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Food Is Life đŸȘ“ Weight loss for YoYo dieters
đŸ‘©đŸ»â€đŸŽ“ Masters: Nutrition
🏡 https://linktr.ee/foodislife.nutrition Fully qualified nutrition coach, specialises in weight loss

You may or may not know, but I’m quite partial to wearing odd socksA trademark that other people comment on more than I ...
15/06/2026

You may or may not know, but I’m quite partial to wearing odd socks

A trademark that other people comment on more than I usually pay attention to

To be honest it’s probably the unwillingness of a morning to sift through my whole draw to

find matching ones

More than me actually choosing to wear odd socks

Anyway, Cody my 2.5 year old came home from nursery and told me “let’s go and walk

Harvey” (Harvey is the dog)

So I said

“okay, put your crocs on and we can”

I was outside putting Casey in the pram when Cody came to the front door

In



An orange croc on his right foot, green croc on his left foot

At first I wasn’t sure whether to laugh or cry

But what came out of my mouth was

“That’s my boy! Be UNAPOLOGETICALLY YOU, always”

And that’s a trick yo-yo dieters have always missed

They have tried to fit a circle into a square hole

Following Slimming World rules

Cutting out carbs

Exercising more

Which has left them overweight for decades

80% of their wardrobe doesn’t fit because they’ve spent too long trying to fit in

What they need to realise is they already have a diet, food preferences and a life

So should think about fitting their diet into THEIR life

Rather than the other way around đŸ«¶đŸ»

14/06/2026

Don’t tell me you can’t relate 😅

Sandra was told something that really stuck with her
That because of the medication she was on, weight loss was “near on...
13/06/2026

Sandra was told something that really stuck with her


That because of the medication she was on, weight loss was “near on impossible”

And when you’ve heard that from a doctor, over and over again for years
 it’s hard not to believe it

So she did what most people do

She tried all the diets anyway

But every time the same thing happened


The scales barely moved

And eventually, she’d give up again
 and go back to believing what she’d been told

That this was just how it was going to be

But something in her wasn’t ready to accept that yet

So she looked for a second opinion (almost 20 years later)

And that’s when she found me, drawn in part by my Masters degree in Nutrition, but also by the fact she wanted someone who actually understood the science behind what was going on

So we did something a bit different

We took the scales away for the first 6 weeks

Completely

No daily weighing

No obsessing over tiny fluctuations

No letting a number dictate her mood or decisions

Instead, we focused on what she could actually control:

How she felt in her clothes

How her body felt day to day

Her energy. Her confidence. Her consistency

And something interesting happened

When the pressure of the scales disappeared
 she stopped quitting

Fast forward 5 months into 1-1 coaching


And she is now the lightest she’s been since she can remember as an adult

Not because we chased the scales

But because we built the habits that made progress inevitable

If you’re an overweight menopausal yo-yo dieter who feels like you’ve tried everything and nothing has ever worked long term


DM me the word DOC and I’ll show you how I can help

Your doctor told you the medication makes weight loss impossible.So you've stopped trying because you think the battle i...
12/06/2026

Your doctor told you the medication makes weight loss impossible.

So you've stopped trying because you think the battle is already lost.

Medication can make weight loss harder, but it doesn't create calories from thin air.

You spend years carrying extra weight that you could have lost.

Track what you're eating and let the numbers tell the truth.

I've helped women lose weight on the same medications they were told would stop them.

DM me the word MEDS if you're ready to stop guessing.

09/06/2026

Don’t fall prey to this, please đŸ„č

It’s so easy to fall into this trap Even thinking about Legoland brings back feelings of nostalgia for meSunday evening ...
08/06/2026

It’s so easy to fall into this trap

Even thinking about Legoland brings back feelings of nostalgia for me

Sunday evening just past I was buzzing

We were taking the kids to Legoland for the first time the next morning

So we were in the car on the way and that’s when my heart sank

Why is there so much red on the SatNav, so much traffic to get in?

