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Looking back on old pictures really does keep me motivated to carry on in my weight loss journey. I mentioned in yesterday’s blog post that I’ve been dealing with really bad body dysmorphia, and it’s hard to stay motivated when you can’t see your own body change, but taking before and after pics is honestly the best thing you can do on a weight loss journey.

I’ve only been taking this…

STAY POSITIVE

This week has been kinda tough. I’ve been suffering really badly with body dysmorphia – for anyone who doesn’t quite know what it means it’s basically where you look in the mirror and you don’t see what everybody else sees. Everyone has been telling me how good I look and how well I’m doing and all I can see is the person I was before I lost weight.

My clothes are looser, and…

This is going to be a little section I do once a week on either a new recipe I’ve tried, one of my go-to meals or my favourite of the week!

I really fancied some porridge for my lunch (I do intermittent fasting so I don’t eat until the afternoons!) and usually I like them as overnight oats and eat them cold but I really fancied a nice warm meal as we’ve had some rubbish weather recently until…

SAME POSE, SAME OUTFIT, THREE MONTHS APART

STARTING FIGURES:

SIZE 26-28

27st 7lb

BMI 54

CURRENT FIGURES:

SIZE 20-22

20st 5lb

BMI 42.2

7 stone, wow. That’s crazy… I honestly have never really managed to lose more than 2/3 stone before so to do more than double that is crazy and I’m so proud! It’s not been easy in the slightest but it’s so worth it to be able to move around more without being…

I’ve tried to lose weight a few times before, and each time I would lose a bit… and then put it all back on, and then some. I could never seem to find the motivation to keep going, I’d give in to a takeaway or just start eating junk food again. Something clicked this time, and it’s completely changed everything.

I haven’t touched a takeaway in 6 months. If I do snack on crisps, they’re quavers…

I’m going to try and do one of these every Sunday, where I get real and write down exactly what I’m feeling, how I’ve been feeling during the week, any significant things that have happened etc etc. I think in this day and age it’s important not to sugar coat everything, especially in the times of social media. Everyone’s lives look perfect on instagram but that isn’t reality, far from it. So…