{"id":174355,"date":"2025-10-02T04:01:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T04:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/174355\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T04:01:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T04:01:12","slug":"i-added-one-thing-to-my-diet-and-lost-four-stone-in-four-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/174355\/","title":{"rendered":"‘I added one thing to my diet and lost four stone in four months’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Abbie says she has not used skinny jabs to drop close to 60lbsNeil Shaw<\/a> Assistant Editor (Money and Lifestyle)<\/p>\n

07:16, 01 Oct 2025<\/p>\n

\"AbbieAbbie Lodge before weight loss (Jam Press)<\/p>\n

A mum lost four stone in four months with a simple hack \u2013 and it has nothing to do with skinny jabs. Abbie Lodge turned to unhealthy eating habits after becoming a mum-of-two. She relied on crisps, sugary drinks and \u00a3200-per-month takeaways to get her through the day.<\/p>\n

At her heaviest, the 34-year-old weighed 14st 7lbs and wore a UK size 14. After seeing a family holiday video \u2013 and getting a reality check from her doctors \u2013 Abbie knew something needed to change. And by doing one simple thing each day, she\u2019s been able to lose four stone in just four months.<\/p>\n

\"AbbieAbbie weighed 14 and a half stone at her heaviest (Jam Press)<\/p>\n

\u201cI was in a constant cycle of \u2018trying to be good\u2019 then the smallest thing would happen and I\u2019d spiral out of control,\u201d said the weight loss coach, from Essex. \u201cI numbed myself with food much like an alcoholic or drug addict would numb [themselves] with their substance of choice.<\/p>\n

\u201cI used to drink three to four litres of full-fat cherry Coke per day, live on crisps and chocolate and eat takeaways.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"AbbieAbbie says the secret was water (Jam Press)<\/p>\n

The mum, who was pre-diabetic, joined the 1:1 Diet by Cambridge Weight Plan in October 2021. The programme focuses on meal replacement and structured eating. With that, alongside healthy eating and exercise, Abbie quickly saw a difference.<\/p>\n

But the real change happened when she swapped out the cherry Coke for water \u2013 drinking three to four litres of it per day. It\u2019s left the mum now weighing 10st 7lbs and wearing a UK dress size 10.<\/p>\n

\"AbbieAbbie is now a weight-loss coach (Jam Press)<\/p>\n

She said: \u201cMy secret solution to long-term weight loss and maintenance is drinking water. I now drink three to four litres per day and live a normal, balanced, healthy lifestyle. Nothing is off-limits \u2013 I\u2019ve learnt the balance.<\/p>\n

\"AbbieAbbie did not use weight loss jabs (Jam Press)<\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough there have been big physical changes, the biggest change has been the mental load becoming lighter. I am no longer ruled by food; I am no longer a prisoner to food.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Abbie says she has not used skinny jabs to drop close to 60lbsNeil Shaw Assistant Editor (Money and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":174356,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[616,29811,6647,102,6636,56,54,55,4405],"class_list":{"0":"post-174355","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nutrition","8":"tag-diet","9":"tag-family-holidays","10":"tag-fitness","11":"tag-health","12":"tag-nutrition","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom","16":"tag-weight-loss"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}