Well I have clearly lost the plot! I woke up at 5am this morning and head off to the gym. This morning I did 15 minutes on the cross trainer, 15 minutes on the treadmill, 10 minutes on the stair master and finished with 10 minutes on the bike. I was intended to do a full 15 minutes of interval […]
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This morning my alarm when off at 5.30am and I was dreading the thought of getting up but got a text from one of my girlfriends excited about meeting me at the gym. So I got up and got myself ready. Pumped out 9km on the interactive bike, 20 minutes on the stair master then finished up with 15 minutes […]
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Braised Steak and Onion Serves: 4 standard portions or 12 Bariatric portions Ingredients: 500g thinly sliced steak 1 celery stalk, finely diced 1 large onion, diced 2 rasher bacon, diced 3 garlic cloves, finely diced 1 & 1/2 tablespoons butter 1 & 1/2 tablespoons plain flour 1 & 1/2 cup beef stock 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard […]
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Today was a special day. My biggest cheer leader, my biggest motivator, my little big love had his 6th birthday party! His birthday isn’t until the 19th December but we had a couple weeks early to try and beat the Christmas rush. Today was also a great day to reflect on how much my life has changed. At his last […]
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Today was a big milestone in my journey. I have often felt my dearly beloved sister has been either disengaged or unaware of the huge changes I have been making as a result of my sleeve without a huge amount of feedback. But specifically over the last couple months she has really been supportive and encouraging which has been really […]
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Today I had my 12 month appointment with the life coach as a part of my surgeons aftercare team. I had a really good appointment and talked through my mental barriers and mental demons that have appeared on my sleeve journey. As I stop and process all we talked about I have come to the two conclusions. Firstly that this […]
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Wow what a busy busy stressful day!! My day was supposed to start at 5.20am when my alarm went off to go to my PT session with Anita, however my day instead started at 2am with a bad news email! Today was a big day for me at work with the production of a promotional video for the project I […]
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Weigh in Wednesday is here again! It comes around so quickly. And I’m not going to lie, I am REALLY disappointed with this weeks results. I know that I should be happy with any loss, I know that weight is only 1 measure of my successes and I know muscle weighs more than fat. I know all these rationale thoughts […]
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5.45am start to my day! It was so much easier to get up that time of the day when I went to bed much earlier than I normally do! Head off to the gym doing 20 minutes on the cross trainer, 15 minutes interval running on the treadmill, 10 minutes on the stair master and finishing off with a 10 […]
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Me being the person I am, for my entire life always put others before myself. To protect, care for, advocate for and support them! It has been a huge and really difficult shift for me to adjust to allowing myself to put myself first for a change. For me to stop and acknowledge that it’s ok to put myself first […]
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