'I've gained 5 dress sizes but I will never diet again thanks to stopping behaviour'

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

A woman, who once had an obsession with dieting and punished herself for gaining weight, has candidly shared her journey after gaining five dress sizes and learning to lover her fuller figure.

Sophie Hughes, , who is a Manchester-based model, spent years in the clutches of diet culture. She was weighing herself daily and used exercise as a form of punishment and scrutinised everything she ate.

Sophie revealed: "I used food as a punishment, I used exercise as punishment and there was over a decade of my life where I analysed every single thing I ate and hated myself on the deepest level." Her battle with self-confidence also took a nosedive after she underwent surgery at 25; she donated part of her liver to her infant nephew and was left with a prominent scar and dramatic body change.

She went from a size 6 to a size 16 in 18 months, she said. "I hate my body so much," Sophie confessed. Sophie quickly gain recognition online and began working as a curve model.