Laureen Smith - The 1:1 Diet

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Multi Award Winning Consultant. Helping people lose weight and transform thier lives since 2007 !

I have worked in the Weight Loss industry since 2007, and have been an independent Consultant with the 1:1 Diet since 2015, becoming a multi award wining consultant within the first few years. Based in Edinburgh, I cover all surrounding areas virtually or in-person, as well as working virtually with clients all over the rest of the United Kingdom. Working with clients on a 1:1 basis, I help them t

o set, and achieve their weight loss goals, with tailored programmes and weekly meetings for additional support. Taking clients from weight loss to learning to maintain their new weight and into long term weight management. I also introduce our great Business opportunity to those who would like to start their own Business doing what I do, I have a great Team of consultants that I support and mentor that span the UK.

09/06/2026

If you’ve been reading my posts these last few weeks, well this one’s for you.

You didn’t land here by accident.

Maybe you’ve been nodding along quietly. Maybe you’ve saved a post or two. Maybe you’ve been thinking “this woman gets it”, and then getting on with your day without doing anything about it. I understand that. I do it too.

But I want to say something directly to you today.

If you are in perimenopause or menopause and you are struggling, with your weight, your energy, your relationship with food, your sense of self, you don’t have to keep figuring this out alone.

Here’s what I do:
I work with women one to one. We look at everything, what you’re eating, how your body is responding right now, what’s happening hormonally, and just as importantly, what’s going on in your head. The stories you’re telling yourself. The patterns that keep showing up. The reasons the usual approaches keep falling short.

I bring almost 20 years of weight management experience to that conversation. I bring my coaching and psychology training. And I bring something no qualification ever gave me, the fact that I’m navigating this exact same stage myself.

I’m not going to tell you I have all the answers. But I do know how to help you find yours.

So here’s what I’d love to do.

I’d like to offer you a free discovery call. No obligation, no pressure, no pitch. Just a proper conversation about where you are, what you’ve tried, and whether what I do could actually help you.

That’s it.

If something in these posts has resonated, if you’ve felt even once like I was talking directly to you, then trust that feeling.

Hit the link in my bio to book your call. Or just send me a message and we’ll find a time that works.

I’d love to meet you. 🩷

07/06/2026

What’s one thing you know now about menopause that you wish you’d known at the start?

Mine? That it was going to affect my weight in ways nobody warned me about, and that fighting my body was never going to work.

Drop yours below, et’s build a little wisdom thread for every woman who finds this post 👇🩷

05/06/2026

She came to me convinced she was the problem. She wasn’t.

Sarah* had tried everything.

She’d lost weight before, significant amounts. She knew how to do it. She’d done the diets, tracked the food, put the work in. She wasn’t someone who gave up easily.
But at 52, something had shifted. The approach that had always worked just… stopped.
The scales hadn’t moved in months. She was sleeping badly, feeling foggy, and quietly starting to wonder if this was just how the rest of her life was going to feel.

She came to me a little defeated. Not dramatic about it, just tired. The kind of tired that comes from trying hard for a long time and not seeing results.

Here’s what we found when we actually looked properly:

Her body was under significant hormonal stress. Her nutrition, while well intentioned, wasn’t giving her what her menopausal body actually needed. And underneath the practical stuff, there was a story she’d been telling herself for months that was quietly making everything harder.

“I should be able to do this on my own.”

We worked on all three layers. The nutrition. The physiology. And that story.

Within a few weeks she messaged me to say she felt like herself again for the first time in two years. Not just because the scales had started moving, but because she finally understood what had been happening to her body. And she stopped blaming herself for it.

That’s the shift that changes everything.

If Sarah’s story sounds familiar, the trying, the frustration, the quietly wondering if this is just it now, I’d love to talk to you.

No hard sell. Just a conversation.

Drop me a message or comment below. 🩷

*Name changed

03/06/2026

Be honest with me for a second 👇

How many times have you restarted your weight loss journey in the last two years?

No judgement here, genuinely asking. Because I think the answer might surprise you about yourself.

There’s something really important in that number. 🩷

01/06/2026

This isn’t a willpower problem.

And I wish someone had told me that sooner. Can we be honest with each other for a minute?

I have spent years.... years... watching women come to me completely defeated. Convinced they were weak. Convinced everyone else could do this and they just… couldn’t. And I’d see the same pattern every single time.

They’d been white-knuckling it. Relying on sheer determination to get through every meal, every craving, every moment of temptation. And it would work....for a while. Until it didn’t. Until life got in the way, or she had a bad week, or her sleep fell apart, or her hormones did something new and unexpected, and then they blames themselves.

Here’s what I know after nearly 20 years, and what I know even more deeply now that I’m living it myself:

Willpower was never the answer!

Your brain in menopause is dealing with fluctuating oestrogen that directly affects your mood, your motivation, and your relationship with food. You’re often not sleeping properly, which spikes the hunger hormone ghrelin and tanks the fullness hormone leptin. Your stress response is heightened. You are fighting your own biology with nothing but determination, and when that stops working, which it will... it’s not failure. It’s just the wrong tool.

What actually works is understanding why you’re reaching for food in certain moments. What’s driving it. What story you’re telling yourself. What need isn’t being met. That’s the work nobody talks about. The psychological piece. The bit that sits underneath the eating. It’s also the piece I’m trained to work on with you, and the reason my clients get results that actually last.

Because when you understand what’s really going on, you stop needing willpower.
You just make different choices. Naturally. Without the fight.

If this resonates, save this post. And when you’re ready to stop fighting yourself, you know where I am. 🩷

30/05/2026

This or that.....menopause edition 😄

🥱 Broken sleep OR 🔥 Hot flushes

🧠 Brain fog OR 😤 Mood swings

👖 Bloating OR ⚖️ Unexplained weight gain

Which ones are you dealing with right now?

Tag a friend who needs to know they’re not alone 👇

28/05/2026

The advice that’s been making menopause weight gain worse. And we’ve all been given it.

Eat less. Move more.

If I hear that one more time I might actually scream.

For women in perimenopause and menopause, that advice isn’t just unhelpful. In many cases it’s actively working against you.

“Just eat less of your normal food and you’ll be fine”

At this stage your body doesn’t just need fewer calories, it needs the right nutrition, properly structured. Cutting back on everyday food often means cutting back on the protein, vitamins and minerals your body desperately needs right now. What works is a plan built around nutritional completeness, because a menopausal body under hormonal stress needs more support, not less.

“Do more cardio”
Hours on the treadmill spikes cortisol further. For women at this stage, too much cardio without adequate recovery can actually increase fat storage around the middle. The thing you’re doing to fix the problem is making it worse.

“It’s just part of getting older, accept it”
Absolutely not. Weight gain in menopause is not inevitable. It is manageable, but only when you understand what’s actually driving it and respond accordingly.

“You just need more willpower”
This one makes me genuinely angry. Willpower is a finite resource. Using it as the solution to a hormonal, physiological shift is like putting a plaster on a broken leg. It’s not a character flow. It’s the wrong tool for the job.

The women I work with aren’t failing because they lack discipline.

They’re failing because they’ve been given advice designed for a body they no longer have.

Sound familiar? Tell me below, which of these have you been told?

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