Have a snack
A quick update before I bombard you next week
Oof, the year has properly got going now hasn’t it? I’ve had a wildly busy start to 2025 which means I’ve been working on my next proper Substack post for about 10 days in fits and starts between other things. It’s 2000 words so far but still needs a bit of tinkering. The topic?
How I Lost And Gained 20 Stone In 20 Years
If you like the sound of this, now would be a good time to upgrade as I’ll be whacking a paywall on that epic and very personal tale.
In the meantime, I thought I’d send a quick “holding email” so you don’t worry that I’ve died of dehydration due to being a certified Dry January wanker (are we nearly there yet?).
Yesterday I went along to fellow Substacker
’s Move For Your Mind event which I’ll also be writing about here soon. I came out feeling inspired, excited, reassured and, most of all, full of free chocolate.And next week, my interview for Alex Light and Em Clarkson’s new body image series (click through for trailer featuring me wittering briefly alongside other, more articulate people) is dropping (do podcasts drop? Is that what we say?), so I’ll write something about that when it’s live too.
I recorded it back in November and can’t remember a damned thing, so I’m slightly terrified, especially as I am 100 times better at writing than speaking. My episode is all about working at Heat magazine during the height of ‘00s body image madness, while battling my own body image dramas, and they lured me on after reading my Substack piece on the very same topic.
I also had this piece published on the Metro website last weekend, ostensibly about body positivity at parkrun but Metro sure do love a clickbait headline. Since it was published, I’ve had multiple messages from people I haven’t seen for more than 25 years saying “oh my god, Ms Roberts was such a bitch, thank you for writing this” which is quite gratifying. The comment at the bottom saying “Well done chunk!” less so. And so it continues.
Well, that was your annoying holding email, but I promise to clog up your inbox more substantially in the next few days.