KATIE JOHNSTON 'I SAVED MY OWN LIFE'

The MAFS star has started to put her own health and happiness first

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Katie Johnston is a woman who doesn't do things by halves. When she first appeared on our screens as a MAFS bride earlier this year, she had high hopes.

"I woke up one day and I realised I was getting older. I wanted to put myself out there for dating and had no idea how to do it," she tells Woman's Day. "I knew I'd gotten bigger but I hoped that the person I would be matched with would love me for who I am on the inside. My worst-case scenario was that they couldn't see past the physical side of me."

It didn't take long for Katie's groom, Tim, to make a comment about her weight, telling the camera he preferred "petite blondes, and leading Katie to leave the experiment. "I never want to be in a dynamic with somebody like that," she says.

LOOKING AFTER NUMBER 1

Katie's experience persuaded her to turn her attention to both her emotional and physical health for the first time in many years.