Hello, this is me, Roly Peck. I decided to write this blog as I have been on a bit of a journey (groan groan - not another blogger on a journey I hear you cry as you rapidly disengage and try and find something more interesting to read - please hang in there and give me a try!). As you can see from the pic, I am a big girl. I have always been a bit bigger than I should be, but years of ill health (I have ME/CFS), depression amd more diets than I care to mention has gotten me to where I am now. A curvy and voluptuous size 20-22 UK.

I haven't always been comfortable in front of the camera, as the picture above probably shows - but since stopping dieting three years ago after discovering the Health at Every Size movement a lot has changed in my life. I hope you will enjoy my recollections of my life as I write to 'get it all out' and hope that this blog will give hope, encouragement and support to others as they fight the demons of crippling low self esteem, physical and/or mental illness, and a society that is bent upon insisting that weight = health. 

If I can go from shy, constantly behind the camera and hiding from life to where I am now, anyone can and I really hope my experiences don't bore you senseless xxx