BUMPY RIDE

Tucking into a packet of Sweet Chilli Sensations, I felt guilty. This was a sharing packet and I’d already reached the bottom.

But I felt like I couldn’t stop myself though.

Growing up I was never a small child, but I wasn’t overweight either.

There would be a bit of name calling from other kids at school, but it didn’t really affect me.

I’ve always been confident, so I just brushed it off.

When I reached my late teens and early 20s, I started to struggle with food.

I put on weight quicker than I used to and had to be careful about what I was eating.

But things really took a turn for the worse after my son, Daniel, was born.

It wasn’t just pregnancy that had made me bigger – I got into bad eating habits.

I was eating when