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Swimming vs running
As I reported recently, I had a definite breakthrough in my pool swimming last time, comfortably extending from my usual 1km swim to 1.25km, an extra 10 lengths over my usual 40 lengths of the pool. At the same time I had been bilateral breathing – breathing to alternate sides, only every third stroke, which…
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Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming…
Back to swimming last night after a little bit of a break, and feeling really good about my progress. I’ve been swimming at the pool for a month now, and frankly not particularly enjoying it. After the freedom of a nice cool (ok, borderline freezing!) lake, being confined to a 25m pool with the temperature…
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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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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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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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Slowly starting to run again
I’m keen to try and get back into running as I know that combined/alternated with cycilng it’s one of the best ways for me to lose weight fast, and that is the goal! 🙂 Since I injured my knee back in August 2021 I haven’t done much running at all. Last year I tried to…
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