July 28, 2026 • 31 mins
Real progress isn't about perfection—it's about consistency.
- A1C: 7.4 → 6.7
- Time in Range: 62% → 80%
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Small, sustainable changes really do add up.
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SPEAKER_00 (00:00):
My average blood sugar in February before I
started was 9.5, which is 171 inyour in your world.
Um now it's 7.9, so it's 142.
Still all obviously lots of roomfor improvement, but for me,
this is like oh my goodness, Ididn't realise.
unknown (00:16):
Yes.
SPEAKER_00 (00:17):
I mean range gone from 62% to 80%.
Oh I know, I'm just so impressedwith that.
Um standard deviation 2.9 to2.5.
So that's coming down, which isnice.
Um the A1C is 7.4 and I'm now6.7.
So there's still room.
(00:39):
Yeah, still room, but the trendis going in the right direction
for me, which I'm just I justsat here this morning looking,
going, I've actually done apretty good job.
I should actually put that up onmy win on the win community
page, which I'll probably doafter I get off off here.
But you know, it's fantastic.
And generally speaking, I'm nowfeeling when I get out there and
(01:01):
do something activity-wise orjust generally around the house,
I'm not having these huge lowsanymore.
SPEAKER_02 (01:09):
Keep going and keep up the fight.
SPEAKER_03 (01:13):
All right.
Well, Simone, I am so excited tohave you on.
I was actually just reviewingthe notes before this about how
your doctor mentioned that youmight be brittle and just the
journey you've been on.
And uh, of course, before andafter working with us, I am so
excited to get into the details.
But before we do, uh, would loveto have you share a little bit
about yourself, maybe how longhave you had diabetes, are you
(01:33):
on a pump or pens, and uh just alittle intro.
SPEAKER_00 (01:37):
Okay, hi Matt.
Good to be here.
Um, a little bit nervous, butwe'll we'll see how we go.
Um, I was diagnosed when I was11, so that would have been
1980, and you can work out theage from there.
So at that time, um, yeah, oninsulin pens, no, actually
insulin needles.
I was taking it by needles twicea day.
(01:59):
Um, blood testing, there was nosuch thing.
It was like penny test tabletsin a test tube and really
ancient, ancient stuff.
So uh yeah, so the round 11,probably a hard age to get it as
well, even though you know somepeople get it way before then.
Um very rebellious for manyyears at that stage.
So eating everything I was notallowed.
(02:22):
So chocolates, fried foods,biscuits, all sorts of things
were limited.
They weren't sort of, yeah, takeit and do the insulin thing.
Um, so yeah, packet of chocolatebiscuits every night hidden
underneath my bed, for goodnesssake.
So it was crazy times.
Um that continued for quite awhile.
So even when I was like a youngadult, I was still not doing
(02:44):
blood testing.
When blood testing finally camein, I was just ignoring it all,
just doing my journey.
Um, I had moved away from homeliving in Dubbo, which is on the
other side of the world.
So I was brought up in WesternAustralia.
Dubbo's in uh east coast ofAustralia, just doing feeling
fine, thinking everything wasgoing along.
And then um I started doingblood testing, and then that was
(03:06):
an interesting experience.
My HPR1Cs were 10% aboveconstantly, and then um probably
eight years ago started a pumpthat came down to 8%, uh, which
was great.
And I started taking a bit moreinterest in how things were
going.
Uh, by then complicationsstarted to hit him, like kidney
(03:27):
stuff and eye stuff and nervestuff, all those sort of things.
And now uh the last couple ofyears, I've really started to
think, okay, I need to dosomething specific here.
Went looking worldwide for allsorts of information that I
could find, and happened to comeacross you on a Facebook.
And I'm just going, oh, who isthis guy?
(03:48):
And from there, I then lookedinto your website and joined and
haven't looked back.
And that was January this year,January, February, February this
year, actually.
So um, and feeling all thebetter for it.
SPEAKER_03 (04:01):
Amazing.
And yeah, what a journey.
