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Registered Nurse with a Bachelor of Nursing from the University of Manitoba. Triathlete and health enthusiast with a special interest in whole foods plant based sports nutrition. In 2009 I was overweight and suffered an occupational back injury requiring a year long absence from work and resulting in lifelong osteoarthritis in my lower back. This began the journey of returning to health when I decided I was never going to be in that amount of pain again. Going through the successes and pitfalls of weight loss and lifestyle change in order to lose 65lbs, take up running and triathlon and successfully become competitive in the sport. I understand how difficult the journey to health can be on all levels. I believe that diets fail, but lifestyle succeeds.