Gracie Maxim, 41, from Purfleet-on-Thames, Essex, has revealed how she lost 3st without using jabs or the gym, relying instead on cheap kitchen ingredients that cost little more than £1. At her heaviest, she weighed 15st 8lbs and felt “uncomfortable” due to bloating.
Simple Morning and Evening Drinks
Gracie starts each day with lemon and boiling water with cayenne pepper on an empty stomach, and drinks a cinnamon-infused drink before bed. She also eats pumpkin and sesame seeds, makes homemade ginger shots, and performs her own lymphatic drainage massages. These habits helped her lose 6lb in three days initially.
She has also cut out most gluten and wheat from her diet, though she doesn’t “limit” herself and occasionally has bread, but only bulgar or sourdough. She says the key is “consistency” and understanding what your body needs.
Natural Approach to Weight Loss
Gracie, an improvement manager in quality assurance, said she tried crash diets and foods like nuts and Greek yoghurt but nothing worked. “Diets in your thirties don’t necessarily work when you are in your forties when your body is storing more fat because your hormone levels are changing and you have higher cortisol,” she explained. The gamechanger was finding foods that told her hormones to calm down, helping burn stubborn belly fat.
She now weighs 12st 9lbs, having lost 2st 13lbs in just over a year. She said: “At the beginning, I felt half an inch go every evening.”
Sharing Tips Online
Gracie documents her journey on TikTok at @hrhgracie, where she has over 14.5K followers and 176K likes. She has also published an e-book and offers debloating coaching and mentoring sessions to women. She said: “I want women who have had children to know they can still feel glamourous and be comfortable in their bodies, wearing the clothes they feel confident in. 40 is the new 20 and women should be able to feel good in their own skin.”
