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26/09/2025

My 1st weekend on BodySlims.

Probably one of the most pivotal points on my weight loss journey. It was late on my 1st Friday night and I was crying my eyes out because all I wanted was a Chinese but I had committed to and really wanted to give it my all. I was starving. I’d gone food shopping, late, on an empty stomach!! A trifecta of odds stacked against me.

By the time we’d gotten home, I was seconds away from placing an order. Until Vincent sat me down, gave me a tomato with salt and pepper and I regulated my emotions.

I realised that I was going to have to do something to ensure this didn’t happen again. I’m sharing a few things that stopped my weekend becoming my “weak end”.

Was it easy? Nope!

Did I like it all the time? Nope!

But was it worth it? Every single time!!!

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19/09/2025

My Weight Loss Shopping Essentials - Save for later
These are examples of some of the foods I bought during weight loss. I eat two meals a day because I Intermittent Fast, lunch and dinner. My lunches were typically salad or soup and dinner were some kind of component bowl or a quick freezer meal.
The majority of my plates would always be vegetables, either frozen, fresh or pickled with a carb, protein and some kind of fat (olive, vegan cheese etc)
Yes, I did and still eat processed vegan meat. I know it’s not for everyone and I’m in no way saying this is what everyone should be eating, but this will give you an idea of the variety of foods that were typically stocked in our house and still are now.
I hope this might help some of you, especially for those who are starting next week.

17/09/2025

Something I never expected to experience after losing weight.
Grief!
Having spent my entire life living in a bigger body and even morbidly obese, when I finally achieved my weight loss, I thought I would only feel positive emotions. Don’t get me wrong, for the most part I was delighted, but I didn’t expect to experience grief.

The grief I experienced wasn’t for the person I used to be, but it was more for time. For the times I sat on the sidelines of life and didn’t take part because of the way I spoke to or felt about myself. Grief for the innumerable opportunities I passed up because I didn’t believe in myself. Grief for the years I wasted shaming myself when there was never a reason to. Grief for all the times I held myself back and made that silly promise of “I’ll do it when I lose weight!”

So please, if anyone is reading this and feels like they don’t deserve to take part in their own life because of their weight, I want you to know that complete bullsh*t. Please don’t hold yourself back from the possibility of sharing your talent with the world or experiencing joy just because of your weight or life limiting beliefs.

If you’ve been holding yourself back, take this as your sign to go for it and experience that joy.

12/09/2025

Finding Style After Weight Loss - save for later!

For as long as I can remember I loved fashion, but unfortunately it didn’t seem to love me. If I was able to find something that fit, then I’d rarely like the way it looked on me. I basically stuck to a uniform of treggings (shiver) and some kind of loose black top.

Going from having very limited options to basically limitless (except for my budget obviously) options was completely overwhelming. Over the last few years I’ve spent a lot of time curating my own personal style which I’m really happy with. I consider it “dark feminine” or “soft alternative”. Basically feminine silhouettes with edgy details.

I’ve put together this guide to help anyone else who might feel totally overwhelmed. Comment if you have any other types to add or anything else that helped you.
Dark feminine style, alt fashion, alt styling, non scale victory, weight loss journey, dopamine dressing,

18/07/2025

6 Years in the making

This day 6 years ago I had a realisation that changed my entire life. I had lived with insidious negative self talk for as long as I could remember. Being my own worst critic and enemy. But I had no idea that this wasn’t “normal”.

On this day I heard something I said to myself and realised it wasn’t my voice. In fact, I realised I’d been living by a narrative that had been created by those around me and society, with no concept of who I really was and what I really thought.

This had caused me so much pain for as long as I could remember and I had used food to escape my feelings. My weight was a symptom, not the cause.

6 years later and my entire life has changed so dramatically.

While sometimes I still have to battle that narrative, I now have the tools and they don’t involve food!

So please know, that we are all capable of change, no matter how “stuck” you might feel.

02/07/2025

Going Live

This Sunday at 7pm I’ll be going LIVE here on Instagram and on page

Join me to celebrate the one of the most impactful challenges on the programme and celebrate this as some of the final steps on this cycle of BodySlims.

I’ll also be sharing some exciting updates coming for the programme.

Hope to see you all there, whether you’re on the programme now or you’re interested in learning more about our upcoming cycles.

xx

27/06/2025

When paints your face

I cannot thank and .brand for one of the loveliest evenings I’ve had in ages. Nothing like sitting with a group of really genuine people chatting about life and our mutual love of makeup. It felt like a modern version of a tupperware party, with all of us oohhing and ahhing over products.

I’m ruined now, because Katie Jane used my mush to test/showcase products from .brand and and basically I’ll never be able to do my makeup so well again. I was genuinely considering dousing myself in setting spray and sleeping on my back for the next week.

There’s that horrid societal trend of pitting women against each other, but last night was just another example of what BS that is. Seeing and swapping their own creations, complimenting and using each other’s products was just the most wonderful moment. I’ve said it before but female founded, Irish beauty brands are KILLING IT!

Thanks again for the best evening x

19/04/2025

Save the Date!

This Monday at 7pm Irish Time I’ll be live on my Instagram chatting through all things ahead of the first cycle as your new head coach. I’ll be answering your questions so, if you have any, pop them in the comments down below.

Looking forward to chatting to you all then. x

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