I lost 10st and 16 years!

‘I hardly recognised the woman in the mirror’

As I finished reading the rejection letter, yet another imagined future disappeared before my eyes. I thought I’d said all the right things in the interview and I’d been sure I had the qualities they were looking for, but they clearly hadn’t seen my potential.

Dropping the letter, I picked up an open packet of chocolate digestives and started to eat, trying to soothe my disappointment. Despite no one ever having said it, after each rejection, I told myself my size had been the deciding factor. And with every polite ‘thanks, but no thanks’,