'After 50 years of weight loss failure I found answer and lost 70lbs'

'After 50 years of weight loss failure I found answer and lost 70lbs' View 4 Images

A 50-year-old woman says she finally found the secret to weight loss - and dropped 70lbs - after a lifetime of trying to follow 'toxic diet culture'. Naomi Holbrook says she had always blamed herself for being overweight, thinking she just needed to restrict food, but it led to a cycle of deprivation and guilt.

Naomi, from Hove, East Sussex, said: “I just thought I loved food and couldn't stop myself eating the things I loved but looking back I started secretly eating and often binge eating from as young as eight years of age.”

When Naomi lost her mum as a teenager, it fuelled disordered and emotional eating. She thought about food and her body constantly, with a constant loop of guilt and restric