Hello!!

Welcome to my blog The Big Food Fight. This is my personal journey in making small steps in leading a more healthier, wholesome life.

I'm Hayley, 26 years old and have spent the last 13 years fighting food, whether it's been on a complete health kick and a size 8 or throwing every rule out the window and been classed as obese.

I've found with age comes a change of perspective and my lightbulb moment came about 2 months ago when I realised no matter what size or shape you are it's so much more important to be healthy and look after your body inside and out. When you do you and start to feel good in your body, then the size on your label won't matter. I realised this after a hard 18 months of yo-yo dieting where I've lost 3 stone (can't believe it myself). I was a Monday to Friday dieter so it came off slowly which is good BUT I didn't change my bad habits to good ones. This means that even though I'm 3 stone lighter, the processed, high sugar, super fatty, chemically enhanced foods/drinks I indulge in on a weekend leave me feeling bloated and out of shape. So even though now I'm a size 10 I feel no better than when I was a size 14.

Size does not matter.

I'll post my progress and pics, recipes, meal ideas, daily food diaries and exercises all in this blog. I'll also be trying health supplements, beauty products and old wives tales and letting you know how I find them.