In 2020 just after lockdown, just like many others, I had been indulging in a lot of desserts. Before this, I went to the gym each weekday for at least one cardio class and walked at least 10,000 steps during the weekend. With lockdown all the gyms had shut down and thus I did not manage the usual 60 minutes cardio workout and noticed that I had started to pile on the weight.
The downside of putting on a little weight for me, being a diabetic, meant my diabetes was not controlled and the chances of my medication increasing were very possible. I had to convince my doctor to hold onto that plan of increasing, promising that I would take action by diet control, exercise and soul healing.
This promise was more to myself to take control of my own health. As I had been for a number of years, I signed up to the 1 million step challenge with Diabetes UK in July 2020. This is a challenge that runs over 3 months and makes sure you do an average of 11,000 steps each day. This ensures regular exercise on a daily basis that will help with weight loss or maintaining your weight. I also used 1 kg weights to help with toning the arms and shoulders. The days that you can’t go out, you can run and workout indoors. I personally love the rebounder, as it does not take too much space and is gentle on the knees and back.
I also included various soul healing techniques – which help with 5 levels of healing (soul, heart, mind, energy and body). A lot of our weight challenges go beyond the physical body. The spiritual, emotional and mental bodies are crucial and many of the challenges are at the root cause – soul level.
With the help of the above I managed to lose 5kg of weight by the end of September 2020.
I also started incorporating some dietary changes from July onward, from introducing protein shakes to begin with. In November 2020, I started a strict high protein diet for 3 months and no sugar diet from January 2021 for a few months. I reached a target weight of around 58kg by then.
In 2021 and 2022, I decided to set a goal of walking throughout the year and signed up to the End To End challenges as well as various walking challenges by Diabetes UK – Wellness walk, 1 million Step and Bridges walk.
The upside of all the above was when I halved my metformin from 4 to 2 and March 2021, my Triglycerides level reduced back to normal. For the last 4 years my Triglycerides have been high. For the first time after years it went down to normal level.