Every so often, a story comes along that truly grounds you. That gently reminds us that transformation doesn’t always happen in a flash. Sometimes, it’s slow. Sometimes, it’s subtle. But it’s always worth it.
Julia’s journey is one of those stories.
Her post in our Slimpod community stopped me in my tracks. The final paragraph said it all:
“I wanted to share this because eating habits, especially those tied to emotions, hormones and long-term health conditions like PCOS, endometriosis and surgical menopause built up over many years. And sometimes it takes time to gently reverse them. Please don’t be disheartened if your journey feels slow. It’s still happening. Small steps forward of real progress.”
This blog is a celebration of Julia’s patience, her honesty—and the way she’s reclaimed her life, bit by bit.
“I’ve always been a sugar monster… it was there in the in-between days.”
Julia’s relationship with food was shaped by complex health challenges that started early in life. “I’ve lived with endometriosis since I was a teenager… a few years after that, I also discovered I had PCOS,” she explains.
“I was very lucky. I was diagnosed… but the biggest revelation here was… my insulin is broken… I actually thought I was the only person in the world with this.”
Like so many, Julia turned to sugar for comfort. “It was there when I was sad. It was there when I was happy… The more sugar you eat, particularly with insulin resistance, the more you want.”
At one point, her symptoms were unignorable. “I would literally shake… desperate for my next fix.”
A body in menopause, a mind in chaos
Following a total hysterectomy at 38, Julia went straight into surgical menopause. “That was quite a lot to deal with emotionally,” she says. “I was craving all the wrong stuff and I didn’t want to move.”
She describes that period with clarity and courage: “I put on a stone and a half within a year… and then I found Slimpod.”
“I thought, I’m going to give this a go… this is clearly very different from all the usual stuff we’ve seen.”
“My subconscious has been like a naughty child…”
Julia started listening to the pods with hope—and like many, expecting a quick transformation. “I was thinking, this is going to be a quick, quick fix. Like, by osmosis, this is all going to go through my head and in 12 weeks’ time, I’m going to be back to just under 10 stone.”
“But things were just beginning to click,” she recalls. “Sugar, you, me, fun times. Like, we’re great.”
Still, things were shifting. “I’d eat the sugary treat and then be like, didn’t actually get the buzz off that like I normally did.”
Her progress was slow—but something deeper was happening. “My body’s been through so much in the last two, three years. You’ve got a web of eating habits that have followed you from childhood.”
The moment the jigsaw came together
Six months into her Slimpod journey, Julia changed tack. “I specifically changed my tactic. And this is where, for me, the big weight loss started to happen.”
She began listening to the Fit Pod and started walking—slowly, gently, safely. “I was really proud of myself. I got a massive endorphin rush the first day I did it… within a month, I built it up to an hour and I now never, ever, ever miss my day’s walk.”
What happened next was remarkable: “It literally, after a month with the exercise, went down to 10%. I just did not need the sugary fix. My appetite finally was lower.”
“Now that’s just not my life, which is brilliant.”
Everything had changed.
“I naturally found myself going towards like the whole grains, going towards the salads, the fruits… Now I do feel that.”
“I will have a pudding and I will thoroughly enjoy it and then that’ll be that… That noise is no longer there ever.”
“You love it and you hate it at the same time.”
Julia speaks so powerfully about the food noise—the sugar devil on the shoulder.
“That noise was so loud. It was horrendous… I would wake up in the morning and I’d be instantly like, just want a Mars bar.”
But now?
“I go to sleep with [the pods] on, I wake up with my headband still on in the morning knowing that all of that has sunk in… It quietens the noise down.”
And here’s what moved me most:
“I think the biggest thing I’ve had from this is learning to be kind to myself and patient… The devil can have his moment, but he’s muted. He’s no longer shouting. I’ve got him on semi-mute, which is great.”
On patience, progress, and what really matters
Julia’s message is clear:
“It’s taken me, you, whoever else, years of eating habits to build up, quite often from childhood… So hang on, why am I doing this to myself? Like, does it matter if it takes me 18 months?”
“Slip, doesn’t matter, but keep going and you will get the results. And if it takes you two years, doesn’t matter. You’ve done it.”
And she has. She truly has.
Julia, thank you for reminding us all that progress isn’t about speed—it’s about trust. About showing up for yourself day after day, and letting your body gently find its way back to balance.
You’ve not just muted the food noise—you’ve found your peace.
