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ReneelovesD

A bit about me:
I live in VIC, I'm 27 and I am a single mum to a four year old boy.
I have always struggled to maintain a good healthy weight. I am someone who has always had fitness in my life.
I was studying to be a fitness instructor, fit, healthy, happy and confident, I was struck with Chronic Fatigue and later diagnosed with Fibromyalgia Syndrome. It took me three years to work out my 'new' body, living with day-to-day pain. I seemed to have got it under control fairly well, got back into the gym and pool and was looking fantastic.
Then I met a man, we had a 9 year relationship which left me with a beautiful son. My son was a twin, unfortunately he did not make it. My son was born with a load of health issues. He had cardiac arrest three times and will need a kidney transplant when he is about 8-10.
I spent such a large part of the last four years sitting next to him in hospital that I can't begin to tell you what this did to my mental and physical health. My whole world stopped and I was jolted into a world of life or death. Lack of sleep, stress, grabbing food once a day and sadness took it's toll on my appearance and my soul.
My son, Austin Jack is four years old now he is a happy full on boy with the world at his doorstep. We still have stints in hospital and he is still living with only 20% Kidney function and half a kidney left. He is PEG fed at night and doesn't eat anything during the day. He is amazing and certainly someone I look up to and admire, strongest person I've ever met.
So, here I am, tired, unmotivated and lacking the support from family and friends, but I'm here and I'm going to give it everything, if not for anyone else but my son. I watched him endure so much in his short life he has put me and my problems into perspective, him and all the other ill children I've met along the way.

I'm hoping that once the weight starts to come off and I'm feeling a little better the fitness side of things will just fall into place and the energy will come back. I am a single mum and it's not easy but it's worth it and I'll do it!