Eating well. Working out. No snacking after dinner. And still I couldn't shift that puffy look – in my face, around my middle, even my rings felt tighter.

It didn't look like fat. It looked like puffiness – worse after a bad night, worse after a stressful week. That should have been my first clue.

Cortisol is the body's main stress hormone. It's meant to rise when you need it and fall when you don't.

When stress never really switches off, cortisol can stay up – and that can affect things like fluid retention and sleep. The two things I'd been fighting for months without knowing they had the same root.

I'd cut back on food and pushed harder at the gym. I bought de-puffing creams and kept an ice roller in the freezer. All of it put more pressure on a body that was already stressed.

You can't diet your way out of a stress problem. What I needed was something that helped my body calm down – not work harder.

Lying awake with my mind racing, then waking up tired and puffy. Stress and poor sleep feed each other – and every bad night showed in the mirror the next morning.

Once I understood that, I stopped looking for a stricter plan and started looking for a calmer body.

A friend told me about the Magneva ring. I didn't believe it at first either. But what it does is simple – and it's two separate things:

I just position it so the magnets and the acupressure point sit against my skin. Nothing else to do.

It isn't a miracle, and it doesn't replace eating well or moving. But honestly, I've really enjoyed making it part of my day: less stress, better sleep and a little extra support for my overall wellbeing.

No pills, no new routine. It looks like jewellery – 18K gold-plated, in gold, rose gold, silver or black – and it adjusts to my finger. Every Magneva ring comes with a 90-day money-back guarantee: wear it for 90 days, and if you don't feel the difference, you get every penny back.