Overview

• The 33-year-old from St John's, Worcestershire, says she went from 19st 5lbs (size 26) to about 10st 5lbs (size 6) in roughly a year.
• She reports quitting daily cider, frequent wine, and weekend absinthe after a shop-window wake-up moment.
• Cited spending included about £600 a month on alcohol and roughly £4,200 in a year on hangover takeaways during her heaviest drinking.
• She describes using a meal-subscription plan, a daily calorie target of about 1,200–1,400, and running or gym sessions four to five times a week.
• She says she left her relationship and home, leaned on spirituality for recovery, and is training for a three-day walk in rural France to raise money for Liaison Amani Children’s charity supporting homeless children in Kenya.