13/08/2026
LONG POST ALERT 🚨
I AM NOT NATURALLY SLIM!!!
And I think this is something I need to say.
When people look at me now, they might assume I’ve always been naturally slim, or that managing my weight has always been easy for me.
It hasn’t.
I grew up living behind my mum and dad’s hairdressers shop, with lovely older ladies constantly popping in.
At Easter, they’d bring me Easter eggs 🐣
At Christmas, selection boxes 🎄
And obviously, I was VERY happy to receive them! 😂
I’ve also always had a BIG appetite.
I don’t naturally feel full easily. I can eat a meal and still feel like I could eat more.
Add to that growing up in an era of being told to “eat everything on your plate”, and it probably wasn’t the most helpful combination.
By the age of 11, I was already as tall as I am now… but considerably bigger.
At high school, I was the biggest of my friends.
I was never the “gangly teenager”.
I was always aware of my size and how I looked compared with everyone else.
As I got older, I started trying to manage my weight in all sorts of ways.
Some healthy.
Some definitely NOT healthy.
Then I met my husband and we went on to have our two boys. ❤️
Like so many women, I gained weight during pregnancy and was left with the dreaded baby weight.
But then something changed…
I FOUND THE GYM.
And honestly, it changed my life.
I started exercising and noticed things that went way beyond the scales.
I was losing weight.
My body shape was changing.
I was getting stronger.
And I was starting to feel differently about myself.
That experience made me want to become a Personal Trainer.
Because I know what it feels like to struggle with your weight.
And here’s the thing…
I STILL SEE MYSELF AS BIG.
Even now.
I still don’t naturally feel full.
I still understand what it’s like to have that constant thought about food.
That little voice asking:
“What can I eat next?”
“Am I actually hungry?”
“Why am I still thinking about food?”
And that’s why I have so much empathy for women who experience food noise.
👇 THE REST OF MY STORY IS IN THE FIRST COMMENT 👇
