The Irritable Samoan

Easter is my favourite holiday. I love it more than Christmas. I love it more than my birthday. Why? Because I get to eat all the chocolate. As a self confessed chocoholic who is trying to lose weight, I also know that this is a dangerous time for my health. I purchased Easter chocolates the Wednesday before Easter. Any earlier and they would not have made it past my fridge. I also made sure…

So update on my weightloss journey, I have not filled my second prescription of duromine. This is mostly because of cost. At $130 for a month supply I can’t justify buying a packet and not paying my car rego, I can’t do that. So it looks like maybe in April I will be able to get another supply. My goal until then is not to put on any more weight. I am perfectly happy maintaining the weight I…

So my month subscription of Duromine has ended. As I write this I have been off Duromine for about a week. Let me take you back to my last visit with my GP. I had finished my prescription and went back to my GP to get further information as I know that I am still obese. So I got weighed and my end weight was 101 kg (start weight 107 kg). I have lost weight and had no real side effects and so I…

On Friday the Victorian Government announced that we would be going into lockdown again for 5 days. This completely triggered me. I had throwbacks to 2020 when I had built a strong income journey for my business and had it all taken away in a matter of days. I had started to rebuild my in person programs for 2021 and after getting messages and phone calls cancelling programs my mind drifted back…

I saw my pubes this week and it made my day. I am not one to openly talk about pubic hair but when your stomach has stopped you from seeing it for over 6 months you kind of miss it. At my heaviest even when I lifted my hanging tummy I could not see my pubic hair. The fat was so thick even pushing it in would not move it enough to see what was down there. This week I could push away the still…

This year is my son’s last year of high school. It should be memorable for good reasons like he is finally liking writing for English or he does his homework now without me having to check. It should not begin with a negative memory stemming from horrendous treatment from the school office. I will admit last year I was not the most proactive parent. I remembered at the beginning of 2020 that I…

I played my first basketball game while taking Duromine. I was thinking that I would be so energised that I would be running up and down the court like a fit person. Duromine did not change the fact that I was unfit. I did notice that I kept moving continuously for a good part of the game. I usually pick a spot and kind of stand there for a while till the ball moves again. That was a good…

I am not going to sugar coat it. I am dangerously obese for my height. I weigh more today than I did when I was 9 months pregnant with my son. I use food as a way to ease my boredom and to comfort my emotions. I try and say that I don’t care and that I am happy with the way I look but, deep down I am hurting. Yes I have always worn shorts and t-shirts. Before moving back to Australia I never felt…

It has been quite a while since I wrote in this blog. In the last two years a few things have happened to me. I was put on the pill to help stop with my cysts. I have become a lot clearer on how to live with the Low FODMAP diet. Then I started to get pains in my abdomen again. I went to the doctor who ordered a scan. The ultrasound showed a complicated cyst on my right ovary. This means that it…

What to expect during a Colonoscopy

So I finally had my colonoscopy. I had waited two years for this procedure in the hope that I would get a definitive answer as to whether or not I had IBS. I will continue my story after I tell you about the actual colonoscopy procedure and how I felt after.

Fill in forms

Get there a little early so you have time to fill in the forms. You will always have forms even if you have been there before…

It took two years but I finally had a colonoscopy! I know, not everyone’s idea of fun or a source of excitement. Yet, everyday people around the world are having a colonoscopy every day, they just don’t always talk about it. My colonoscopy was to find out if I had IBS and to try to give me answers to why I was experiencing bowel pains and digestive issues.

I am a huge researcher. I researched…

As much as I would hate to admit it, part of my ovarian cyst condition is attributed to my being overweight. What makes it worse is that the pill that I have been put on has been known to attribute to weight gain. So not only am I fat, to begin with, there is a chance that if I don’t do something to change my life, I will get even more obese.

When I first moved back to Australia I found it…

Since I last wrote in this blog I have had to go to the hospital for cysts twice. That’s once every month. It takes me close to 2 weeks to get back to feeling normal. So, I have been sick in bed for a good 4 weeks.

Last night was the most helpful visit to the emergency room in over a year. While I was in pain from 2 cysts and an inflamed small intestine I am hopeful.

When I felt the pain I was…

Talofa and G’day

In my less irritable life I am a freelance writer. I am working on growing my business so that I can continue to make a living doing what I love. For this reason I am taking a short break from being the Irritable Samoan. This just means that you get to go back and re-read all the blogs that I have already written.

I will be posting new blogs that may not be as funny on my writing…

Have you heard of Samoa? If not, you are completely missing out! I am a little biased as Samoa is the home of my forefathers, but I am positive that you will agree after reading this blog. Here are 5 reasons why Samoa is  AWESOME!

Manono

No Cars

There is a small island in Samoa where you will find no cars! It is on the island of Manono. You would think that with no cars there would be no people…

I am not the fondest of setting New Year resolutions. This year I am going to share 6 inspirational quotes to start the year. These will help me to move forward in the New Year. It will hopefully help you to be inspired to live your dreams.

  1.I can make a difference to the world I live in.

2. Failure is not the end, it is a new beginning.

3. I make the choices in the life that I live in.

4. I…