Be Excellent To Each Other

Which, by the by, a £40 entry fee didn't consider the the £960+ logistics.

That was a lesson learnt in privateer racing.

I was right on the time, and got a top 27% finish

Excellent!

awesome

I had my 6 monthly checkup a few weeks ago. Blood pressure's OK, heart OK, cholesterol OK, but I'm still overweight and my blood sugar is too high, so I'm 'pre-diabetic.' The problem with having this review in February is that I've consumed a lot of naughty foods over Christmas, and we had a lot of chocolate left over from the festivities, so I know I've been eating too much of that, along with more biscuits and snacks than I know is good for me.

They said the same thing about my blood sugar after my mid-year review last year, but a check-up later one was OK. But as it's happened again, they asked if I wanted to go on a low level medication, or try to work on my diet and exercise. I opted for the diet and exercise. They recommended an app so that I can see what I should be eating, and what I shouldn't and one of the things that I noticed immediately is that a lot of the things I was told to avoid after my heart attack and open heart surgery, are on the list of things I should be eating to keep my blood sugar level down.

I've started taking it a bit more seriously and have completely given up chocolate, biscuits, crisps and other snacks and no cakes or puddings/sweets after our evening meal. I'm also not eating anything after our evening meal until around 10am the following day, which means I'm fasting for around 14 to 15 hours each day. I've never had a big alcohol intake and I've pretty much stopped that completely. I've also started doing yoga, as recommended by my 78 year old brother-in-law who says he feels much more energetic and generally healthy since he started it last year. I started with a recommended 15 basic yoga poses and have started to add a few more as I get used to the routine. And now the weather's getting better I'll be walking the dogs more regularly.

I'm not finding this as difficult as I thought it might be, and I've lost about half a kilo in a little over a month.

Good luck to you, Warhead.

That’s all good stuff! Hope it does the trick.

Good work Warhead! Am also trying to eat a bit more healthy, if sometimes ambushed by 'wot that ain't healthy?!?' moments. Am surprised how much I've taken to yoghurt-no-sugar-muesli-blueberries combo and, God help us, wholemeal bread. Have lost over half a stone, which is nice, though I did get it down to a one-stone weight-loss before a holiday oop Liverpool and birthday week feasting reversed it.