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Happy New Year!!! A “gentle” reminder from my Hb1Ac
So I had my bi-annual diabetic check up last week, which included all the usual tests, but the most important being the Hb1Ac. The results weren’t great, but just confirmed what I’d already figured out from my recent wake-up call. My blood sugar came in at 79mmol/mol, a significant increase over my previous result 6…
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Lowest weight in 5 years!
I was checking back over my weight loss stats over the last few years and noticed that I’m now officially the lightest I’ve been in 5 years! I just hit 245.7lbs (111.5kg). As you can see from the graph below, I last saw 245lbs almost exactly 5 years ago, in December 2020! This was the…
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Pre-Christmas weigh-in – another 1.2lbs down!
I had my annual diabetic check-up this morning, and the nurses were very pleased to see the progress I’d made. I’m now at 17 stone 7.7, or 245.7 lbs (111.4kgs) – so another 1.2lbs down from my weigh-in 2 days ago. They said it’s pretty rare for someone to make such significant changes and see…
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New goal, same as the old goal!
Now that I’m getting back on track, finally, and have some real confidence that I now have the right tools to achieve my weight loss goals (exercise + diabetic friendly diet!) – it’s time to give myself a clear goal to shoot for. Given my current weight of 246.9lbs (111.9kg) I find myself exactly 66.9lbs…
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The Wake‑Up Call I Didn’t Want — But Needed
After 17 months of drifting, a sudden scare on a business trip jolted me back into action. What followed was a complete reset of my exercise routine, eating habits, and mindset — and the early results have been nothing short of astonishing. Wow, doesn’t time fly? I haven’t posted in 17 months, which obviously means…
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Navigating Blood Pressure Peaks and Valleys
As I mentioned in my previous post, my blood pressure has been on a rollercoaster ride lately. Amid the chaos of impending relocation, I’ve seen those numbers fluctuating wildly. Let’s take a peek at today’s readings (the top three, to be precise). The first reading this morning at 09:49 showed a modest elevation: 121/74. Essentially,…
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Coping with Diabetes, Fatigue, and a Major House Move
It’s been a while since my last blog post, and there are a couple of reasons for my absence. First and foremost, I haven’t made much progress to report. In fact, things have taken a turn for the worse. After an initial success with weight loss, I hit a plateau. Despite maintaining my exercise routine,…
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Beating diabetes and hypertension!
As my weight and fitness are improving I’ve also seen improvements in my health. Firstly, I went back to my GP last month and had a follow-up blood test for my diabetes. As you may recall when I last posted about this my HbA1c blood test came back with a score of 51 mmol/mol. That’s…
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Broke my plateau and hopefully getting back on track!
For the last few weeks, my weight has been stuck in a bit of a plateau – I’ve lost a few lbs here and there, then put them back on, then a bit more. There are all kinds of potential explanations for this – one is that I’ve put on muscle mass due to the…
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I hit a bit of a plateau but still making good progress
I haven’t posted in a while because there’s been little movement weight-wise. Obviously, whenever you lose weight quite quickly your body can take some time to adjust. I definitely had a bit of a slow down in terms of exercise as well which must have been a factor, and also wasn’t fasting much at all…
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