Love yourself. That’s sometimes a tough one isn’t it?… I have been overweight for as long as I care to remember and loving myself has never been top of my skills set. I’m so much more capable of admiring one of my qualities, such as my drive; than feeling good about one of my physical characteristics. I know I’m not …
My Body Philosophy
Bio-Oil is funding a new body confidence performance project in schools with The Body Gossip charity, following the discovery that ‘Almost half of women feel they can’t wear the clothes they want to’ and worries about ‘skin, weight, stretch marks and hair all increase with age.’ Bio-Oil’s mission is to inspire a life-time of body confidence, starting in schools and …
Damaging Body Image
O.k, so this might be quite a frank post and I am not asking for sympathy. I just feel I have to write down some of the thoughts that are in my head, as they relentlessly go round and round. Thoughts about body image and maybe someone, somewhere will relate to them. I am waiting for an appointment with the …
Happy Girls Are The Prettiest (Audrey Hepburn)
Where do I start?…. I have been overweight all of my life, all my family are overweight too. I have a good appetite and although I have been known to eat the ‘bad’ stuff, my diet has never been really awful. I have to do pretty hardcore dieting to lose weight. Consequently, I have been on a diet for the …


