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Her turning point to lose weight came after she was asked to appear on national TV to promote her first cookbook Credit: Bridget Foliaki-Davisįor dinner, she would get fast food meals like KFC, Hungry Jacks, pizza or get Indian takeaway meals. “The afternoon involved more snacking on chocolate or biscuits dunked in my tea as I was usually feeling tired and wanted a pick me up,” she said. She would then snack on “healthy” bran muffins, “big bowls” of Coco Pops and Honey Puffs.Īt lunchtime, Bridget would eat toasted ham, cheese and pickle sandwiches, followed by more rounds of coffee. Over the next two years, Bridget - who was diagnosed with pre-diabetic with a fatty liver - locked herself in her bedroom, felt “too afraid” to look at her own reflection in a mirror and would always get changed with the light off.įor breakfast, she would binge on three to four croissants with jam and drink three cups of lattes. I felt like I was drowning and I blamed my unhealthy lifestyle for losing our child.” Determined to get on top of her weight once and for all, the mum-of-three dropped 35 kilos in just 22 weeks after she overhauled her diet by ditching processed foods, sugar, dairy and gluten Credit: Bridget Foliaki-Davis “I would binge eat as much junk food as I could carry to my bedroom, eating to the point of throwing up and then I would repeat the process. I was so depressed after I lost a child that I resorted to self-medicating with food and alcohol. “It was a miscarriage that had sent me over the edge. I had become a recluse, locking myself away from the world as I felt like I had become a monster,” she told 7Lifestyle. Before and after: Bridget Foliaki-Davis whose weight escalated after she suffered a devastating miscarriage has made a drastic lifestyle overhaul that saw her shed seven dress sizes in just five months Credit: Bridget Foliaki-Davisīefore her astonishing weight loss, Bridget said she “hit rock bottom” after she found herself weighing more than when she was nine months pregnant. Speaking to 7Lifestyle, the 47-year-old - who has cooked for Oprah and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Arden - said she fell into a “vicious cycle” of eating until she vomited, binging on more food and then drinking half a bottle of vodka.ĭetermined to get on top of her weight once and for all, the mum-of-three - who went from a size 22 to a size eight - dropped 35 kilos in just 22 weeks after she overhauled her diet by ditching processed foods, sugar, dairy and gluten.