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The postive side of my Type 2 Diabetes diagnosis
I know this is going to sound strange, but I’m going to say it anyway: There is a potential positive side to having a Type 2 diabetes diagnosis! 🫣 Bear with me before you decide I’ve gone totally crazy! 🤪 The fact is, before my diagnosis, I was slowly killing myself – between debilitating fatigue, chronic hypertension…
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The Bank Holiday Brain Fog & Conquering the Swimmer’s Mile 🏊♂️
What a weird start to the week! After driving back from Newcastle on Monday, I was feeling great – until I tried to do my usual routine. I got fully prepped for my swim, drove to the pool, and found… a dark, deserted building. Then I drove to Tesco for groceries. Closed. Mental note: Always…
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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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Weird week – but I’ll take the win
This week started well, then took a weird side turn. The beginning of the week started well, as I discussed in an earlier post. In the background, as some of you may recall, I was made redundant a few weeks back. I’m still kind of in a weird post-redundancy announcement limbo where, effectively, I’m still…
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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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After a mild plateau – I finally broke through – under 230lbs!
Persistence pays off. I’m currently somewhat stressed about my recent “job restructuring” – as an example of how it’s affecting me I packed my swim stuff last night, went to the swimming pool for my regular Monday evening swim, and realised once I arrived that I’d left my swim bag at home! 😂 Easily done,…
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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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My broken heart
I can’t recall now if I mentioned it, but last month, on June 20th, I had to have my beloved white German shepherd Willow put to sleep. She’d had a long battle with cancer which finally got the better of her. The months before were quite stressful as you can imagine, but nothing compared to…
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