Introduction

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HI! I'm Marion and I live in a smallish country town in Western Australia.

I'm 47 years old, happily single, on a disability pension and in the process

of losing weight. I have lost 14 kilos (about 31 pounds) so far and have 9

5 kilos (21 pounds) to go to get to my goal weight. I started this as I am

a diabetic and was told I would have to go onto insulin injections. I have

now actually lowered the dose of the tablets I was on twice and the doctor

is saying there is a chance I could be able to completely control the

diabetes by diet and exercise only.

 

I am semi vegetarian...at the moment the only thing stopping me going

completely vegetarian is my love of grilled chicken breasts which I eat a

lot of. I am hoping that I will learn some recipes...that are easy to make,

that will replace them in my diet - I love the convenience of grilling

chicken. In Winter, which it is NOT here, I eat a lot of home cooked soups

and also do a lot of tvp dishes but in Summer I don't really want either of

those very often. I love to cook with tvp as it's so low calorie...I was

able to get 10 kilos of it really cheap a few months ago so will be eating

it for a long time! It is very hot where I live - currently 41C (106F) as

I type this so you can see why I don't want hot meals often.

 

I look forward to getting to know you all. Marion from " down under "