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The Hypertension diary: Why morning readings have been lying to me! 馃搱
Following my diabetic check-up on Tuesday, my clinician asked me to keep a week-long morning and evening BP diary. It has been an incredibly eye-opening exercise. Normally, I only test in the morning. But looking at the full day’s data, I realized my morning readings are heavily impacted by the “morning surge.” As we wake…
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Whoosh!! 99kg!!! A major milestone!
I finally did it! After my recent three week plateau I have now broken through to 15 st 8.7 lbs (218.7 lbs / 99.2 kg). In one fell swoop, I’ve smashed through the 220 lbs milestone AND that elusive but much more psychologically powerful 100 kg barrier! I’m now into double figures metrically speaking! That feels…
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Slow progress but still winning!
As I mentioned in my last post, this has been a bit of a weird week, but one that highlighted how my strategy (fasting, keto, exercise) has become an ingrained habit. and that I’m really winning! Why? Because, when faced with a stress situation around my redundancy, I didn’t turn to comfort food or booze…
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Making allowances
Now that I’ve breezed through my blood sugar target – hitting 42 mmol/mol (6%) at the beginning of April – I’m beginning to relax a little as far as blood sugar goes. Hitting 42 mmol/mol (6%) in just 100 days puts me on a clear downward trajectory, averaging about 0.37mmol/mol or 0.034% per day. Purely…
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Every silver lining has a cloud, which has a silver lining (and maybe another cloud…)
I don’t believe in karma. But now and then, it does feel a little bit like there’s a malicious and/or mischievous fate determined to kick us just when we are at our best. And at other times, it feels like things are always darkest before the dawn, and new hope arises from the ashes of…
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Isn’t that it now? Why are you still here?
So, you miraculously reached type 2 diabetes remission in just 100 days! Yay! Let’s celebrate! But isn’t that it now? You’re done, right? No, of course not! Firstly, true diabetic remission is measured by getting your HbA1c result to 48mmol/mol and keeping it at or under that level for 6 months. So even if there…
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Why did it take me so long?
If you read yesterday’s post, you’ll have seen I hit an absolutely massive milestone in record time. I’ve effectively reversed my type 2 diabetes! I went from a glycated blood sugar reading of 79mmol/mol in December 2025 to just 42 mmol/mol yesterday! Just 100 days, slightly over 14 weeks. So what do you mean, “why…
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The ups and downs of the long haul
Two days ago, I posted about my blood pressure vacillating. I’d seen some odd ups and downs – nothing to panic about necessarily, but still not great. Yesterday my BP was up again – my average reading was 144/93 with a 63bpm heart rate. Still concerning, but again not “panic stations”. Today, it’s back down…
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Blood pressure blues – but only temporary
The last two days I’ve had some weird and slightly worrying blood pressure readings. Tuesday: Wednesday: This is in contrast to my last readings, taken after my BP seemed to stabilise after I adjusted my medication. Two weeks ago: A jump of 10 points on systolic pressure isn’t awful in and of itself, but a…
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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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