When 36-year-old Carla Piera FitzGerald weighed 23 stone in her early 20s, her GP advised her that the weight would fall off once she fixed her mind. Although the seed had been planted, it took over 10 years for it to bloom. As a result, she spent her whole life struggling with weight and battling obesity a condition which currently affects over 60pc of adults in Ireland.
When 36-year-old Carla Piera FitzGerald weighed 23 stone in her early 20s, her GP advised her that the weight would fall off once she fixed her mind. Although the seed had been planted, it took over 10 years for it to bloom.
Carla Piera FitzGerald, 35, said she had been battling with constant negative self-talk, but it quickly became clear that these thoughts were not her own and went to see a therapist