I've lived with my weight for most of my life. I've dieted, lost weight, regained it and started again more times than I can remember.
In 2022, at 120.4kg, I decided to have weight-loss surgery.
It changed my life — but one of the biggest things I've learned is that surgery changes your stomach. It doesn't change your brain.
The restriction worked for me. But food noise, cravings, old habits, body image and the fear of regain didn't magically disappear.
And protein? Suddenly that was something I needed to think about every day. Pretty early on, I started adding protein powder to my morning coffee. I did that for years because it was an easy way to build protein into something I was already doing.
Eventually I wondered: could I create a coffee with complete protein already built in?
And if I was going to do that, what else could I add to support my weight-loss journey? That research led me to MCT powder and green coffee bean extract — and helped shape the BrewLaLa formula.
But BrewLaLa has become about more than coffee. It's about life after weight-loss surgery — the protein, the maintenance, the food noise, the body image, the mindset and all the stuff nobody really prepares you for.
And I want BrewLaLa to be a place where we can talk about all of it.
Helen xo
Founder, BrewLaLa