DIETS FAILED BUT WITH ZOE I LOST A STONE

JULIE HOLTON is all too familiar with failed diets.

The 57-year-old, pictured above with her son Thomas, has spent the past decade struggling to lose two stone gained since the menopause.

‘I tried everything – low-carb, plant-based and psychologybased programmes,’ says Julie, who lives in Florida, where she runs an antiques shop.

‘Nothing worked. I was confused because I didn’t think I ate badly. I’d have porridge for breakfast and rice and chicken for lunch and dinner, with lots of vegetables.’

After hearing about ZOE from her doctor last year, she signed up. ‘I found the tests pretty easy to do, although the muffins were gross,’ she says.

Julie loved the monitor: ‘It was fascinating to watch. I had a chicken burger one evening and felt really tired.

‘I checked the app and saw my blood sugar had dipped.’ Julie dramatically overhauled her diet. ‘Porridge scored low for me so I swapped that for an egg white omelette, and my lunches are now salads with seeds and nuts.

She has lost a stone in seven months.

She says: ‘At first I was a bit obsessive with looking at my blood sugar and checking scores for every food, but now I’ve got into a rhythm.’