Tiffany & Alan Abela-Wadge's thoughts

Tackling weight-loss surgery – Part Two

May 1, 2021May 4, 2021 Tiffany Abela-Wadge

If you haven’t read part 1 yet, click on THIS link first.

It’s been three and a half months since my husband Alan and I flew out to Istanbul on a cold January morning for our Gastric Bypasses. It’s been exactly 106 days since the day of both our surgeries, and how are we doing? Amazing so far!

Fat Shaming – A recollection of experiences – Part 1

April 24, 2021April 24, 2021 Alan Abela-Wadge

Today’s subject is quite a touchy one. I’m going to be mentioning a few cases that happened to me personally throughout my life where I was fat-shamed, picked on or else discriminated against because of my size. This blog isn’t written so that people feel sorry for me, trust me I’m a very strong person and these experiences, in one way or another, helped shape my character today. The only reason I’m writing this blog is to raise awareness on how fat-shaming, bullying and discrimination due to size is actually a real thing.

Let’s talk about another taboo; Weight-loss surgery.

March 27, 2021March 27, 2021 Tiffany Abela-Wadge

“You’ve gained a bit of weight haven’t you?”
“If you want to live to grow old, you need to lose weight now while you’re still young.”
“You take after your [insert relative/ancestor’s name here], she was also overweight.”
“Why don’t you follow this diet, I’ve lost the 8kg I had gained with it.”
“Speak to [insert nutritionist name here], I lost 10kg with her fitness-challenge.”
“Cut out sweets and soft-drinks and eat more veg u tara kif tonqos malajr”
“Skip that movie and go for a walk instead.”
“Jahasra if only you lose weight, you’ll be so beautiful u forsi xi darba jigbrok xi hadt”

Tubal Ligation (or lack thereof) in Malta

March 25, 2021March 25, 2021 Tiffany Abela-Wadge

So for those that don’t know exactly how the female body works, let’s start with a quick physiology lesson so we’re all on the same page about our reproduction organs. The ovaries are each connected to the uterus by a fallopian tube and during typical ovulation, one of the ovaries releases a mature egg that travels through its adjacent fallopian tube and may or may not become fertilised by sperm.

Men … we must do better.

March 13, 2021March 13, 2021 Alan Abela-Wadge

Just a few days ago another woman was murdered. We might know about the horrific ending of Sarah Everard’s life because she was raped and murdered in London, yet this is is not something that has never happened before. Every few months we hear about a similar case, we get shocked, we might even weep, the case gets a lot of press and then silence. Pure deafening silence like nothing happened. This is not right.