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My new diabetic food pyramid
In a previous post, we tore down the traditional food pyramid and put it in the trash, alongside the myth that there are “good carbs” and “bad carbs” for Diabetics (hint – they are all bad!). It’s never good to merely critique established “wisdom” without being constructive and offering a better alternative, so here is…
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Blipped back! Business trip banished!
Just to prove my point from my Saturday weigh-in post business trip – where I apparently put on 6.1lbs in just a few days – today I weighed in and have “lost” 6lbs!! This just highlights the comment I made, that kind of rapid weight gain during an extended period of ketogenic dieting, exercise, and…
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Is fasting hard?
That’s the first thing people ask when I tell them I don’t eat for 36 hours at a time. My answer is always: “It depends.” If you’ve followed my “reboot” since December, you know it’s not always a walk in the park. I view fasting like a muscle. If you don’t exercise it, it withers.…
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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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Another 2.3lbs down!
Weighed in this morning after my first 36hr fast this week: Progress Update • Jan 20, 2026 17st 2.7lbs 240.7 lbs | 109.4 kg Total Loss: 17.2 lbs (7.8 kg) Exercise status: 1km swim completed. Breakfast: Re-fueling after 36hr fast with 4-egg spinach / mushroom omelette. Target: 12st 12lbs (180lbs) | Remaining: 60.7 lbs After…
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7.1 lbs down in 4 weeks!
I have been reasonably consistent with 18-20hr fasts each day, and keeping my calorie intake well under my daily target, as well as getting more exercise – so I had another cheeky mid-week weigh-in to see how I’m doing. I’m currently 18 stone 10.7 lbs (262.7 lbs / 119.41kgs). That’s 7.1 lbs (3.2kg) down already…
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Another 2lbs down this week! 6.3lbs in 4 weeks!
I’ve mostly been fasting 16-18hrs per day and also using MyFitnessPal to track daily calories, sugar and salt, and the results speak for themselves. I just weighed in this morning and am now at 18 stone 11.5 lbs (263.5 lbs / 120.36 kgs)! That’s a total weight loss this week of 2 lbs, taking me…
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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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Diminishing returns – time to calm down!
OK, so a diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) is never going to be great, and with a correlation between T2D and Pancreatic Cancer (PC) which killed my dad, it’s no surprise that I’ve panicked. The advice from Diabetes UK to lose 15kgs of weight as this may reverse T2D hasn’t helped and literally in…
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Weigh-in
After the shock of being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes (T2D), and my concerns about the possibility of it leading to pancreatic cancer (PC) which killed my dad, you better believe I’m now treating my weight loss as seriously as cancer. So, I’ve started back with some intermittent fasting – just OMAD (One Meal A…
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Shorter fasts typically between 16 hrs and 2-3 days