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Stop! Fast! Lessons in electrolytes and limits
Well—that escalated quickly! I thought I was just fighting a scratchy throat, but this evening took a serious turn. After a series of coughing fits, I actually fainted on the sofa during a particularly strong cough! For some context, my type 2 diabetes was originally “announced” two years ago by serious hypertension. At its worst,…
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36 hour fasted and a 1.25km swim: refuelling the machine
Woke up this morning to find the scratchy throat I’d been ignoring has not just miraculously disappeared overnight, so as much as I’m fueling for muscle recovery, I’m now fueling to fight off a potential cold. I suspect Tuesday’s run in the damp cold air caught up with me, so today’s meals are pulling double…
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The road to health is paved with chocolate mousse!
I’ve mentioned before that I have a major sweet tooth. One of my biggest worries when I started this journey was losing out on my favourite treats. In the past, a Gü Red Velvet mousse was my go-to indulgence. When I was first diagnosed as diabetic, I went looking for better options. The best I…
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Diabetic Taco Saturday!🌮😋
As I’ve been doing so well with my weight loss I decided to treat myself with tacos this evening, but I found a way to keep them completely diabetic friendly, and I have to say I was very impressed with myself! They were utterly delicious. The taco shells were always going to be the “worst”…
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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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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 dangers of food delivery!
Is it just me, or did Covid make it far too easy to order takeaway? With almost every restaurant available on Deliveroo or Just-Eat, along with those who already have their own fleet of delivery motor scooters, we now see almost every type of food available at our fingertips, breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, groceries, booze.…
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21 hr fast today
I’m keeping up the fasting momentum although I’ve taken a couple of rest days exercise-wise. Just walking today, about 6,000 steps. My fasting target today was just 18hrs, but as ever I played it by ear and in the end fasted 21 hrs quite comfortably. I’ll set a target for another 18hrs tomorrow but just…
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36hr fast – back with a blast!
Yesterday I kick-started my fasting with an OMAD (one meal a day) fast, basically I just ate lunch – an omelette – in the early afternoon. After my bike ride in the evening, I was a bit hungry but by the time I’d had a bath and chilled, I was honestly feeling more tired than…
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