[surfingbodi]

hello,

i am a 42 year old single mom of 2 children, ages 7 & 10. we live in New Mexico, US. i was vegetarian for 10 years and began to eat meat again during my second pregnancy because i was working a great deal and not gaining weight and did not manage to create the time to shop and cook more appropriately. i have been primarily vegetarian again since my divorce 2 years ago but developed an anal fissure and had to have surgery. had no noticeable constipation or damaging events to have caused this problem but it was horrible. i am also having autoimmune issues so here i am trying to get back to optimal health.

i am really struggling with fatigue and am not sure why. i am drinking lots of water, eating fresh greens (& fruit) daily, and taking a 20 - 30 minute walk 2x per day. i am probably at about 80%+ macro diet right now but do keep making mistakes in my food purchases and then eat them because i hate to waste the food, like yesterday i bought spinach because of the fatigue then read this am that it is a food to be avoided, bought guacamole a few days ago, etc. if you have any ideas about the fatigue, i would love to hear them.

i am in good health overall, low blood pressure and pulse (maybe not good), 5'4" and about 125 lb. i tend to run low on iron and am trying to incorporate the sea vegetables as much as possible but still learning to use them.

so glad to be here!

sb