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28 mins on the treadmill,video you told me any time in the past that I would enjoy and need a run I would never have believed it. Today's run was well needed and enjoyed, also still on the downward trend weight wise measuring in at 13st 9lb not bad considering I've been living out a hotel for the past week

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Challenges

At the moment i am putting myself through so many challenges, even decided to sign up for a 20 day vegan challenge.  Not that i think will end up being a vegan but to push myself out of my comfort zone and learn some new recipes :).  I have always felt that if we dont challenge ourselves we will just stagnate 

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Knowledge is power

Well my meals seem to be more and more vegetarian, infact so much so that i am toying with trying a vegan diet.  Had some dried fruit earlier and my blood sugars hit the roof but at least ive learnt from that one.  The thing that really surprises me is the lack of information that i have had from the medical profession.  I mean apart from being diagnosed and told what a health meal plate looks like, i really have been left a lot in the dark most of what i know now comes from online sources.  You really have to arm yourself with as much information as possible.

Good news is the scales have hit 13 stone 13, that means ive lost over 2 stone now and am overweight rather than obese.  Also managing to jog for 25 mins on the tread mil on my couch to 5k program, to think i used to struggle to do 90 seconds not that long ago.  I also check my bloods fairly regularly and find them in the acceptable range 4 to 7 and am learning to eat to my meter as they call it online.

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I want to see the personal journeys of people approaching weight-loss or general fitness in a healthy and positive manner.

Please, reblog if you’re sharing your journey! If you’re out there, I want to know about it!

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Making this call out again. Who’s out there?

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Heading in the right direction

Well today's weigh in seen me hit 14st 1lb which not only a lb off me loosing 2 stone but it officially puts my bmi as overweight rather than obese.  It also is a good time to sit back and reflect how well cutting out junk and mainly eating plant based foods along with the NHS app couch to 5k has helped improve my body stats. It also means i have lost 10 percent of my body weight which is supposed to help reverse T2 diabetes. 

 This being said i often wonder if it is just away of managing it rather than reversing it.  After all by cutting back on my intake i am naturally cutting back on my sugar levels in my blood and if i grabbed a big slice of cake the sugar levels would spike again so its more managing than reversing even though my blood test results would no longer class me as type2, my body would still act in the same way to sugar.

[freckster]

The stating plan

With the announcement of being t2 diabetes, immediately started my online research to try and understand the condition more.  With little information forth coming for my doctor and practice nurse i took it on myself to find answers.  I discovered that research showed that people who lost 10-15 percent of their body weight seemed to have their diabetes go into remission.  So i decided to cut all processed foods from my diet, i also decided to avoid hi carb foods such as rice,potatoes and bread that would spike my sugar levels.  I down loaded a couch to 5k app fron the nhs and started to increase my daily activity levels.  That was about 5 weeks ago, then i weighed in at 16 stone today i weigh 14 stone 5lb, a good loss by all accounts and my bmi is creeping slowly from being obese to being overweight.  Which is my initial goal. 

 I was given a blood sugar monitor as i had ketones in my urine (keytones are a side effect of the body burning fat seemingly bad if i had high sugar and keytones at the same time), my sugars seem to have stayed in a healthy range and i now am a bit more comfortable knowing that it seems to be under control, i was also relieved that i was prescribed no medication for it.

[freckster]

Diabetes

Having recently being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes it amazes me how much conflicting information there was out there on the subject from both the internet and medical staff.  

After been given the diagnosis over the phone and asked to book in for yet more bloods to be take i really was initially given very little medical information for 2 weeks after.  So it was time to trawl the net and see what was available online.

Some of the interesting things i have discovered that may help people in a similar situation.

1 when people are talking blood sugar level numbers both daily and the 3 monthly ones, the american values are different and so are the old uk ones took me ages to get my head around the numbers for me.

2 There is a big difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes so make sure you are reading up on the correct type.

3  I tend to ignore the ones that then try to sell you supplements at the end or an specific program to cure me.  The internet has so many unreliable sources never take anything for granted you read on a shiny website. Although i recommend a look at www.diabetes.org.uk they were also recommended by my nurse and sent out free info before my doctor gave me any.

4 The psychological aspect of the diagnosis should not be underestimated lots of people feel guilty that thier lifestyle has caused it and many are really scared of the “complications” that every site talks about.  However with management of our condition hopefully these “complications” can be avoided and we can also make efforts to change our lifestyle.  What we did in the past is gone and we cant change that, we have to look to the future.

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“Sometimes the most scenic roads in life are the detours you didn’t mean to take.”

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“Blue ice I”

The ice calved by the glacier Breiðamerkurjökull (a glacier tongue of the Vatnajökull glacier) is up to 1000 years old. Old volcano ashes are seen as black areas within the ice, different crystals result in blue areas. These ice blocks were thrown back onto the “Diamond beach” by the tide. 

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Seeing the world around us - perspective

There's many ways to see the world around us and so many inspirational quotes one the subject. Is your glass half full or half empty? But the truth is we condition ourselves to see the world in a certain way, we can change our perspective by trying to look at things differently, by understanding people don't always see the world the same way as ourselves and that things might be happening that we don't know about or understand. One of the best quotes I've heard is imagine yourself on a quiet train journey, it's a lazy Sunday morning and your travelling home after a hectic Sunday night. Close your eyes and imagine this scene. Then imagine a dad and 2 children come on board, the kids are running about jumping on chairs and yelling. Your peace is shattered, imagine how you would feel. After a while you look up at the father and say can't you control your kids. He looks at you and says, I maybe should say something to them but we have just came from the hospital where there mother died this morning, they and I haven't really come to terms with it yet. Immediately if you have been feeling this story your emotions change and your perspective shifts, from these brats to the poor kids. That really is perspective shifting and with practice and an open mind we can do it when we want.

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