Gem Lo Valentine

[Lahne]

Everything she buys looks the same anyway. How many beige and white clothes can one person need?

 

[ophelia1990]

I think she has 0 friends so looks to Instagram for attention from strangers. Photos where she has visibly lost weight will garner attention. It’s all very sad, she needs a proper job with purpose and to meet some friends.

 

[Prodcon21]

I love her! Normal, relatable Mum, good fashion sense. Her bleating on about loving her curves in every single video is getting a bit tedious though - but other than that, it’s a thumbs up from me!

 

[Lahne]

Just watched today’s video and she looks emancipated in places. Her legs have dwindled to nothing. She kept saying that things came up large...er no love, if a size 8 is massive on you it’s a sign that you’ve lost too much weight.

Arghhh EMACIATED not emancipated thanks autocorrect

 

[RubySunday]

I’m not trying to be mean here, but she looks really ill

 

[Dont swipe up!]

I hate this as a thing in general. When someone loses weight everyone rushes to tell them how great they look without any thought as to why it has happened and whether it’s helpful to that person psychologically. Half the time they are congratulating the person on having an eating disorder which just makes it even harder for them to admit that they need help. Other times the person has lost weight because of a bereavement or another form of stress or due to illness. People can look good without losing weight. They say “you look amazing”. They mean “you look like you’ve lost weight”. It would be better not to say anything to them at all. Most of the comments on that last video are saying how amazing she looks after the weight loss. How ignorant are those people? She looks tired and unhappy, her personality is coming across completely differently, she is flat and seems depressed, she is stick thing and her hair looks dull and brittle. Maybe they should have taken those things as signs that all is not well and think twice before spunking their weight loss, diet culture obsessed congratulations all over the comments.

Totally agree
She doesn’t look well or healthy she looks awfull if I’m being honest
I for one am nor thinking she is looks amazing
All I think is what a fraud
Telling us how much she loves her tummy and her body and accepting all lumps and bumps and falling on the ‘love your body’bandwagon to seem relatable and now she claims to have upped her walking and lost some weight and left all her followers in awe of her

 

[Noxy nono]

Did anyone else see the post she shared on her Instagram story the other day which spoke about how your body 'isn't your dream body if you find it a nightmare to maintain' or something like that? I feel for her a bit because she clearly struggles with mental health and body image problems.

I didn't see that. very sad. I think it goes a lot deeper than depression, possible past eating disorders. Who knows. But social media is not for her. It won't help.

 

[Popcornshovel]

Oooo she said she's going full time with YouTubing. Tbh I think she's lucky shes kept followers after being so up and down with posting.

Will be interesting to see if she keeps up with her weekly posting promises.

 

[CasinoRoyal]

Wondering if her new stories means she’s going to stop with the fast fashion crap and start focusing on sustainable fashion/second hand stuff/wearing what you’ve got? I would be much more interested in that.

She did post something about being more sustainable and that things need to change and implied that fast fashion was a major part of the problem. Think she forgot that she posted that. Back to boring primark haul after boring primark haul! She needs to leave social media and get a proper job

 

[TheNapQueen]

I feel sorry for her tbh. More than I think any other instahun or YouTuber I have seen.
She absolutely needs to get a proper job and a few friends and never set foot in a primark again.
If she absolutely must carry on online then maybe do mummy vlogs or show us her taking up some hobbies etc…

 

[Lahne]

I think what is grating with me is the constant assertion that she did it by calorie counting and walking and didn’t cut out any good groups. Sure, she counted calories, and I’m sure she walked. It you do not lose 40lbs that quickly just from calorie counting and walking unless you are basically eating bugger all. How MANY calories did she allow herself every day? I’m pretty sure she didn’t go with the standard weight loss amount of 1500. Probably more like 800 or less. And she “didn’t cut out any food groups” but later mentions not eating carbs. Also, her legs look like frail sticks - there is no muscle definition to them which you would be able to see if exercise had played a big part in it WITHOUT a starvation diet. She is setting a terrible example and I thought she was better than that. I think she knows deep down that she is not ok but is fooling herself and everybody else that she has done it healthily and feels good. Too much of a coincidence that it happened after she mentioned her struggles with anxiety and depression.

 

[Mummylife_247]

Just watched her "weight" video. I think she needs professional help/ counselling, her world seems to come crashing down as she said in the smallest set back. I can understand the breakup of a relationship or the death of a loved one but everyday life should not send your world crashing down. Also she refers to it as food issues, she should have been more open and honest and said she became calorie counting obsessed. She lied about losing her weight through walking so now I don't believe anything she says. On a side note perhaps moving away from fashion videos trying on clothes on to more engaging content might help with her mental health, but she has nothing else to offer. Another influencer who wants the perks but not the criticism.

 

[Spud]

She’s totally lost her spark since she lost all that weight. So sad to see. I used to love her Primark size 14 hails with bright florals and patterned clothes. Now it’s size 8 neutral coloured hauls which are so common and dull. I know what it’s like to think losing weight will make you happy but it rarely does. She had an amazing figure before and was great for body positivity. Think she should take some time off perhaps. She was one of my faves.

 

[Seashellsshesells]

Gem looks SO tiny now. I didn't recognise her on my IG feed! I know she said she's been doing more walking during lockdown but losing that much weight in such a short timeframe isn't good. I do hope she's ok.

 

[ChickenLicking]

No way is it through walking more through lockdown
I have been too but haven’t lost half my body weight!
It defo looks like shakes or starvation

I agree, you don’t lose that much weight by just upping the exercise, it's a huge calorie defecit. I reckon that it was a ploy to keep relevant as the rest of her channel is so tedious and repetitive. Sad really.

 

[Lahne]

yes I seen she said she was going to do a video about it but was getting lots of hate. This isn’t hate this isus genuinely being concerned! We may not like what she posts or wears but we still wish her well and hope she’s ok

Oh, definitely, no hate from me. I don’t think she’s the most exciting youtuber ever but I have absolutely nothing to say against her. I am just concerned. The pattern she talked about of losing a bit of weight through exercise then feeling better about herself so carrying on reminds me so much of my own past eating disorder and the inability to understand when to stop, what was a healthy choice and what was psychologically damaging. She looks too thin. Size 8 at 5’7” when you’re approaching 40 is very very thin. And that combined with the bony hands, brittle looking hair and flat demeanour is ringing alarm bells.

 

[Miss_noseyparker67]

Yep, agree. She needs to tell us more about herself. Do a day in my life vlog. Take us flat viewing with her. Show us how she copes as a single mum. Days out vlogs....etc

 

[jj_finally]

Is YouTube her job?
How does she afford to shop like she does on just her content

I think she returns the majority of it?

Just as well because she only buys identical pieces over and over again

 

[sarahlou33xxxxxx]

She’s totally made her new reel look as if she’s pregnant …..

 

[Seashellsshesells]

Just watched the weight loss video and I'm really not convinced. She seems to know what she's talking about (discussing TDEE) but you just don't lose 40lbs by power walking and eating your TDEE. It's alarming how quickly she lost it and while she's saying all the right things, I don't think that's what she has done at all.