A healthy relationship with food often takes a lot of hard work. Many of us spend our younger years worrying about what we're putting in our bodies and what we see in the mirror, battling daily with the images we see pushed on us by the media - and now via our social channels. It's hard to feel confident when the ability to compare has never been so rife, and the pressure to be conventionally beautiful has jumped off the pages of our favourite magazines and seemingly into every aspect of our online life. We still don't see a full spectrum of bodies represented and we still don't seem to widely accept that you can be beautiful if you're over a size ten; we've become obsessed with 'eating clean' and going gluten free, in much the same way that we've become obsessed with avocado toast and green smoothies. As a woman, whatever choice you make it's seems to be wrong. If you're a gym bunny you're vilified for leading a restricted and weight-obsessed life, but if you're a sofa queen who loves crisps you're vilified for being lazy and unhealthy; it's exhausting and so incredibly counter productive.
This time of year we're surrounded by mince pies, prosecco, boxes of Quality Street and too many Pret festive sandwiches than we'd care to admit - the temptation to demolish it all is very real, but whatever choice you make is completely your own. We shouldn't feel pressured to eat that third box of biscuits that's been sent into the office that week, but equally we shouldn't feel pres...