Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  He wahine 29-tau-tau, he iti noa iho te taumaha o te 39 kilo, kua whakaatuhia mai tana ahua ki te noho hei toa whakapakari tinana <unk> me te aha i kore ai ia e whakarere i te whare whakapakari tinana i muri i tana haputanga. I tōna rua tekau tau, he iti rawa a Marika Magriplis, nō Hītini, mō tētahi kākahu ō Ahitereiria rahi e ono, i a ia e mahi ana i tētahi mahi umanga, e noho ana i runga i te kai māmā, tae atu ki ngā makariri me ngā hāngari iti. I tēnei rā - i muri i tana whakarerekētanga i tana kai me tōna āhua ora i te tau 2010 - e rua wiki noa iho ia i te whānautanga o tana tamaiti tuatahi, ā, ka whakawhiwhia ki a ia te hākinakina me ngā kai whai kiko, nā te mea "kāore he mea hei whēngia i a ia e hapū ana". <unk>E kore au e mōhio mēnā i waimarie ahau ki taku kai me taku āhua ora, engari he iti noa iho ngā pānga taha o tēnei hapūtanga,<unk> i kī a Marika ki Daily Mail Australia. Kotahi noa iho te wāwae o tōna waewae i pupuhi, ā, kaua ia e hiahia ki te kai i ngā kai werawera, ko tana hiahia anake, ko te tuna me te winika. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. 'I te wiki kua hipa, kua puta anō tētahi atu... 22 nga ra ki te haere': Ko Marika Magriplis, e iwa marama te hapu (taha maui), kua whakawhiwhia ki te mahi (matau) ki te pupuri i nga paanga kino o te hapu. Ko te 29-tau-tau, he kaiwhakaako whaiaro whai tohu me te kaiwhakangungu tinana whakataetae, i whakarere i tana momo oranga kino i te tau 2010. Mai i te tau 2012, i te wā i tīmata ai ia ki te whakataetae i ngā whakataetae whakapakari tinana huri noa i Ahitereiria, e ono ngā rā o te wiki e noho ana a Marika ki te whakangungu taumaha me te kai i tētahi kai pūmua-nui. Whai muri i tana hapūtanga, i whakarerekētia e ia tana whakangungu, me te awhina o nga tohunga, ma te whakaiti i ana huihuinga taumaha i ia toru marama, me te whakauru atu i nga kai nui o te calorie ki roto i tana kai hei whangai i tana pukupuku e tipu haere ana. "Ko taku whakangungu i nui ake mo te whakapakari i te pokapū nui atu i te hanga", ka mea a Marika. <unk>Na te pupuri i toku kaha i awhina i ahau ki te tango i te kawenga. I tētahi wā <unk> tata ki te haurua o taku hapūtanga i tino mamae ahau i te tuara nā te mea he māmā rawa ngā taumahatanga - e hiahia ana taku tinana ki te kaha, i whakamārama ia. Heoi, ināianei, 14 noa iho ngā rā i te rā o tōna whānautanga kua mutu a Marika i te hiki taumaha...
I kii te kaiwhakawhanau a Marika Magriplis ki a ia 'kei te pai te ahua o te hauora ki a koe' Ko te 29-tau-tau te pakeke o te whakataetae tinana mai i te tau 2012. I eke ia ki te taumaha i muri i tana taumaha i te 39 pauna noa iho i te tau 2009. I whakarerekētia tana kai i muri i tana noho i runga i te kai nohopuku. I te wa katoa o tana hapūtanga kua noho ia ki te mahi. I ia toru marama kua whakaitihia e ia te nui o nga taumaha. Tae noa ki te 36 o nga wiki ka hiki ia i nga taumaha ngawari i te whare takaro. E rua wiki i mua i te rā o tana whānautanga ka haere ia ki te hāpai i te hānau me te haereere. Engari e whakawhiwhia ana ki te pupuri i tōna kaha ki tōna hapūtanga kore pānga taha. 'I tīmata ahau ki te whakaaro ko te hiahia he pakiwaitara, ā, kotahi noa iho taku mamae i roto i taku hapūtanga katoa,' ka mea a Marika.