25/07/2026
The photo on the left is proof that I wanted to give up. The photo on the right is proof that I didn’t.
Weight loss isn’t a straight line. It’s messy. It’s full of good weeks, bad weeks, holidays, emotional eating, self-doubt, and starting over… again and again.
I’ve lost motivation more times than I can count. There have been weeks where I’ve walked into group knowing I hadn’t been “on plan” at all. But I still went.
Because motivation doesn’t always come first. Sometimes just turning up is enough. Sometimes weighing in, even when you’re dreading it, is the very thing that helps you find your motivation again.
Don’t wait until you feel motivated to start. Start, and the motivation will follow.
If you’re struggling right now, don’t quit. Keep walking through the doors. Keep believing in yourself, even if it’s just 1% today.
One day you’ll look back at your own before and after and realise that the hardest part wasn’t losing the weight… it was refusing to give up.
