01/06/2026
If you’d told me a year ago that I’d go on holiday and not eat a single crisp, I’d have laughed at you. 🤩
For years, holidays meant bags of crisps, chocolate, beer, and constantly thinking about what I was going to eat next. The food noise was always there. 🍺
But something has changed.
Since improving my metabolic health through ketosis and then maintaining it with a low-carb lifestyle, those foods just don’t have the same pull over me anymore.
I haven’t had a crisp since September 2025, and if you’ve known me for any length of time, you’ll know that’s something nobody thought possible!
What’s fascinating is that it doesn’t feel like willpower. It doesn’t feel like deprivation. It feels like freedom. 💪
The constant cravings have quietened. The obsession with food has faded. My brain no longer spends all day negotiating with itself. ❤️
And for so many women in their 40s, 50s and beyond, who feel trapped by food noise, weight gain, cravings and the rollercoaster of perimenopause, I want you to know this:
You are not destined to feel out of control around food.
When you improve your metabolic health, your relationship with food changes dramatically.
You feel calm around foods that once had a hold over you. You can trust yourself again. You can lose weight without feeling miserable or deprived.
You can feel strong, confident and in control. 🔥☺️
If I can walk past crisps and dark chocolate without a second thought, then change is absolutely possible.
The goal isn’t perfection.
The goal is freedom. ❤️