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20 December 2015

My weight is up a little. Probably just water since I haven't done anything high intensity to burn glycogen since my injury. I have been walking but it's not the same.

I hope everyone has a great holiday week!

Weight:	Lost so far:	Still to go:	Diet followed:
98.9 kg	6.8 kg	8.2 kg	Reasonably Well

(5 comments) Gaining 0.8 kg a Week

14 December 2015

I pushed myself during my 5K on Saturday and had a hamstring strain after the first mile. I did finish the race but was in pain. It was not fun. I was really upset about the injury so I overate on Saturday, a real carb fest of emotional eating. I also didn't log everything. My weight shot up 4 lbs which is actually normal for my refeed days. I'll need to find some other exercise to maintain my aerobic fitness. I'm giving myself a couple of days of rest for my hamstring and then will try some different machines in the gym.

Here's a picture of me before the race.

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11 December 2015

Happy Friday afternoon!

This is my off week for exercise. Unfortunately it turned into an off week for my diet as well. A couple of over days and above the carbs I wanted for this week since I wasn't working out. The oatmeal raisin cookies my wife made keep calling my name. The good thing is that they are almost gone.

I did have some NSV though. I can now fit in a large t-shirt/sweatshirt. Before I started on my diet I was at 3X. Also I can see the muscle striations on my quads. I'm happy about both.

I was supposed to take the entire week off of exercise but I went ahead and signed up for a 5K race tomorrow. I'm going to really push myself to see what I can do. We'll see how it goes with such a short distance.

Have a great weekend everybody!

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06 December 2015

Weight:	Lost so far:	Still to go:	Diet followed:
97.3 kg	8.3 kg	6.6 kg	Reasonably Well

Add Comment Losing 0.8 kg a Week

29 November 2015

My lightest day for the week was actually Thanksgiving morning. I didn't get a true refeed last Sunday since I was going to eat more later in the week. I'm up about a pound from there. Not worried about as it's only .2 pounds up from last week.

I've been slacking off on my gym workouts. I've been tired in the morning and talking myself out of it. Due to work I won't get back into the gym for a couple of weeks. I have been keeping up with my running which is the more important workout for me anyway.

My workouts for the week

Monday - Run, 44:44, 5.02 miles, 8:54 min/mi
Wednesday - 10 hill sprints
Friday - Run, 1:00:59, 6.27 miles, 9:43 min/mi
Saturday - Run, 2:00:00, 11.39 miles, 10:32 min/mi

My Friday run was the same course as the race I ran back at the end of September. I was able to shave over 6 minutes off of my race time during the training run. the half mile hill in the middle of the course was pretty tough though.

Over the weekend I was looking back at some of the diabetes information I had. I was diagnosed as type 2 diabetic in May, 2014. I think I was diabetic for a while longer than that but that's the official diagnosis date. According to the information I have there are two possible causes for type 2 diabetes. One is that the cells in the body become insensitive to insulin and the pancreatic beta cells pump out more and more trying to compensate. The second cause is that the pancreatic beta cells can no longer keep up with insulin demand or completely stop producing insulin. Insulin sensitivity can be improved by losing weight and exercise. If the pancreatic beta cells are burned out then about the only thing that can be done is supplement with insulin.

What got me moving on the weight loss and exercise was the fear of having to take insulin. I remember my father who was also diabetic having troubles trying to control his blood glucose on insulin, having to eat within minutes of the injection and blood monitoring several time a day. I didn't want that. I have sympathy for any diabetics out there that have to go through that process.

When I started on my weight loss the only exercise I could really do was walk. Some days it was even difficult to walk just a mile. I never gave up and then started on a jog/walk routine. I coupled that with alternating days of weights focusing on multi joint movements. With the weight loss and exercise I was able to get my blood glucose back under control. This year I was declared no longer diabetic by my doctor.

It's been a long road and I have a longer one in front of me to maintain my weight loss. I still hope to lose a little more but even if I don't I am happy were I am at. I has not always been easy as there are a lot of temptations along the path. I will say it has definitely been worth it to regain my health. I'll repeat what others have said before me, if I can do it anybody can do it.

I hope everybody has a great rest of the weekend!

Weight:	Lost so far:	Still to go:	Diet followed:
98.2 kg	7.5 kg	7.4 kg	Reasonably Well

(3 comments) Gaining 0.1 kg a Week

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