I promised myself that I would do a daily journal entry every day for one full year post sleeve. Today is the first day that I have regretted making this promise to myself as in all honestly I would much rather crawl up in the corner under a blanket and keep crying rather than do
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Weigh in Wednesday! I missed last weeks weigh in due to my unplanned “holiday” so this week is a double! I was slightly nervous about how the scales were going to read given the up and down nature of the last 2 weeks including a period of almost 6 days where I was nil by
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Pho Serves: 2 serves or 4 Bariatric portions Ingredients: 2 cups salt reduced beef stock 1 beef stock cube 4 garlic cloves, finely diced 1 & 1/2cm fresh ginger, finely diced 1 cinnamon stick 2 star anise 2 teaspoons fish sauce 2 teaspoons lime juice 100g eye fillet steak, thinly sliced 3 broccolini stalk, sliced
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So I have shared the update earlier today that I am out of hospital. Jamie picked me up and I was at the Chemist by 10am picking up my scripts. On my way out of the hospital Lilian’s rooms called and let me know I need to be at pre-admission at 9am on Thursday but
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I am home!! I still feel revolting (and yes I’m aware that I look revolting too), still have pains and I still have no answers on what the hell is going on! I have been discharged with pain relief, anti nausea and reflux medication to tide me over. I made the decision to be discharged
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It’s been a bit of a rollercoaster of emotions today with the situation changing multiple times throughout the day and having to adjust how I felt about things at each time things changed. The day started with the plan of me to have a swallow test today and an endoscopy tomorrow, fasting today until after
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Balsamic Roasted Vegetables Serves: 1 Ingredients: 4 asparagus spears 1 tomato, quartered or thick slices 3 small button mushrooms 1 clove garlic, finely grated and chopped 1 tablespoons balsamic vinegar Method: Preheat then oven to 190 degrees Celsius and line a tray with baking paper Place the vegetables in a zip lock bag and spray
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Opti-Slaw Makes: 4-6 serves Ingredients: 1 & 1/2 cups shredded wombok 1 carrot, grated 1 small red onion, finely sliced wedges 1 small red capsicum, thinly sliced 1/3 cup flat leaf parsley, shredded 2 teaspoons Apple cider vinegar 1 tablespoon salt reduced chicken stock Method: Place all ingredients into a mixing bowl and combined well
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Opti-Kebabs Makes: 8 kebabs Ingredients: 8 cherry tomatoes 1 small red onion 1 small zucchini 1 small red capsicum 1/2 small eggplant 4 small button squash (summer squash) 4 mushrooms 2 cloves garlic 1 tablespoons salt reduced soy sauce 1 teaspoon lemon juice Method: Soak 8 wooden skewers in water while you prepare the vegetables
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There is no news flash today. I am still none the wiser of what is going on with my body and these awful pains. I do however know that there are wheels in motion for the next round of diagnostics. Tomorrow I will have a swallow test and tomorrow  I will be booked for an
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