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  • Protein first

    Nix16 Mar 2025steady energy 2

    Recording this for the record. Protein first, everything else after. It is not interesting advice and it is the only advice that has changed anything. Was undereating…

  • A wedding

    Sadie16 Mar 2025warm energy 2

    Ten minutes then I am asleep. Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long afternoon, no drama, and she was happy. Somebody asked what my secret was and I…

  • I nearly did not write

    Soraya16 Mar 2025steady energy 3

    Short one tonight. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a journal made only of eventful weeks would give a false impression of the whole…

  • Eight minutes and a chair

    Toby16 Mar 2025tired but good energy 1

    Ten minutes then I am asleep. Eight minutes and a chair. That is the whole programme. Tuesday and Friday. I have done it for eleven weeks. Grip strength has gone off…

  • No news

    Wystan16 Mar 2025fine energy 1

    Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a journal made only of eventful weeks would give a false impression of the whole thing. I nearly did not…

  • Two lengths, badly

    Bay15 Mar 2025quietly delighted energy 1

    Sitting down to this properly tonight. Carried both bags up in one go. Small thing. Wrote it down. Got down on the floor and back up again unaided. I have not been…

  • Starters as a main

    Bo15 Mar 2025warm energy 2

    Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long afternoon, no drama, and she was happy. My mother cooks. That is how she says it. So I eat what I can, slowly, and…

  • A slower schedule

    Bodhi15 Mar 2025steady energy 5turning point

    Sitting down to this properly tonight. Holding at this step for another month. I would rather be here comfortably than one step further and wrecked. A very slow…

  • Both bags, one go

    Bunny15 Mar 2025quietly delighted energy 2

    Swam. First time since school. Two lengths, badly, grinning. Slept flat. Whole night. Flat. Breakfast shift.

  • A rough few days

    Cato15 Mar 2025rough energy 1turning point

    Bad week and I am writing it down anyway, because a journal that only contains the good weeks would be a lie and no use to anybody reading it later. Two sentences.…

  • Nothing to report

    Clover15 Mar 2025flat energy 2

    Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a journal made only of eventful weeks would give a false impression of the whole thing. An unremarkable…

  • Three years side by side

    Gwenda15 Mar 2025relieved energy 2

    Bloods back. Unremarkable, she said, which is a word I had never once heard applied to me. A1c down. I looked at the number for a long time and then rang my mother,…

  • Nine minutes

    Héloïse15 Mar 2025brisk energy 2

    Nine minutes. I took three written questions and got three answers, which is the best return I have ever had from an appointment. Took the diary in. She read it…

  • Nothing to report

    Nan15 Mar 2025fine energy 2

    This week: No news. The dog is well, the weather has been foul, and I have taken my medication on the correct day for the eleventh week running. An unremarkable week.…

  • A new bin and a plan

    Ned15 Mar 2025organised energy 1

    A quiet week. Batch cooked on a good day for the bad days. Six labelled boxes in the freezer and a great deal of smugness. Small logistics win: worked out where the…

  • Sunday night, four lines

    Nettie15 Mar 2025held energy 2

    Nobody has ever asked me how I was doing on a Wednesday before. My buddy noticed something in my journal before I did and asked me a very gentle question about it.…

  • Across the day

    Rafe15 Mar 2025steady energy 2

    A brief account of the week. Got something with protein in before nine this morning, which meant the rest of the day did not fall apart at four. Spread it across the…

  • I nearly did not write

    Rilla15 Mar 2025fine energy 3

    Quick one. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. No news. The dog is well, the weather has been foul, and I…

  • A plain question

    Ruthie15 Mar 2025steady energy 1

    A brief account of the week. Spread it across the day instead of trying to do it all at teatime and everything got easier. Was undereating without realising. The…

  • I told her

    Salma15 Mar 2025better energy 3turning point

    Told my prescriber rather than waiting to see. That is new for me and it is entirely down to something someone said in circle. Wrote about what being challenged was…

  • An unremarkable week

    Sorrel15 Mar 2025steady energy 1

    No news. The dog is well, the weather has been foul, and I have taken my medication on the correct day for the eleventh week running. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild…

  • Back without making it up

    Tavia15 Mar 2025tired but good energy 5

    Evening. Kept the two sessions that matter and dropped the two that were vanity. Fewer, heavier, done. Eight minutes and a chair. That is the whole programme. Tuesday…

  • A new bin and a plan

    Thea15 Mar 2025organised energy 3

    Small logistics win: worked out where the pen actually lives in a fridge shared with four other people and a toddler's yoghurts. Two lines a day in a paper diary.…

  • Grip

    Anna14 Mar 2025tired but good energy 4

    A brief account of the week. Two sessions this week, both short, both done. Ren keeps saying that two a week for two years beats a perfect programme abandoned in…