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The Birthday “Blip” is gone (and it took some friends with it!)馃槀
Well, that didn’t take long! In my last post, I talked about my聽 “Birthday Blip” – a 1.7 lb gain after a week of entirely expected birthday celebrations. But even when you plan for a fall the landing still bruises the ego. You know it’s probably just water weight when you see the scale move…
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The birthday blip! “Life gets in the way”
Last week was not only my birthday, but also that of my partner. We had planned a quiet celebration dinner at a local steakhouse, and I had further plans at the weekend with friends and family. I knew going into that week that I was not going to lose weight, and had budgeted for it…
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Back on track with another 2.8lbs week!
It’s been a while since I’ve posted, which usually means I haven’t made much progress. That is both true and not. During the flu bug and blood pressure issues I reported, I was unable to exercise or fast. I did try to get back to fasting, but a natural side effect of a fast is…
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Self-medicating – managing the downturns
In my last post, I was riding high on hitting the 10% clinical weight loss milestone and finishing my first 36-hour fast since the flu. I thought I was back on track. But as it turns out, the ‘Machine’ had one more lesson for me this weekend. While my flu was gone, the fainting spells…
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The 10% Milestone: Why being “too healthy” is not for the faint-hearted! 馃槒
So – I finally got to see my GP this evening. I鈥檒l admit, I was feeling a bit down in the dumps after those recent fainting spells, but it turns out the news is actually all good! I鈥檝e mentioned before that a major clinical target for diabetics is to lose 10% of their body weight.…
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Stop! Fast! Lessons in electrolytes and limits
Well鈥攖hat 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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Tough swim!
So last night I did my usual swim, but it felt nothing like usual. The difference was stark and not in a good way. This is my first week on the Alternate Day Fasting (ADF) protocol鈥攂asically three 36-hour fasts back-to-back. Fast Monday, eat Tuesday, fast Wednesday, eat Thursday, fast Friday, eat Saturday. Because of the…
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Coping with Diabetes, Fatigue, and a Major House Move
It鈥檚 been a while since my last blog post, and there are a couple of reasons for my absence. First and foremost, I haven鈥檛 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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Well on track to conquering diabetes (and hypertension)!
Diabetes UK recommends a weight loss of 15kgs for diagnosed Type 2 Diabetics (T2D) because this can literally reverse the disease effectively putting it into full remission. This week’s weight loss of 2lbs / (0.9 kgs) takes my total loss to just under 3kgs (2.8kgs!), so I’m already almost 1/5 of the way there! That’s…
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