WELCOME TO MY NEW column where I invite you to jump with me down the rabbit hole of weight loss and where, in the coming months, I’ll be exploring the complex and diverse causes of weight gain, and sharing the highs and lows of my own journey. My fluctuating weight has been a never-ending nightmare, but at age 45 I am not giving up!
I have always been a curvy girl who has embraced my voluptuous shape. However, since my late teens I have had a problematic relationship with food. I tend to overeat, comfort eat, and stress eat, which has meant I have perpetually been on some sort of mission to achieve weight loss.
I have been through periods of being fit and strong and in control of my eating but, more often than not, I’ve teetered between being what