Amanda transformed herself by eating snags and steaks
Amanda Lipstate, 33
Pulling the chocolate bar out from the cupboard, I tore off the wrapper and took a big bite. ‘Yum,’ I said, as the creamy, sweet treat melted in my mouth.
I was 12 and tucking into chocolate, again.
Food had become my emotional support since my parents, Donna and Michael, had split the year before. It’d really affected me and my three siblings, Melissa, Jessica and Jon.
Food became my comfort and I binged on chocolate, cake and anything sweet.
It was showing in my body, and over the next year I piled