A mum-of-three has shared her weight loss journey after dealing with a lifetime of eating disorders – and has now lost 10st despite being pregnant. Tannice Hemming, 36, a writer from Maidstone, Kent, used to suffer with binge eating, self-sabotage and an overall loss of identity as a result of trauma experienced during her teens.
In a bid to find solace, she turned to food and often ate chocolate, cakes and ice cream while sitting alone in her room as she “struggled” to eat around others. She recalls becoming dependent on food, where she soon started “packing on the weight” and by the time she was 19, she weighed 21st.
Tannice started experiencing health issues, such as a lack of energy, joints hurting whenever she walked and her thoughts became controlled by food. In public, she’d receive hurtful comments such as: “Your legs are like tree trunks” or “You’d be so pretty if you lost some weight” – where she started to feel hopeless.
