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Tag: weight loss surgery

  • Oat Donuts

    I adore this recipe!!! I was scrolling the Interwebs looking for food inspiration and happened upon the oat flour crazes that are all over TikTok! The next morning I made baked oats for the kids and a thing started! They were in love And I had to make it every single day… (that is a…

  • 22 Days Post Op

  • Day 17

    Some days I try to forget that I have an autoimmune condition and I try to forget that I have non diabetic reactive hypoglycaemia and that I have just had major surgery. I probably shouldn’t have stood in the rain watching my boy play football this morning but old habits die hard. The older my…

  • Plastics journey in a few pics

  • Day 6

  • Home – Day 4

    Good morning Family! I was allowed to go home yesterday!! My drains were removed and I was discharged at noon! I am loving being home and have curled up in my favourite outdoor chair in a sunny place on our back deck to enjoy the feeling of warmth in the air and a beautiful cup…

  • 6 Years Post Weight Loss Surgery: Lessons Learned and Challenges Ahead

    “the entire universe is inside you” a line from one of my all time favourite movies! Prior to my Weight loss surgery I feel like I spent a good portion of my time eating the whole world. And now – I am at the “I cannot believe that I am nearly at 6 years post…

  • The Count Down

    Well, here we go! Counting down until I am having surgery 😳😳. Last night I decided to take the pictures that I have been dreading. I sort of felt like I needed to prove to myself that I wasn’t just making a bigger deal of my skin than it actually is. Gosh self doubt can…

  • The Day After

    The morning after the day before! How are we all doing? I vividly remember how crappy I felt my first easter after WLS. I was nearly 9 months post op, my life on a personal level had fallen apart in a particular area, Steve had just been diagnosed with an autoimmune condition, I had just…

  • When Fears Whisper in your Ear

    Hands up if you know what it is like to feel fear? That visceral, consuming, blood gone from your extremities, hyperventilating kind of fear that leaves you wanting to run – but you can’t run because there is no where to go to escape it. Well that happened to me on Saturday afternoon. My plastic…