"I ditched the scales and stopped fad diets - a year later I'd lost 7 stone"

Make-up artist and nail technician Siobhan McDonald has spent her life helping other women look glamorous, while secretly hating how she looked herself. The Cheshire mum-of-two would constantly worry what others thought about her weight when she was at her heaviest at 18 stone.

But a dramatic health scare in hospital made her address for the first time her unhealthy relationship with food. She realised she needed to eat for the health and nourishment of her body, rather than simply for the goal of losing weight.

It sparked a change in Siobhan's mindset that would see her ditch her scales once and for all. After years doing weekly weigh-ins at slimming clubs or trying the latest fad diets she took a fresh approach based on healthy choices.

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Now, instead of calorie counting, she counts chemicals - choosing natural foods wherever possible in her daily diet and ditching processed foods.

Siobhan's healthy transformation was sparked by a conversation with one of her make-up and nail clients, Rachel Williams, in 2021. Rachel had just trained as a weight loss coach and asked if she could help her.

Rachel encouraged Siobhan to harness the power of positive thinking, while addressing the root causes of her overeating and self-doubt with weekly chats.

Incredibly, Siobhan went on to lose over 7 stone in weight over the course of the following year.

She has dropped from her top size of 22 to a size 10-12, but, most importantly for Siobhan, she finally feels in control of her health and well-being. She has maintained the weight loss for the past year.

She no longer weighs herself - as she established that was a trigger for her previous "all or nothing" dieting