Day 1

I wake up tired because I stayed up way too late last night. I am working from home today and I don’t have a lot of meetings so it’s not too hectic. Sometimes I have up to nine meetings a day but there are only four today

I start the day with a boiled egg and a slice of toast before starting work at 9am. After a morning of work, I have a ham and coleslaw sandwich for lunch at my desk followed by a couple of glasses of diluting juice throughout the afternoon. I finish work around 5.45pm.

Once I’m done we have dinner – Turkish kebabs with salad and hummus – although I don’t end up eating much. Then, I take my daughter and her friend to the beach at 7pm. On the way there we stop and have an ice cream – I have a clam shell – and then we paddleboard and swim until 10pm.

When we get back I have to stay up to wash and hang up some clothes for tomorrow, but I’m not tired anyway. I take my HRT (hormone replacement therapy) and then once that’s done I spend about 1.5 hours in bed on my phone before deciding to try and get some sleep around 12.15am. I put on a hypnosis video on YouTube as they sometimes help me drift off and fall asleep pretty easily.

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