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25 August 2021

Was so nice to read today that I have been an inspiration to some of the other members on here. I wasn't sure how much I could write so I kept it brief.

Now I know that I can write more I feel that I can express myself more on here and use the app more than I have been.

My journey has been a rather full on one for me which dates back to December 2017 when I lost my younger brother on Boxing Day. He had a fall at work approximately eight weeks prior and was gone the day after Christmas. As his elder sister I will never forget when my sister, the middle child, came to my house and informed me. As siblings went, we were all very close. I moved after I dealt with my brother's estate and went to a place I knew no one except my real estate agent I purchased my house from.

Fast forward to now and I still own that house. I'm engaged to a man I was friends with before I moved away. We bought a house together back where I was but in a different part of the district. He still has his place and works for himself in the area we met several years ago. He comes home here to our home we have together on a Friday night or every second Saturday afternoon depending on what week it is. He's 18 years older than me and is hoping to retire at some point. He's South African, I am a New Zealander. He loves all the food that I used only have occasionally...

I have a connective tissue disorder so I have a been taking medication for it for some time. The main ones are propranolol and pregabalin. Pregabalin seems to have really made me put the kilos on. Prior to that I was on Gabapentin and Noritripaline prior to that. It's been hard to find something for my neuropathy in the feet and brain fog.

Last year prior to New Zealand going into lockdown I was not well. I was having two periods a month. Then all of the sudden they stopped all together only to start up again when my fiance and I got engaged. It was then I was starting to feel tired alot and exhausted most of the time.

Five ultrasounds and one CT scan later they discovered all was not well and I was told that I didn't have surgery I would o on to develop cancer. It was an ambulance ride into the local hospital in the early hours of the morning that made me realise how sick I had been. Only I woke up with chest pain.

In April, a month shy of my birthday I was wheeled into the operating theatre where I had a complete hysterectomy done. They removed all my reproductive organs so I was kind of relieved. I have had a miscarriage in the past but never had children. Now I knew that I wouldn't have any chance of conceiving.

It's been a few months now and here I am. My hubby who is really my fiance loves me for who I am but I am not usually this size. Post surgery I did very well recovering but I am exhausted. I might have overdone it a bit. Hubby keeps sharing his delicious food from his part of the world with me and we have been invited to so many events together where his community share celebrations together. It's been lovely but I notice that the South African diet or at least hubby's diet doesn't include a lot of veggies so I have been incorporating alot of that to his diet when he is home with me.

It's been an interesting time over the last few years. But now I just want to get a wee bit more energy back and be a healthy size again.

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24 August 2021

I haven't been on here for a wee bit as I have been a bit rundown etc... I think that maybe I started this s bit too soon. Still watching what I eat but I do have the odd treat here and there. Have purchased a bottle of potassium tablets recently and some more electrolyte powder as I have found my medication for my feet sometimes leaves me with the dry horrors and I drink heaps of water so I need to balance it out a bit and remember to perhaps have some juice sometimes too. Have been reading one of my Vitamin books recently which is useful. Just going to take it easy and take care of myself a bit.

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10 August 2021

Still navigating my way around this app and have repeated myself in my last two journal entries. Oops!!

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10 August 2021

Purchased a tub of Protein powder last week as I found this very helpful when I was trying to loose weight before hubby and I got engaged and moved in with each other. This one is Balance Protein Powder that uses pea protein instead of whey protein. I got it in vanilla flavour as I like the taste of vanilla and I can always add more favours to it. Banana is something I enjoy adding to the drink but not always. Have had a sore foot for a while due to my flat feet but are doing a little bit of exercise each day. Have not been recording my weight since I started using this app but should give it a shot. As I am still recovering from surgery I am still taking it easy but I am determined to get hold rid of this excess weight so it doesn't make me feel rundown etc

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10 August 2021

Have not been on here over the last few days as I have not been well. Purchased some protein powder last week to help me with my weight loss goal and picked a nice one which is great called Balance Protein. It's made from pea protein powder instead of whey protein. I got it in vanilla flavour as I love the taste of vanilla and I can also add to the flavour as I like. I sometimes don't use the scoop it came with and just make it with a tablespoon of powder instead and with about 125 mls of my soy milk. So far so good.

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