'I lost 7 stone by thinking myself thin – and now teach others to do the same'

dailystar.co.uk:

weight loss success is to be intuitive about what you put in your body – and lifestyle coach Rachel Williams is a firm believer in taking this approach.

The mum-of-two, from Henbury in Cheshire, spent years yo-yo dieting.But when she stopped punishing herself with faddish regimes, she managed to shed seven stone.Since July 2019, she’s been focusing on nourishing her body instead of calorie counting and now hits the gym three times a week – and the results speak for themselves.The 41-year-old told Manchester Evening News: "I started putting weight on from the age of 8 years old, I can remember my mum taking me to Weight Watchers when I was 12 or 13 years old.

In hindsight, reflecting on my journey now, I can see I was a secret eater, eating sweets, crisps, chocolate. All the comfort foods.“Later on in life I went through a phase of ballooning and then just stopping eating - that was when I was at university.

I dropped weight but not in a healthy way. From then on I yo-yo-ed and I have tried every diet in existence I think – from WW, Slimming World, the Dukan Diet, the Maple Syrup diet, the Cabbage Soup Diet, Atkins, 2:5 - I tried everything.“The one I had most success with was Slimming World, and that's the one I'd go back to and felt comfortable with.