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    Desmond course - worth using a day's annual leave?

    I went on the desmond course a couple of years ago and honestly, I would save your annual leave for something else. They taught the Eat Well plate and stressed the importance of eating carbs with every meal. They talked about cutting down on sweet food and sugar in general and did some...
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    Fasting For Type 2's

    I have also started to experiment with Fasting following a read of this post and then devouring everything on Dr Fung's website. I was also hovering around the 15-20 and through a combination of LCHF and currently about 4 fasts (2 x 24hours and 2 x 36+ hours) I have managed to get my numbers...
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    Possible 1.5, need help!

    Thank you all for your replies! I feel more confident about getting what I want now. I just hope she doesn't insist on speaking to the diabetic nurse first! Haha I'm so impatient. Smidge that information is particularly helpful, thank you. I must write my pre doctor check list before I head...
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    Possible 1.5, need help!

    Thanks Paul. I shall bug my doctor about the tests. The worst part was, I had resisted taking roaccutane for years and one persistent doctor (at my old practice) wouldn't leave it alone because of my terrible acne and convinced me. He said that at 29, I was getting a bit too old for skin...
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    Possible 1.5, need help!

    Xyzzy my doctor fully admitted to not knowing enough about diabetes and offered to let me see a different doctor in the practice. He was a bumbling idiot who I fervently disliked. I think in the long run I'd rather have a caring and supportive doctor who admits to being a bit lacking in...
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    Possible 1.5, need help!

    Hi folks, I was diagnosed with type 2 in June last year aged 30 after a visit to the doctor for something unrelated. Since then I have been reading up and am not convinced the type is right. I have no family history of diabetes of any kind. Also although I'm overweight my doctor said that she...
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    Pedometer Challenge Thread

    I'm up to 2365. Also have a meeting today, and Wednesday and Thursday. Boo! Thursday is in London though and what with the tube strike, I suspect I'll get my steps that day. Yesterday I didn't quite make my 10k goal, getting 9135 but pretty darn close! Cardio tonight so hopefully I should get...
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    Pedometer Challenge Thread

    Go on Andy! *drumroll* Sent from the Diabetes Forum App
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    Pedometer Challenge Thread

    The only things getting me through my workout is my promise to myself to do the full 90 days and the thought of a bubble bath with a good book when I'm done! Sent from the Diabetes Forum App
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    Pedometer Challenge Thread

    I'm at 11039 and about to workout so I can veg for the rest of the night. It's been a busy few days. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App
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    Pedometer Challenge Thread

    4371 for me. Got up early to workout and having a bit of a girlie day with my sister so am out and about :-) Sent from the Diabetes Forum App
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    Pedometer Challenge Thread

    Maybe have it as a goal treat further down the line? Like if you lose a certain amount of weight, or if you don't have weight to lose, if you hit certain fitness goals... Like say a 5K? :) How are you doing today? And everyone else? :) I'm off to a great start due to a 5am alarm and an early...
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    Pedometer Challenge Thread

    Fitbit themselves actually suggest the bra as a suitable place to clip it. After reading some reviews where people had lost their fitbit after it fell out of the clip or a pocket it seemed the safest bet so I always have it here. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App
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    Pedometer Challenge Thread

    Oo-Er! Haha. I always have mine clipped in the side of my boulder holder. If it becomes unclipped, there's no room for it to go anywhere! Haha. I have, more than once, forgotten I was in public and reached in to press the button and see how my steps are going instead of syncing it to the...
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    Staggering (also called running)

    I was eyeing up a pair of inov8 shoes as my 2 stone weight loss reward. Partially becuase I'm thinking of starting running again, partially because they were suggested to also be good for plyometrics which I do a lot of and partially (maybe the biggest part) becuase they were so pretty. You'll...