I have done it in the past when I was at my peak so to speak. You will get your 100kg if you start low say 50kg 5x5 then every week add 5kg for six weeks finishing with 80kg 5x2, then drop back to 60kg 5x4 and again add 5kg a week for another six weeks which will get you too 90kg 5x2, then following week try your 100kg for 2 this should work for you if the weights feel light start a bit heavier and work up.4 plates a side on an Olympic bar bench press, like how do you lift that?Them's real weights @johnpol, my own goal is 100kg, I've lifted it in the past but weighing a stone more and 20 years younger.
Swimming for me, should have been with child but she took a friend and ignored me for 26 minutes before wanting to interrupt meand I managed 1100m breaststroke in that time, I'm finding I've a more steady post swim blood glucose now I'm using Tresiba as my basal which is a relief....
Japes would you mind elaborating a bit? Were your blood sugars stable for a while and then started climbing for no obvious reason?
I’m only asking as Ive read similar things which worry me a little and I almost wonder if we’re fighting an impossible battle sometimes.
I was pretty stable from initial diagnosis of Type 2 when I got my bloods down from an hba1c of 144 to 57 in three months in late 2015. (Also morbidly obese, so Type 2 was most likely despite clear indicators it probably wasn't, even then - they were ignored.)
They began to creep up which I blamed on Christmas and being out of routine (!) and began walking in the New Year as strict eating was doing no good. This helped keep me pretty steady, stable and was what we all attributed continued weight loss to along with LCHF eating.
Come late 2017 absolutely nothing was working, hbA1c was now into 60s and over the radar for attention, cue the "You're not doing enough with diet and exercise," from doctor, explosion of outrage from me ("What part of halving my body weight and walking 8 - 10 miles every day is not doing enough?"), which then went to "You've got to expect this to progress." and the next review saw me refusing outright to see this doctor again, my nice DSN had moved practice and I was reluctantly persuaded to see a new GP. Which was the best thing as he took things much more seriously, looked at the history, referred me to the clinic, who diagnosed LADA, put me on insulin fast and there we are today.
Consultant and I agreed I'd probably saved myself from an emergency DKA hospitalisation purely because I'd kept accurate records, knew myself well (I was on the verge of suggesting ketone testing at the next GP appointment or walking into A&E), had eaten sensibly for my blood sugars and that the exercise had helped overall more than anything.
Also, we agreed if I had been a classic Type 2, rather than the LADA I really was, I'd been going about helping myself in the very best ways and my walking being one of the best of all. (Doctors all happy about my LCHF. Dieticians and nurses were hysterical, but couldn't argue I was basically healthy on it, about from this extreme hyperglycemia and starvation levels of ketones, and had no answer when I pointed out my meter didn't cope if I did eat carbs so why eat them if the point was to keep my blood sugars down?)
Today, the walking helps keep blood levels at safe levels. I have no qualms about eating more carbs than I have been, but nowhere near what I used to pre-initial diagnosis. as long as I'm going to walk them off, and I stick to non-wheat grain carbs, preferably gluten-free. A smidgeon of weight has gone back on, which is why I'm doing longer walks again this summer and two or three pounds have already shifted
That’s an eye opening story @Japes. I’m really impressed. Thank goodness you were so on the ball and found that knowledgeable Dr.
It worries me that there seem to be so few well informed medical professionals re diabetes.
@Japes fantastic news that you are back on target in all areas and testament to your indomitable spirit. Total respect madam.My Regular Moderate Exercise Friends, I am now well and truly back on target in all areas, and could now, if I choose, have a relatively gentle August. Except, I like getting well ahead before the dark mornings and dark nights appear again!!
I am rewarding my current backpack, my meter bags, any other bag which goes in my backpack on my travels, and the term time meds bag with a wash! Also means I'm sat down quietly for a bit until everything has dried out.
They breed 'em tough round your way sir, good man. I doff my hat to youLegs today no swim, squats up to 110kg x 6, starting set was 60kg x 15, leg raises & extensions and calf raises, 4 sets of each and heaviest calf raise at 110kg x 10, I've cycled 5 miles today too and ache a bit now.
A good ache though
@Goonergal outstanding effort after a hard week at work and in hot humid conditions. I will have managed 10.5K steps not much but I would not have done that much without wearing a fitbit and trying for the 250 steps every hour. Definitely eased off exercise after Tuesday but I have had some aches and pains. The most important task this week was to make my grandson not feel pushed out while mum recovered from C section.
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