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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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Swimming and running strong!
I finished my first 36-hour fast on Monday and had a good swim in the evening. I was aiming for 2 x 500m, 1x 250m, but was feeling good, so I added an extra short set of 150m for a total of 1.4km. I could have pushed out another 100m for the full mile, but…
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Blips and cravings – why consistency beats perfection
So I had another blip last week that paused my weight loss. Actually, I put on 2.3lbs. This was a result of a trip to Newcastle to see my partner, as I discussed in my previous post, “Making Allowances”, where I allowed myself Chinese food. And enjoyed it! Since I’ve now blown past my HbA1c…
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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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Life gets in the way…with a baseball bat sometimes (at least it feels that way!)
I often half-joke about how life gets in the way of your best intentions, whether it’s sabotaging your diet or making it challenging to fast or exercise. In a recent blog, I also joked about how weight loss is like banking. When you are flush, you make deposits in your savings account (store fat), and…
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What got you here won’t get you there
An important lesson I’ve learnt in life, that applies most especially to weight loss, is “what got you here won’t necessarily get you there”. This week my weight loss stalled for the first time since I began. I have seen my weight go up on occasions, like last week’s business trip to Paris where I…
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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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Easy come, easy go – business trip blips, and how to reframe a 6lb weight gain as a success!
So, after my last post in which I saw my biggest weekly weight loss since starting this program in December, I had a business trip to Paris which I also mentioned. I came back from the trip feeling really positive about myself. I had avoided all of the obvious temptations completely. Not a single slip,…
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My biggest weight loss week so far! An absolutely stonking week!
My final weigh-in this week, and it did not disappoint! This is why I don’t worry about the odd “birthday blip” on my weight loss and diabetic reversal journey. I weighed in this morning and – fanfare please…. I am now an increasingly svelte 16 st 7.7 lbs (231.7 lbs / 105.3 kg). That’s a…
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