Back on track in week 9

[Mercmancouchto5k]

HI there,

Yesterday I did the W9R1, after a false start on Christmas Day at the Park Run. My son is up visiting from Uni and he accompanied me. The first time I have had a companion. My jogging speed was too slow for his pace, but a little too fast for him to walk. So he power walked with me the whole 5+30+5 minutes. The best run I have had so far. We will do W9R2 together tomorrow, but after that, we both commute back to work. So my final graduation run may be 2nd or 3rd January. Just missed the year end by doing the park run at Christmas, but not disappointed. Those fears of not being able to complete W9 runs disappeared at 10 minutes when I was already in the groove. All the best for the new year to my new friends on this blog.

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Good for you and keep it up and good for your son for encouraging you.

And what a great way to start 2019...👍

[Mercmancouchto5k in reply to Hidden]

Thanks Jerry, just realized I posted this on health forum not Couch25K forum. Not sure how that happened but thanks for response.

[Hidden in reply to Mercmancouchto5k]

Hey I realised that and it happens a lot, it was a great positive post and all HU forums are support forums...We have many members who are dealing with type2D so you're in good company on here regardless. 😊

[Mercmancouchto5k in reply to Hidden]

Hi Jerry, I had not appreciated the link between the specific Couch25K and the broader HealthUnlocked forums (or do we say fora?). I will now monitor this one too because diet is another side to my T2D escape plan. Thanks for the heads up.

[Activity2004 Administrator in reply to Mercmancouchto5k]

Hi and welcome to the group, Mercmancouchto5k . Feel free to continue posting and commenting on postings and comments from the other members, creating new positngs/comments, take a look at the Topics, Events, Polls and Pinned Posts sections for more information and/or ideas. Also, please meet the rest of the members of the Healthy Eating group. We are all very helpful and friendly. Please ask any questions that you may have anytime. We will try and answer them the best of our abilities.

Have you checked out the DRWF (Diabetes Research and Wellness Foundation) and DI (Diabetes India) groups also on HU? Go to:

DRWF: healthunlocked.com/drwfdiab...

DI: healthunlocked.com/diabetes...

You can click on the links and then the follow buttons for each group to post and comment at anytime.

[Mercmancouchto5k in reply to Activity2004]

Hi Activity2004, and thank you for bringing to my attention the two groups which I have browsed for content, then joined. I am a great believer that positive feedback on social media forums or blogs reinforces the sometimes complicated science behind any road to recovery. Many people give advice (including general practitioners) which can be at best confusing, and at worst misleading. I remember reading somewhere somebody advising that (a) you have to take Metformin if you have type 2 diabetes, then (b) you have to maintain your carb intake because if you don't, the Metformin will cause you to go hypoglycaemic and that can be as bad as hyperglycaemic.

[Activity2004 Administrator in reply to Mercmancouchto5k]

In some cases, taking medications to control the blood sugars may be not right for everyone, so if a person is to go on medications/start insulin, then they have to talk with their Endocrinologist(s) before changing anything. With any medication or insulin, they have a tendancy to get a person's blood sugars very low (hypoglycemia) and the lows are more dangerous than the hypers. because the hypos. have to be taken care of right away. The higher numbers can be dangerous over time.

[Hidden in reply to Activity2004]

Well done Leah, I had assumed our friend was on the diabetic forums... 😊

[Activity2004 Administrator in reply to Hidden]

Thank you!😀👍👌

[Zest]

Hi Mercmancouchto5k

Wow, you are doing really well. I know you intended to post this on Couch to 5km forum, but I am still happy to read your progress, and want to cheer you on!

You are very welcome in the Healthy eating forum too - so do stay around if you want to. Wishing you an excellent weekend.

Zest

[Mercmancouchto5k in reply to Zest]

Thanks for the support, and I learn something every day. Will follow this one too now.

[Zaza0309]

Well done Mercmancouchto5k and top attitude 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