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Potato, Leek, Cauliflower & Spinach Soup
I am a massive soup lover. Soup is like winter’s version of a smoothie. It’s warming, mostly healthy and is basically like a giant hug from your Granny. Can you tell? I really LOVE soup. Over the years, I’ve shared a few soup recipes, Simple Soup (aka Potato & Leek), Healing Chicken Soup, & A Simple SplitContinue reading “Potato, Leek, Cauliflower & Spinach Soup”
Easy Chicken Noodle Soup
I asked & 98% of you all said you wanted to see more food posts… So here is yesterday’s cheats chicken noodle soup. It’s super simple & really you can use any ingredients you have in your fridge. (If vegetarian you could add in some chickpeas or lentils instead & use vegetable stock).Continue reading “Easy Chicken Noodle Soup”
𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩.
Raby Bay Enticer Triathlon complete. 🏊♀️🚲 🏃♀️ So proud that I actually did it. 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼#DialysisAthelete200 swim / 5km bike / 2km run. Took me 33:55 to complete it… Which was nearly ten minutes faster than my goal time of 40 – 46 minutes! Not bad given it took me many attempts to actually get onContinue reading “𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩.”
Popped my Triathlon cherry today!
Completing a triathlon has been a bucket list item for me… So proud that I actually did it. 💪🏼 🏊♀️ 🚲 🏃♀️ 300m swim / 8km bike / 3km run. Took me 1:00:51 to complete it… Not bad with my 5% kidney function 💪🏼 (Offical time). Thank you to everyone for all the love &Continue reading “Popped my Triathlon cherry today! ”
Bridge to Brisbane
What an epic Sunday! Not only did I finish the @bridge2brisbane(running the entire way); I smashed it with a new PB!! 10km in 66mins 17 secs. 🤘🏻💪🏼 Honestly if you had told me I would be running 10km in 2019 I would never had believed you. Given last July I couldn’t evenContinue reading “Bridge to Brisbane”
One Year
Officially one year as a dialysis patient. #ToughAF I certainly didn’t look this glam in my hospital blues a year ago when I stepped off the machine after that very first session… But I also couldn’t walk up the front stairs without stopping halfway & nearly collapsing with exhaustion… So life is certainly onContinue reading “One Year”
Rock by rock. Day by day.
I’ve always had the mentally of when life knocks you down you get back up again. I don’t know if that’s because from the moment I arrived in this world I had to fight to be here. I had to fight for my life. I had to fight to be alive. I was born aContinue reading “Rock by rock. Day by day.”
On healing my “whole” self…
Over the last few years I’ve been working really on healing myself. Not my whole self (my kidney failure isn’t reversible); but my “whole” self. I started by increasing my therapy sessions. I spent time before I started dialysis doing lots of mental preparations. Learning how I could manage dialysis when the time came,Continue reading “On healing my “whole” self…”
A reflux baby
I’ve just started watching “The Cry”… I’m only 19 minutes in & wow! I never had any post natal depression or anxiety with my first. I really thought I had motherhood figured out. Oliver gave me a false sense of my own ability as mother. Then I had a reflux baby. Continue reading “A reflux baby”