Helen Craddock
Hi, I'm Helen
A woman in her 50s who’s lost over 7 stone and is still learning how to show up for herself, one small step at a time.
This isn’t about perfection, quick fixes, or pressure.
It’s about progress, kindness, and building a life that feels good to live in.
For years, I felt stuck. Trapped in a cycle of emotional eating, shame, and feeling like real change was for other people. I lived with pain from lymphedema, carrying nearly 20 stone, my weight creeping up each year, whilst nothing I did made a impact. Then I discovered something different and for the first time, I started to believe it wasn’t too late.
I have started taking Mounjaro, a licensed drug to help treat obesity in the UK. I had been thinking about starting this treatment for quite a while and looked into this and other alternatives that are available in the UK.
There is so much misinformation about these drugs online and in the media so I hope I can help by sharing my experiences and provide you all with more information through my blog posts.
If you have any questions please feel free to drop me a message or let me know if there is anything in particular you would like me to discuss.
Please note that I am only documenting my experience, always do your own research and speak to a doctor or pharmacy for medical advice or if you have concerns whilst taking GLP1 medication.
With love, Helen 🩷
Start Here: Your First Steps
If you’re new here, welcome — I’m really glad you found your way.
This is a quiet space for women in midlife who are navigating weight loss, self-trust, and real life — imperfectly and honestly.
You might like to start with:
My Story
How I lost over 7 stone and learned that transformation is about more than numbers.
My Most Read Blog Posts
The posts readers return to when they need encouragement and perspective.
👉 One Year On. One Step at a Time. 🎉
👉 Hormones, Paddington & The Great Chocolate Crisis of 2025
👉 What No One Tells You About GLP-1 and Emotional Eating
My Digital Journal
After years of struggling with emotional eating and self-doubt, I created a gentle companion journal to support women on GLP-1 journeys.
It’s designed for reflection, self-kindness, and realistic progress — not punishment.
👉 View the Journal
What I’m Building Next
I’m beginning to share more of my journey on YouTube.
👉 https://www.youtube.com/@helencraddock
One Small Step At A Time.
The
"I'm Doing This" Challenge
A 30-day self-trust boost that
feels doable (because it is)
✅ Build momentum with 5 tiny feel-good habits
✅ Learn to trust yourself again—one day at a time
✅ Finally feel like change is happening for real
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On The Blog....
My honest journey on Mounjaro (and everything in between)
All the Reasons I Didn’t Want to Try a GLP-1 Diet
(a.k.a. My Love Letter to Food and Mild Hypochondria)
The real life diary of transformation
(without losing the plot)
December On Mounjaro.
🎄 The tree is finally up
Decorating is finished.
I cannot explain the
level of satisfaction.
I, however, am knackered.
The Mindset Makeover
💛 You’re taking the injection… but what about the inner work?
If you’re on a GLP-1 journey and starting to realise that mindset, habits, and emotional wellbeing are just as important as the medication — this digital journal is for you.
Over six gentle, 4-week cycles, you’ll track progress, stay connected to your why, and build the kind of self-trust that lasts long after the weight comes off.
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Deadlines, Canal-Side Nostalgia, and the Ice Cream That Was Absolutely Worth It
Work this week?
Just a teeny-tiny bit intense.
I am, officially, drowning in deadlines.
🖥️ Late nights.
🗂️ Weekend working.
📉 Step count that would make even the laziest cat smirk.
📅 Social life? Cancelled.
🎢 Nervous system? Fully in fight-or-flight.
💼 The Joy of Working… and Working… and Working
I love my job. I really do.
But there’s “busy”… and then there’s “can’t remember the last time I ate lunch away from a screen” busy.
There has been zero time for the gym. Or even pretending I’ll go to the gym.
But I knew if I didn’t carve out just one little pocket of joy, I was going to combust.
So…
🚗 Escape to Nostalgia-ville
On Saturday, we drove out to a little village about an hour away — a place we used to go when we were first dating, back in the dreamy, giggly, "couldn’t-keep-our-hands-off-each-other" days. (We’ve now been together nearly 30 years. The hands? Firmly in pockets. 😂)
We sat outside a canal-side pub, sipping sparkling water (I know – who even am I?!) and watching the narrowboats glide by like we were in a slow-motion romcom.
Then came a walk through the woods, purely for the step count, not for any woodland-based trysting.
Please. We’ve been married far too long for that nonsense.
If my husband so much as looks at me seductively while I'm wearing hiking boots, I break into a sweat — and not the good kind. 😂
🍦 The Ice Cream of Dreams
After the walk came the treat:
A scoop of clotted cream ice cream that honestly tasted like joy in a waffle cone.
Was it technically "on plan"?
No.
Did I care?
Also no.
We detoured via the spa on the way home — a little swim, a little bubble soak, a very grateful body.
📓 Mindset & Journaling Prompt:
✍️ Where in your life are you operating at 100mph? And what’s one small act of self-care you can choose this week to pause, breathe, and come back to you?
Sometimes we wait for things to “calm down” before we take care of ourselves.
But real talk? Life rarely slows down on its own.
It’s on us to create those small oases — even if it’s a pub lunch and a walk in the woods.
⚖️ Weekly Recap
🧠 Mental bandwidth: hanging on by a thread
🏃 Step count: Let’s not talk about it
🍦 Indulgence of the week: Absolutely divine clotted cream ice cream
🧘 Spa trip: Thank goodness
⚖️ Weight loss: 0.9lb – possibly the most satisfying 0.9lb ever lost!
🦋 Final Thought
If this week reminded me of anything, it’s this:
We are allowed to pause.
We are allowed to laugh.
We are allowed to eat the ice cream.
Even in the middle of life’s chaos, we can come back to ourselves — one mindful moment (or clotted cream scoop) at a time.
Helen x
