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HI david,

Thank god, "your normal".

Been there ,Have a blow out meal and give up, don't think so. :evil:

Facebook is loosing the plot. Just change the 6 to 60 kilometer bike ride and send, then your mates may stop bullsh*t**g.

Good luck Mate.

Roy.

You have increased your activity by something close to 100 percent in a short period of time. They've been doing whatever it is they're doing since forever. You tell me who's the champ, mate? The person who makes a big change, or the person who does what he always did?

Chin up! Onwards

You shouldn't compare what you do against other people. Did you see the interviews after events in the olympics? So many athletes talking about beating their PBs, their personal bests. Compete against yourself - it's the only way.

Bl**dy hell Davide you put my 3 to 5km dog walk to shame. I agree with Swim, compete against yourself far better.

Never look over your shoulder to see what over people are doing, just work to your own targets and ignore everyone else

I'm fed up and depressed this morning. I'm overweight and bad blood sugars. I've put a lot of effort in this past 2 weeks and my blood sugars have really improved and less insulin so I'm delighted with that but like always this only last a short time (don't know why) but I've made the effort and now back cycling to work (3 miles each way). Jumped on the scales this morning full of enthusiasm to see how much weight I'd lost only to find I've now put on ANOTHER 2 kgs. :shock: Hopefully I'll still stay positive but it is going to be hard.

Use a measuring tape. You may be adding muscle mass instead of fat. Muscle is more dense than fat. You will be healthier, look slimmer and have better insulin sensivity. Measure your waist, your hips and around you neck. Jot down the numbers, check in a few weeks. Scales only tell you what you weigh, and that's sometimes only half the picture. How does your clothes fit? How do you feel? What time of month is it (water retention)? Etc.

Do the right thing, pat yourself on the back and also just enjoy your activities.

-M

DavideB said:

Just feeling sorry for myself so wanted a moan: Before I had this ferking illness I would not even walk to the shop...Now I do a 6 kilometer bike ride in the morning and 13 in the evening and lost over 2 stone in weight..People say well done great is it? IS IT ***** when I read mates on facebook saying just done a 30k bike ride just done a 10 mile run!!! Do I feel Like S***....just want to GIVE UP and go and have a Blow out meal!!!!

Rant over...Thank you

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Rant appreciated but listen ... I'm nearly 60 and I used to walk and cycle everywhere until I was in my 30s when suddenly my body seemed to go haywire for reasons best known to itself. I once bent down in the hallway to pick up my post and the floor looked so inviting that I actually lay there for 3 whole days because I was so exhausted. I lived alone so there was no-one to find me and when I told my GP his response was 'Got any witnesses?' and a prescription for depression.

I struggled back and forth to the shops, no car, and what would normally take a 10 minute walk took me most of the day due to the exhaustion, breathlessness and foot pain etc. Then once I'd shopped I couldn't carry it home, struggled even to lift it into a taxi and then into the house. I'd haul the shopping in and leave it in the hallway and flop, then find it there days later, most of it gone off! Still I wasn't diagnosed with anything except 'depression'. All that time I called myself 'lazy' and believed I could 'just do it if I tried hard enough'. But I was kidding myself and I think many diabetics are forced to do that because the testing for the damned condition is ****. There MUST be a way for it to be diagnosed sooner than it is at present and I dread to think how many people out there are being treated for illnesses they don't have when the underlying cause is undiagnosed diabetes.

As for exercise, don't worry, if you can do SOME then be pleased with yourself. Never compare yourself to others and don't compete. You're doing 19k a day and that's brilliant. Exercise is good but over-exercise isn't, so don't fall into the trap of quantity versus quality where exercise is concerned. You're doing well.

Hi. Grace.

What I have just read Makes me so angry :x that honest people like you have had to go through this unnecessary hell.

I believe this illness can be diagnosed sooner, and there is no excuse except for commercial food sponsors and "untrained doctors regarding Diabetes".

Early test can easily be made and I do not know why not.

Your story makes me so pleased to have contact with such nice people like you on this forum.

you are so right,

Roy.