Sinead Hatter has lost 6st on her weight loss journey

Sinead Hatter can still barely believe the woman in that photograph is her. Taken at a work event in 2021, the candid shot left her staring at a stranger. “That picture was the final straw in a series of small wake-up calls,” says Sinead, 35.

“I found my clothes weren't fitting, I was avoiding photos and I felt exhausted just walking up stairs. When I looked at that picture and didn’t recognise myself, it hit hard, and it soon transpired that losing my mum had played a role in this.”

Losing her mother to cancer in October 2019 had left Sinead bereft, exhausted and understandably uninterested in diet and exercise. But the larger she got, the less she felt like hitting the gym.

“I didn’t feel good about myself. I felt stuck in a cycle

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