{"id":4013,"date":"2018-02-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/uncategorised\/alycia-married-first-sight-reveals-42kg-weight-loss-0\/"},"modified":"2020-01-09T02:06:04","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T02:06:04","slug":"alycia-married-first-sight-reveals-42kg-weight-loss-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/lifestyle\/alycia-married-first-sight-reveals-42kg-weight-loss-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Married at First Sight&#8217;s Alycia reveals 42kg weight loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alycia Galbraith&nbsp;from <em>Married At First Sight<\/em>&nbsp;has taken to Instagram to reveal her 42kg weight loss in a throwback photo, saying she slimmed down after cutting out toxic people out of her life.<\/p>\n<p>She shared the throwback photo alongside another photo of herself looking much happier in what looks like a very posed running snap.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>She captioned the photo:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;When the producers on Married at First Sight <\/em><em>learnt<\/em><em> about my weight loss journey, I was asked if I had any photos of myself at my biggest to include in my backstory, as it is a significant part of my life. I said no to sharing photos initially as it is hard to look at them myself let alone have others judge me! <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Despite my smile, I wasn\u2019t a happy person in the photo on the left. I was in a bad relationship I didn\u2019t have the strength to leave at the time, I was constantly criticised for the way I looked &amp; rebelled by eating more. <\/em><em>Literally<\/em><em> the only reason I said yes to sharing my story <\/em><em>in the end<\/em><em> is <\/em><em>because I<\/em><em> was promised that it would help people &amp; I really hope it can. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BfaUk-BBvJ7\/\" data-instgrm-version=\"8\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">  <p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BfaUk-BBvJ7\/\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A post shared by A L Y C I A (@alyciafelicity)<\/a> on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2018-02-20T08:09:32+00:00\">Feb 20, 2018 at 12:09am PST<\/time><\/p><\/blockquote> <script async defer src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n<p>She added that she became more positive and that&#8217;s how she was able to start her transformation:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;I got rid of anything\/anyone toxic in my life, altered my diet &amp; within 3 months I lost the first 12kgs. Over time I\u2019ve managed to lose more than 30kgs &amp; now feel the best I ever have!&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Speaking with<em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nowtolove.com.au\/womansday\">Woman&#8217;s Day<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;she revealed her confidence peaked while filming the&nbsp;<em>Married At First Sight<\/em>&nbsp;promo:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI used to get quite upset about my appearance, but I reached the epitome of self-love when we filmed the MAFS promo ad.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI had a weird and wonderful experience when I saw my stunt double, and couldn&#8217;t believe I looked like her.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Fans of the bubbly blonde commented on her photo, thanking her for her inspirational words. One user wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;You should be so proud of yourself! Beautiful inside and out &#8230; your Prince Charming will come along soon.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Be7bOyHhy-z\/\" data-instgrm-version=\"8\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">  <p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Be7bOyHhy-z\/\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A post shared by A L Y C I A (@alyciafelicity)<\/a> on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2018-02-08T08:11:13+00:00\">Feb 8, 2018 at 12:11am PST<\/time><\/p><\/blockquote> <script async defer src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n<p>Another said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Wow. Good on you !! And thank you for being so brave in telling your story<\/em><em>..<\/em><em> You look amazing. Well done.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Alycia&#8217;s time on the reality show came to a sudden end when her &#8216;husband&#8217; Matty Lockett decided he couldn&#8217;t make it work after the pair had just moved in together.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Image: Channel Nine<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><em>&#8220;I wasn&#8217;t a happy person before.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":4014,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[209,201,419],"tags":[223],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-4013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-lifestyle","category-whats-on","tag-staying-in"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.10 (Yoast SEO v21.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Married at First Sight&#039;s Alycia reveals 42kg weight loss - 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