A woman who could guzzle six McDonald's meals every day shifted seven stone during lockdown - and gobbled up a place in the final of Miss Great Britain.
Kirstie Logan has totally transformed her body and her life after going on a fitness kick during the pandemic.
The 31-year-old began binge-eating in 2015 following the tragic death of her father.
She decided she had to do something about her weight after paying regular visits for the fast food chain, as she scoffed pizza and curries in between her calorific burgers and chips.
Kirstie, from Plasmarl, Wales, tipping the scales at 17st 4lb but a nasty bout of Covid-19 made her change her outlook on life as doctors told her to shape up, WalesOnline reports.
Now things have gone full circle after she earned a spot in the final of Ms Great Britain.
She explained: "I had to admit myself to hospital, and I stayed there for four days.
"The doctors gave me a big warning, they told me that I was on the verge of diabetes and that if I didn’t start to look after my health, I would likely end up with diabetes & other obesity-related conditions.
"I was diagnosed with hypertension and high cholesterol that used to make me feel sick and dizzy. Ironically – my dad also suffered with the same and here I was, potentially about to go down the same path."
Kirstie's father passed away suddenly in 2015, a life event that she believed was the trigger for binge eating.
"I gained seven stone after he died. He was found in a bad way, and his death left me bereft and I developed a serious binge eating disorder," Kirstie told the website.
"In my grief I became unable to make logical decisions and would abuse my body because I didn’t know how to process what had happened.
"I was haunted with nightmares about his post-mortem, his decomposing body, and in my waking life I became unable to rationalise or control even the smallest things in my life – which started with my diet."
A typical day for Kirstie would begin with a McDonald's breakfast consisting of two double sausage egg McMuffin meals with two drinks.
Lunch would be a pizza and three or four curries at the office. Dinner would be a McDonald's again - two large McChicken sandwich meals. That was followed by two mayo chickens and extra chips.
When McDonald's wasn't an option she would order from Deliveroo three times a day with enough food to feed four people.
"In 2019 alone I spent £1,000 on McDonald's," Kirstie admitted.
"After contracting coronavirus in March, 2020 it left me feeling grateful for life and realising that so many people weren’t so lucky. I set out on a mission to lose the weight and reclaim my life.
"I have now lost 7 stone, I'm 10st 4lb, and from changing my lifestyle I have qualified for the final of Ms Great Britain."
Kirstie is trying to use her beauty pageant platform to increase awareness around binge eating disorder.
"I have been working with the charity BEAT who have supplied me with some really helpful resources. I want to de-stigmatise binge eating disorder and show that recovery is possible whilst shining a light on the obesity crisis in the UK.
"If I win, I will spend my year dedicating time to helping those who have suffered with not only binge eating disorder, but other types of serious eating disorders too.
" I am firmly against the ‘extreme body positivity’ movement. There is a huge difference between being a curvaceous and healthy size 16-18 – which I think is normal, and being morbidly obese at a size 26"
Now she goes to the gym at 6am most mornings before breakfast to do some fasted cardio and strength training.
"I don't feel I restrict my diet at all though," Kirstie said.
"If I fancy fish and chips, I just make sure I control the portion size and go for a short walk."
