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<\/a>But recently I decided that I wanted to capture more of everyday life and people around me<\/a> for my personal record. I’m getting old and I’m increasingly aware of the passage of time and how I can’t go back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, this time, a slight departure from the usual ramblings: I’m going to show you a day in my life. If you’re interested in pushing the fun further, we could turn this into a loose collaboration (I know I don’t have a large reach here, but whoever wants to take part is welcome): show me a day in yours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This post might be long…<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n This doesn’t have the pretention of being very interesting or to showcase high art. It really aims at showing my everyday life, in all its mundane and trivial glory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The rules if you decide to participate:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Most of the photos today will be taken with my Sony RX100III. It’s a wee camera that is about 10 years old that I bought second hand for nothing because the visor was broken (I’ll use the screen, then). It’s nothing special and it has all the problems that come with small P&S cameras (barrel distortion, vignetting, high noise, not much DoF), but it’s suitable for daily reportage style photos if you’re careful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The first thing I do when out of bed (which is usually between 6am and 7am because cats) is weigh myself. I was diagnosed with T2 diabetes in May 2022. My parents had been pestering me to have a routine blood test done since I’m never sick and therefore never see a doctor, “just in case”, for months, so I eventually gave in. And they were right. My GP announced me that I had type 2 diabetes, that it was progressive, that he was putting me on Metformin for now, but that I might need insulin injections if things don’t get much better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Most people panic, despair, and refuse reality when they’re diagnosed. Their world just crumbled. My nerdy brain said “bullshit! Let’s see what that is and if we can find a solution”. You’re reading a guy who did a PhD for fun. So I read the last 20 years of scientific publications on T2 diabetes, and extended to bariatric surgery side effects (I felt there was something there). After thousands of papers (call it a literature review), I decided that I agreed with the research conducted by Dr Taylor in the UK as part of the DiRECT study in the last few years and devised a 3-phase action plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Long story short: I lost 40kg in 1 year, my HbA1c went from 7.5%+ to 5.4% (stable since September 2022), I have a normal human diet, and I’m no longer diabetic as far as medicine can detect. Those who are curious can read more about my journey on my dedicated blog<\/a>. My GP still can’t explain it and still tells me regularly that it’s progressive (no proof of that in the literature that I could find) and that I might need insulin one day (to which my nerdy brain answers: “over my dead body”). But I know from my research that weight gain would be likely be the signal for diabetes to start again, so I keep an eye on it and only allow small variations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I have breakfast on my own. That’s how I like it. I don’t like to be pushed into people interactions, talking, or noise that early. I’m not sociable at the best of times, but my brain needs time to start gently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n My past diabetes is also one of the reasons why I have the same breakfast every day: an egg and some coffee. I take a photo of all I eat so I have hundreds of photos of plates with eggs in them (I used to have 2 eggs, but then discovered that the yoke is very rich in iron and it was making my iron spike so I’m now on 1 large egg).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n