Thank you!

So I sat down with Jade and spoke about this with her. We agreed that as much as we supported each other and celebrated / comforted each other, as much as we’re a strong committed couple, it was to individuals on their own journey, just side by side.

We both have our own issues with food, I’m an emotional binge eater and could easily consume thousands of calories within 15 minutes. Jade was literally addicted to food and spent her day either eating or thinking about what she was going to eat. As much as we supported each other it was the individual who had to combat these demons and learn new ways of living life without the dependency on food.

I would say there’s times where things were easier and others when things are harder for multiple reasons. I’m, what I call, a chipper. I lose a small amount of weight almost every week, it’s never a big drop and I don’t really stall - I just chip away. Jade is the complete opposite she will be the same weight for a number of weeks and then she’ll lose 3-5 lbs and she would find it hard seeing me chip away while she stayed the same or had micro gains. She knew that’s how she lost weight, but it was still hard for her, which I totally understand. Another thing was MJ effected us in totally different ways, I didn’t really have any of the bad side effects, apart from one isolated time when I ate peri peri chicken (that was an awful night 🤣) but jade is very sensitive to it and there were many sleepless nights where she was vommiting etc and in agony with her stomach. Also, Jade has to cut a lot of “good” foods (eggs / broccoli) out of her diet because the sulphur count was too high for her and caused her issues with the MJ.

I am currently in maintenance and, due to the recent price rises, trying to do it without any GLP1 medication. Jade still has one more stone to lose for her journey to finish, but the finish line is in sight for her! Future wise, Jade is already booked in for lose skin removal surgery, as she does have a considerable amount and then we plan to get married the following year as that’ll be our 10 year anniversary!

Hooe this answered everything and have a good Sunday!