Lifting my bike above my head, I posed for the camera. I’d just completed a six-day, 235-mile cycle, and while my body was exhausted, I felt elated. It had been my lifetime’s ambition to cycle the 185-mile Hebridean Way around Scotland’s Outer Hebrides and I’d done it, plus another 50 miles – in my 50s!
I’d loved cycling since childhood, and as a student nurse I biked to work every day. Once I’d qualified, it seemed harder to fit cycling around my irregular shifts, and when I became a mum of five, my priorities changed completely. I knew I’d got into unhealthy eating habits, relying on takeaways instead of cooking.
I have Asperger’s syndrome, and I found comfort in sticking to familiar routines and disliked trying new textures or flavours.
Making a change
With arthritis in my neck and spine, as my weight rose, the pain worsened. Working as a nurse became increasingly difficult and I ended up taking medical retirement.
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة May 11, 2020 من WOMAN - UK.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة May 11, 2020 من WOMAN - UK.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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