About Your Happy Weight
You’ve been on more diets than you can count.
Some worked for a while. Lost the weight, felt great, bought the jeans - and then watched it all come back. You know how to lose weight. You could probably write the book. But you can’t make it last, and honestly, you’re tired of starting over.
You’re also starting to suspect that the problem was never willpower. It was never about trying harder or wanting it more. Something about the whole approach has been off - and you’re ready to understand what that something is.
If that sounds familiar, you’re in the right place.
What this is
Your Happy Weight is a health and nutrition newsletter for women who are done with the dieting cycle and want to understand what actually works - and why.
Not another meal plan. Not another set of rules to follow for six weeks and abandon. This is the science of how your body works, explained in a way that actually makes sense, so you can make your own informed decisions and stop outsourcing your health to whatever plan is trending this month.
We go deep on things like blood sugar regulation, inflammation, thyroid function, insulin resistance, hormonal shifts - the mechanisms that drive how your body stores and releases weight. And we look at the other half of the equation that most programmes ignore entirely: the habits, the mindset, the psychology of why you self-sabotage, why you can’t stop at one slice, why you know what to do but can’t seem to do it.
Because both matter. The biology and the behaviour. One without the other doesn’t get you very far.
What “happy weight” actually means
It’s not a number.
Your happy weight is the weight at which you feel good. Energetic. Clear-headed. Strong. Comfortable in your own skin. For one woman that’s 80kg, for another it’s 60. You know when you feel well in your body - that’s what we’re working towards.
Not a bikini body. Not a beauty ideal. Just that feeling of being alive and well and at home in yourself. (You can obviously still wear the bikini.)
What you’ll find here
Every article is grounded in research and written in plain language. No hype, no fear-mongering, no “shocking secrets.” Think of it as the knowledgeable friend who explains how things actually work - so you understand the why behind every recommendation, not just the what.
The approach is simple: build health first. When your body is working well - when inflammation is low, blood sugar is stable, your thyroid is supported, your sleep is decent - weight loss becomes a natural outcome, not a battle. You lose weight from a place of strength, not depletion. And that’s what makes it sustainable.
Three areas we keep coming back to:
How your body works - the biology, the nutrition, the science of what your body actually needs to function at its best. Understanding this informs the way you eat and live.
How your mind works - the neuroscience of habits, the psychology of decision-making, why decades of dieting have shaped patterns that are harder to shift than any meal plan. This is where most approaches fall short.
How to make it last - practical, liveable strategies that fit into a real life. No perfection required. No hustling. Frameworks you can adapt to your own life, not rigid rules that crumble the moment life gets busy.
Why women over 40
Not because everything breaks at 40. Not because perimenopause ruins everything. But because this is often the stage where we finally start asking: what about me?
We’ve spent years taking care of everyone else. Our forties and beyond bring this pull to shift focus back to ourselves - to go after the things we’ve been postponing for “one day.” Our time here is limited, and most of us are starting to feel that urgency.
I also believe that for many of us who’ve struggled with weight our whole lives, it has quietly become a barrier - not just physically, but psychologically. Years of fighting with your weight can erode self-trust. It creates this illusion that once the weight is gone, the confidence and energy will finally arrive to go after everything else. After 40, that matters more than ever.
The fundamentals of health and weight management have always mattered. But at 40 and beyond, there’s less room for shortcuts. There are more moving parts, more to compensate for - which is exactly why doing them well matters more than ever. The good news? When you actually do the fundamentals well, your body responds. Better, in fact, than it ever did on whatever crash diet you tried in your thirties.
A bit about me
I’m Adi. I spent most of my adult life yo-yo dieting - losing weight, gaining it back, starting over. In my forties, a Hashimoto’s diagnosis sent me down a path I didn’t expect. I started learning about nutritional therapy, functional medicine, and how the body actually works - and in the process of rebuilding my health, the weight started coming off without the usual fight. Not overnight, not perfectly, and not without setbacks. But very differently to previous attempts.
That experience led me to pursue a degree in nutritional therapy with a focus on functional medicine. What I learned there, combined with years of research into the science of habits and behaviour change, is what this publication is built on.
I share what I know, what I’m still learning, and what the evidence actually supports. No miracle stories. Just honest, useful, evidence-based content from someone who’s been where you are.
What I believe
That it’s okay to want to lose weight and to love yourself at the same time. That your body is not the enemy - it’s your partner and it’s there for you to enjoy.
That diets don’t work but understanding your biology does. That the changes happening in our bodies are neutral - just biology, nothing to fear or fight. That empowerment comes from understanding, not from following someone else’s rules. That this should feel like something you’re building for life, not enduring for a season.
The transformation this is all about:
From “I don’t recognise myself anymore” to “WOW, I don’t recognise myself!”
From frustrated, low energy, uncomfortable - to confident, energised, feeling amazing.
If you’re ready for an approach that respects your intelligence, works with your body, and actually makes sense - subscribe. Let’s do this differently.
