Y'know when you start out on a journey to a 'new you' - or even just pick up where you left off on an old one - it's hard to imagine failing. You're resolute. You're determined. You're totally going to kick ass and achieve your goals, because you are awesome. Heck, once you're finished, you'll proba[...]

Yesterday, my gorgeous Mum came to visit me in London town, and I had the most wonderful day. We did some lovely touristy things - visiting Buckingham Palace, strolling down Carnaby Street, and wandering through St. James's Park. It was awesome. I was happy. And then this happened, and my mood wa[...]

In the last 48 hours, I've had no less than three - three - people tell me that they've been upset by the number on the scales at some point this week. Ladies: the hell. The hell? Are you kidding me? Seriously? This state of affairs leaves me with no choice, because I've put my head in [...]

I'm not sure if you're aware, but I am not particularly cool. I'm giving it my best shot, with my cool job in a cool company, doing cool things for cool businesses - but alas, I am not, myself, one of the cool people. Here are some examples: I fall down a lot. I'd rather be late for work than [...]

I just had something of a revelation. After a week of feeling like death warmed up, I've realised... I've got Freshers' Flu. You've gotta laugh at times like this. Here I am, with my grown-up job, in my grown-up flatshare, with my grown-up clothes and attitude and a healthy living blog... And I'v[...]

You'll notice things have gone a bit quiet around these parts since my last post - because it's been something of a whirlwind since I upped sticks and moved to the big smoke. Honestly, I have not stopped for long enough to even think, let alone write - but I've been lucky enough to have met some rea[...]

Perfection is something I'm pretty sure I don't believe in; it's right up there with the phrase 'nothing tastes as good as thin feels' and the 2013 Cliff Richard calendar in my 'List of Things I Strongly Oppose.' But sometimes, for reasons beyond my control - also known as this blog - I have to p[...]

Simple question, really. But I have a theory that this whole health, fitness and wellbeing malarkey pretty much boils down to it. Figuring out what you really want - on a number of levels - is one of the most important things you can do to make a big ol' lifestyle change. Essentially, it comes d[...]

It's Katie-rant time. On body image. Again. Ready? Firstly, I'm tiring of the word 'curvy.' I completely agree with the author of this article that it's a word that's become so overused as to lose all meaning - which is a shame, because it's a word I like. I don't think I'd be lying if I call[...]

I'm super sorry guys - I've been ever so busy this last couple of weeks, what with the PhD, work, various project-type things, the Meal Plan, and some exciting bits and bobs relating to the blog (which I'm hoping you'll all like, eventually!) However, I've also done a spot of shopping. Well, I sa[...]

This time last year, I was a good 220lbs (at least - I'd started avoiding the scales around August, once I knew I was gaining weight.) I'd had a busy October, full of cake and alcohol from a jam-packed birthday calendar, and sweets from a very-much-extended Halloween celebration. I'm a big fan of Ha[...]

I like to think I'm pretty confident. Most of the time, I've got no issue with meeting new people, and I love a good chinwag - so outwardly, I'd say I'm pretty outgoing. Plus, I did post a series of photos of myself in my knickers for the world to see a couple of weeks ago, so I'm pretty sure nobody[...]

When I was fat - or fatter, given the enormous chunk of birthday cake I unashamedly devoured at the weekend for my sister's 21st that I'm pretty sure weighed at least 10lbs and may have single-handedly given me diabetes - I was still... Me. I was still a mind inhabiting a body - and so you'd think I[...]

It's been an exciting week for me, because I finally hit the 160lbs I'd been aiming for for the last two years. Now I'm here, I realise I've still got some work to do, and my target weight has shifted a bit now I'm here - but when I started out, at 290lbs, it seemed like an impossible dream, so to f[...]

Yesterday, I read this quote reported to be from Christina Aguilera (it's since been denied - but bear with me on this), who said she told her record label the following when working on her new album - because apparently, no amount of talent will help you if you're fat: I told them during this Lotu[...]

Ladies and gentlemen, it's that time again - wherein I go on about body image. Yes, again. You might've spotted a bit of a furore in the papers lately, because Lady Gaga has gained some weight. She's apparently gained 25lbs, in a move which has shocked people-who-should-have-more-important-things[...]

I'm always interested by psychological type things - especially when I can apply them to myself, because let's face it. I've started a blog about me. Safe to say I'm a wee bit self-absorbed.  Anyway, that meant that when Matt told me about something called the transtheoretical model of behaviour [...]

Last week, I was asked to be a talking head on HuffPost Live, during their interview of Lisa Lampanelli - who is ace. She's known for her amazing (if a tad...uhhh...blue) put-downs - the only one I could find that wasn't too filthy to put here was "Donald Trump has disappointed more women than Sex a[...]

I seem to talk about body image a lot. I know that. But here I am, back on it again, like a broken record. Sorry 'bout that. This time, though, it's because a friend of mine sent me this fabulous article and it gave me pause for thought. It's amazing what an impact the things people say to you as a [...]

When I first started out trying to lose weight, I hate hate hated cardio. What can I say? I like to have nice hair, and cardio seems to go out of its way to push against that. Boo hiss. But as you probably already know, one of the biggest parts of the exercise plan I've been following is the l[...]

I have a confession to make: I've always been a little intimidated by feminism. Not because I didn't agree with it, of course - I've just always been a bit afraid to engage in discussions about it, because most of the encounters I'd had with 'proper' feminists had seemed just a tad... Angry. I re[...]

Because I’m super-cool (that’s a lie) and super-popular (another lie), I’ve had a very busy few weeks. I’ve been to Global Gathering, and I’ve been to leaving parties, birthday parties and just plain old regular parties. And you know what all these things have in common? Booze. Lots of it. [...]

I've been amazed at how many people identify with me on the emotional eating front - especially among people who, like me, have to juggle a lot of balls and spin a lot of plates to keep everything ticking along. It's one of those things most of us have done at some point - landing face first into[...]

You know what's boring? Being told what's hot. That's boring. I am tired - tired, I tells ye - of talking to people of all shapes and sizes who aren't happy with how they look, because they don't live up to the 'ideal.'  I'm also tired of living in a world where 'curvaceous' is shorthand for f[...]

If there's one question I get asked a lot (second only to 'How did you do it?') it's this - 'do you feel different?' Usually the people asking that question are referring to the physical side of it - and yes, I feel completely different. I'm less tired. It doesn't hurt to get out of bed or the ba[...]

Ahhh, celebrity diets. The age-old 'I lost 50lbs by eating nothing but grapefruit covered in salt water and lizard's tears' diet is a staple of trashy magazines (full disclosure: I love trashy magazines). When you're tucking into your second helping of chicken nuggets, it's easy enough to think 'TOM[...]

Oh, some days are HARD. Really hard. Especially when you're a scary hormonal cowbag, like I was earlier this week. I'm not gonna lie guys - I've been wandering around the office, trying my level best to conceal my deranged wrath at nothing in particular, contemplating curling up in a ball in a ba[...]

I was very, very interested to read the recommendations from a group of UK MPs the other day suggesting that school children should have body image lessons as part of the curriculum. I'm going to repeat myself again here - for all the 'fat girl' jokiness of this blog, it's not just about weight l[...]