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Multi Award Winning Consultant. Helping people lose weight and transform thier lives since 2007 !

I have worked in the Weight Loss industry since 2007, and have been an independent Consultant with the 1:1 Diet since 2015, becoming a multi award wining consultant within the first few years. Based in Edinburgh, I cover all surrounding areas virtually or in-person, as well as working virtually with clients all over the rest of the United Kingdom. Working with clients on a 1:1 basis, I help them t

o set, and achieve their weight loss goals, with tailored programmes and weekly meetings for additional support. Taking clients from weight loss to learning to maintain their new weight and into long term weight management. I also introduce our great Business opportunity to those who would like to start their own Business doing what I do, I have a great Team of consultants that I support and mentor that span the UK.

03/06/2026

Be honest with me for a second 👇

How many times have you restarted your weight loss journey in the last two years?

No judgement here, genuinely asking. Because I think the answer might surprise you about yourself.

There’s something really important in that number. 🩷

01/06/2026

This isn’t a willpower problem.

And I wish someone had told me that sooner. Can we be honest with each other for a minute?

I have spent years.... years... watching women come to me completely defeated. Convinced they were weak. Convinced everyone else could do this and they just… couldn’t. And I’d see the same pattern every single time.

They’d been white-knuckling it. Relying on sheer determination to get through every meal, every craving, every moment of temptation. And it would work....for a while. Until it didn’t. Until life got in the way, or she had a bad week, or her sleep fell apart, or her hormones did something new and unexpected, and then they blames themselves.

Here’s what I know after nearly 20 years, and what I know even more deeply now that I’m living it myself:

Willpower was never the answer!

Your brain in menopause is dealing with fluctuating oestrogen that directly affects your mood, your motivation, and your relationship with food. You’re often not sleeping properly, which spikes the hunger hormone ghrelin and tanks the fullness hormone leptin. Your stress response is heightened. You are fighting your own biology with nothing but determination, and when that stops working, which it will... it’s not failure. It’s just the wrong tool.

What actually works is understanding why you’re reaching for food in certain moments. What’s driving it. What story you’re telling yourself. What need isn’t being met. That’s the work nobody talks about. The psychological piece. The bit that sits underneath the eating. It’s also the piece I’m trained to work on with you, and the reason my clients get results that actually last.

Because when you understand what’s really going on, you stop needing willpower.
You just make different choices. Naturally. Without the fight.

If this resonates, save this post. And when you’re ready to stop fighting yourself, you know where I am. 🩷

30/05/2026

This or that.....menopause edition 😄

🥱 Broken sleep OR 🔥 Hot flushes

🧠 Brain fog OR 😤 Mood swings

👖 Bloating OR ⚖️ Unexplained weight gain

Which ones are you dealing with right now?

Tag a friend who needs to know they’re not alone 👇

28/05/2026

The advice that’s been making menopause weight gain worse. And we’ve all been given it.

Eat less. Move more.

If I hear that one more time I might actually scream.

For women in perimenopause and menopause, that advice isn’t just unhelpful. In many cases it’s actively working against you.

“Just eat less of your normal food and you’ll be fine”

At this stage your body doesn’t just need fewer calories, it needs the right nutrition, properly structured. Cutting back on everyday food often means cutting back on the protein, vitamins and minerals your body desperately needs right now. What works is a plan built around nutritional completeness, because a menopausal body under hormonal stress needs more support, not less.

“Do more cardio”
Hours on the treadmill spikes cortisol further. For women at this stage, too much cardio without adequate recovery can actually increase fat storage around the middle. The thing you’re doing to fix the problem is making it worse.

“It’s just part of getting older, accept it”
Absolutely not. Weight gain in menopause is not inevitable. It is manageable, but only when you understand what’s actually driving it and respond accordingly.

“You just need more willpower”
This one makes me genuinely angry. Willpower is a finite resource. Using it as the solution to a hormonal, physiological shift is like putting a plaster on a broken leg. It’s not a character flow. It’s the wrong tool for the job.

The women I work with aren’t failing because they lack discipline.

