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Another 4.3lbs closer! 6.6% of bodyweight lost!
I’ve just completed my second 36-hour fast, but before I did, I decided it was time for a cheeky weigh-in. I know, I know, I only weighed in 4 days ago, but after the brown alert during my last fast, which I described yesterday, and then another very successful 36-hour fast, I felt sure I…
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Hitting the ground running (and swimming!)
I’m very excited to start 2026 with a bang! Having lost over 12lbs in December, I took a bit of a break from my strict diet to enjoy Christmas and the New Year. I did so entirely guilt-free, certain in the knowledge that I now have all the tools I need to get back on…
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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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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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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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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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Diabetes and hypertension – the double-whammy
So, now that it looks like I may still have Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), and I definitely have hypertension (aka – high blood pressure), I started looking into the link between these diseases. It’s pretty stark. Hypertension is twice as frequent in patients with diabetes compared with those who do not have diabetes. Moreover, patients…
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My heart hasn’t been in it – NHS woes
10 days since my last blog entry – you have to wonder if my heart has been in it. Well – I can honestly say it’s been a rollercoaster 10 days, and as a result – no it hasn’t been. Firstly – I got the results of my “official” blood test results back, or at…
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