Oohhhhhh, Berkshire kids have an inset day

We checked to make sure we were in the clear with Hampshire half term

But forgot to check the bloody inset days

So we had a fantastically overstimulating, hot day

With all rides being a minimum of a 45 minute queue

I literally said to Ty at one point, “we have to find the positives, because there are still lots”

And it’s so easy to do isn’t it

Especially when it comes to our weight loss journey

Being annoyed the scales haven’t moved when you’ve been good all week

Feel guilty for the one chocolate bar you eat when you’ve eaten 5 servings of vegetables the same day

If you focus on the negatives, you’re going to get a negative outcome

So my advice today is to focus on the GOOD in your day to day weight loss journey

Because I promise you there are more of those, than there are bad

Practise that every day and you’ll be fitting back into your favourite pair of jeans in no time đŸ«¶đŸ»

I’ll be losing weight in no time 😇
07/06/2026

I’ll be losing weight in no time 😇

Donna was someone who “knew what worked” for her bodyMore exercise = weight lossSimpleExcept suddenly
 it wasn’t working...
06/06/2026

Donna was someone who “knew what worked” for her body

More exercise = weight loss

Simple

Except suddenly
 it wasn’t working

So she did what most menopausal women do when things stop responding the way they used to

She doubled down

6+ gym classes a week

Trying harder

Doing more

Pushing through

And the scales?

Barely moved

Which is incredibly frustrating when you’re doing everything you think you should be doing

But this is something I see ALL the time with menopausal women

The body changes
 but the strategy often stays the same

So instead of adding more exercise


We actually did the opposite

We removed it

No gym classes for the past month

And redirected that time, energy and focus into the thing that actually drives fat loss:

nutrition

Not in a restrictive, miserable way

Just simple, structured targets that actually fit around real life

And honestly?

That’s where things started to shift

Because when you stop trying to “out-train” food


Things get a lot clearer very quickly

Fast forward 4 weeks


And she’s back in parts of her summer wardrobe that have been sitting there untouched for years 😅

Not because she suffered for it

But because she finally stopped fighting her body with the wrong tool

If you’re an overweight menopausal yo-yo dieter who feels like exercise used to work
 but now it just doesn’t seem to move the needle anymore


DM me the word “PEG”

And I’ll show you what it would look like if we worked together đŸ«¶đŸ»

04/06/2026

But seriously, help me 😅

Anna told me she’d spent decades dieting And despite all that effort?She was heavier and more unhappy with her body than...
03/06/2026

Anna told me she’d spent decades dieting

And despite all that effort?

She was heavier and more unhappy with her body than she’d ever been

Which honestly breaks my heart a bit
 because SO many menopausal women are stuck there

Trying harder

Starting again every Monday

Blaming themselves

Thinking they’re the problem

When actually?

Most of the time they’ve just spent years following unsustainable dieting advice that was never built for real life in the first place

One of the reasons Anna decided to work with me was because she liked my no-nonsense approach 😅

But also because I’m not over here promoting chicken, broccoli and a six-pack lifestyle

Because the reality is


Most overweight menopausal women already have enough going on

Busy jobs

Families

Mental load through the roof

Weekends full of plans, kids activities, meals out and social events

And for Anna specifically?

Weekends were always where things unravelled

She LOVES hosting

Cooking for people

Having family round

Enjoying food socially

So instead of trying to force her into a restrictive plan that made her miserable


We built her calories AROUND her lifestyle

Not against it

And that’s the bit most women have never experienced before

The freedom to lose weight whilst still living like a normal human being

She’s dropped a dress size already đŸ”„

But the biggest change?

She finally believes she can actually succeed

In her own words, she kept waiting for the “hard bit” to arrive over the last 6 weeks


and then realised it never came once she finally had the right science on her side

THAT is what sustainable weight loss should feel like

Not easy every second

But nowhere near as hard as decades of yo-yo dieting have made you believe

If you’re an overweight menopausal yo-yo dieter who has spent years losing hope and would just love to feel like yourself again


DM me the word “EASY”

And I’ll show you exactly what it would look like if we worked together đŸ«¶đŸ»

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