They’re failing because they’ve been given advice designed for a body they no longer have.

Sound familiar? Tell me below, which of these have you been told?

26/05/2026

Quick question for you this Monday morning ☕

When did you first realise your body had changed and the old rules weren’t working anymore?

Was it gradual? Or did it hit you all at once?

I’d love to know, drop it in the comments below 👇

24/05/2026

Nobody explained this to you. And it’s not your fault.

If you’re in perimenopause or menopause and your weight has crept up, or completely stopped moving, there’s a reason. And it’s not what most people will tell you.

It’s not laziness. It’s not age. It’s not that your metabolism is “just slower now.”

It’s hormones. And here’s what they’re actually doing to your body:

Oestrogen dropping means your body starts storing fat differently, particularly around your middle. That’s not a lifestyle failure. That’s biology.

Cortisol rising, because broken sleep, stress, and hormonal chaos all spike your stress hormone, tells your body to hold onto fat as a survival mechanism. The harder you push, the more it resists.

Insulin sensitivity changing means foods that never used to affect you suddenly do. Your body is processing carbohydrates differently than it did ten years ago.
Muscle mass reducing means your body is burning fewer calories at rest, even if you’re doing everything the same as before.

So when you’re eating well, exercising, trying your hardest, and nothing is moving?
Your body isn’t broken. It’s responding exactly as it’s designed to under these conditions.

The issue isn’t you.

The problem is that nobody sat you down and explained that the rulebook changed, and that you need a completely different approach now.

That’s what I do.

If you want to understand what’s actually going on in your body right now, and what to do about it, drop a comment below or send me a message. I’m happy to have that conversation.

21/05/2026

Hot flush or brain fog,

Which one would you happily never experience again? 😅

For me right now it’s brain fog. Walking into a room and having absolutely no idea why I’m there has become my personality.

Tell me below, what’s your biggest menopause symptom right now? 👇

19/05/2026

I’m a weight management specialist with almost 20 years of experience. And menopause has still stopped me in my tracks.

There. I said it.

I’ve lost 5 stone. I know this subject inside out. I’ve helped hundreds of women navigate their weight over two decades. I understand the psychology, the physiology, the habits, the mindset traps.

And yet for the last two years, I have been stuck, at the same weight.....

Not because the approach doesn’t work. Not because I’ve given up. But because menopause doesn’t care about your credentials.

It changes the rules for everyone.

These two years have taught me things that no book ever could:

→ The frustration of doing everything “right” and seeing nothing move, boy do I know that feeling now in my bones
→ How much the mental load of being stuck weighs on you, even when you know the theory
→ That this stage needs a completely different approach, not more willpower, not another book about food, not harder workouts
→ And that the women I work with aren’t failing. They’re just playing a game that nobody properly explained to them

I’m still on my journey. I’m not standing here with a finished story. I’m standing here in right in the thick of it, which means when you tell me you’re stuck, frustrated, and starting to wonder if this is just how it is now…

I don’t just understand professionally. I understand personally.

If you’re in perimenopause or menopause and you feel like your body has become a stranger, I’d love to talk. Not to sell you something. Just to help you make sense of what’s happening.

Drop a 🩷 below or send me a message. I’m here.

18/05/2026

Diets don't always start on Monday. You really can start a diet any day of the week but TODAY feels really good! So get in touch and let's make today the day your future self will thank you for 👍😀❤️

Laureen S - The 1:1 Diet by Cambridge Weight Plan
Tel: 07847 331562
Message: http://m.me/laureens121
Web: https://www.one2onediet.com/consultants/24141/1/Laureen

17/05/2026

The question loads of you are asking!
How do you get a summer body?

This week's blog has top tips and diet advice to get you summer-ready. Have a look and get in touch and I'll tell you how to get started!

https://www.one2onediet.com/blog/how-do-you-get-a-summer-body-top-tips-and-diet-advice-to-get-you-summer-ready

Laureen S - The 1:1 Diet by Cambridge Weight Plan
Tel: 07847 331562
Message: http://m.me/laureens121
Web: https://www.one2onediet.com/consultants/24141/1/Laureen

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