 stone gave me that nobody warned me about 💗
When I started losing weight, I thought I just wanted to be smaller- I didn’t realise how much of my actual life was being shaped by how I felt in my body and by my weight, so when I lost 5 stone I actually gained so much in the process!
Here are 5 things I didn’t see coming:
👗 Getting ready without hating every single outfit! Nights out used to start with a meltdown in front of the mirror, clothes piled on the bed, feeling uncomfortable in everything I tried on, ending in something baggy and in tears. Now I throw something on and go & don’t think twice about it!
📸 Being IN photos and not despising how I look in them! Not always offering to take the picture, not standing at the back, not hiding, not deleting them all after because I hated how I look. Actually being able to look back at memories with my friends and smile 🥹
🥡 Not letting one takeaway ruin my whole week! Realising one meal is just ONE meal, not the start of a spiral, is what actually allowed me to KEEP the weight off this time because I wasn’t constantly bingeing then starting again on Monday. This helped me so much to be more consistent!
🚶🏽♀️ Being able to go for a walk without getting out of breath! Such a small thing but also so life changing!! Running up the stairs, around town, after my niece (and Peanut lol), up a hill on holiday without that horrible feeling I just accepted as normal for years
🧠 Not thinking about my weight or food every single minute of the day!! This one is so hard to explain to anyone who hasn’t experienced the same but the mental quiet is the biggest one of all. I’ve got so much more space in my brain now for actual life and enjoying food, rather than obsessing over it every minute of the day✨
Losing weight changes so much more than the number on the scale💕especially when you’re someone like me who has spent their entire adult life struggling with their weight
If you’ve lost weight, what was the unexpected one for you!?👇🏼 If you want help breaking the cycle properly, my coaching, m