Uh, we have a lot of clients whodiagnosed, you know, 40, 50, 60
plus years ago.
And man, the what type 1diabetes management has been on
itself, right?
And now we're at CGM, heartpods,all this crazy stuff.
It's wild.
Absolutely.
I mean, even for me, I wasdiagnosed not even 20 years ago,
(04:23):
and I started on syringes andvials, and it seems archaic.
Just like it's scary.
Yeah, like how do we survive?
But we did, and we're here.
But uh really excited to divein.
I was curious too, because youmentioned that some changes,
some shifts between you startingto take care of yourself, you
getting on a pump eventually,and like kind of doing these
(04:44):
different stages.
What was the maybe the scariestor the the darkest moment in the
last few years before you'reworking with us?
Tell me how about that?
SPEAKER_00 (04:55):
Yeah, okay.
So I was not on a pump yet.
I was uh multiple dailyinjections and sort of you know,
doing blood tests every sooften, but thought, yeah, I can
feel it, it's all good, noworries.
Driving a car, I was coming homefrom work and I went, oh,
(05:15):
something's not quite right.
And within probably a minute,I'd blacked out.
And it was like, oh my god.
And when I woke up, I was in ahospital bed.
So uh it's gonna be a bit tearyhere, sorry.
And um, so what had happenedfrom what I could understand,
there was a car following behindme and they could see me
(05:36):
starting to slow down, slow downand drift off the road.
And luckily, where we are, welive out in the bush off the
road, sort of like into a bit ofa bush.
And um, so eventually I stopped.
So this person got out of thecar, saw I was wearing my work
badge still, so they rang themand said who I was.
And they said, Oh, yeah, no, Ijust got type one, blah, blah,
blah, get an ambulance.
(05:57):
And yeah, I'd passed out, and ittook me about four hours before
I came back again.
And from there, it was, yeah, Ineed to take better care of
myself.
So, yeah, excuse me.
SPEAKER_03 (06:14):
An incredible story.
Um, you know, it's unfortunate,but also fortunate because I
think a lot of people, myselfincluded, have those moments
where it's a reality check.
You know, yeah.
We're lucky to be here, and howlucky that we had that
experience that changed thetrajectory of the rest of our
lives.
Yes.
(06:34):
I mean, I look back sort ofsimilar situations where I just
I wasn't super on top of it, hada couple scary experiences.
Had I not had those scaryexperiences, I would never have
started taking care of myselfintentionally, right?
I'd be exactly plus years.
So man, it's like it's hard tobe grateful for it.
SPEAKER_00 (06:52):
Yeah, yeah.
When you look back now, youthink thank goodness, because I
probably would have just keptgoing.
And uh, probably well, Iprobably wouldn't be here.
Like you say, you probably won'tbe here, or you're in a if
you're here, you're sort of in avery poor health state, poor
mental health state.
And you know, you'd be wonderingif life was still worth living.
So very happy it happened, butnot happy at the same time.
SPEAKER_03 (07:14):
Yeah, right.
Yeah, not happy then, but happynow, maybe.
SPEAKER_00 (07:17):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
That's it.
SPEAKER_03 (07:18):
Totally get it.
Yeah, if I was managing the sameway I was in college, I would
not be in a good spot right now.
I would not be healthy.
Um, so tell me a little bitabout then you mentioned you're
searching worldwide looking forhelp for answers to the
questions about type one.
You found us on Facebook.
What was life like before youwere working with us?
Like what were you strugglingwith mostly?
SPEAKER_00 (07:38):
Oh, so mainly I just didn't understand um what my
pump.
So by when I started lookingworldwide, it was after I got my
pump, and I'm trying to figureout what these numbers are
because then you had the theglucose sensor on your on the
monitor on your skin, so you'regetting readings all the time.
So that was great, didn't haveto prick my fingers, and I'm
(07:59):
going, what does this all mean?
I was reactive all the time,just trying to figure out pump
life in general, but the highsand the lows, like I was
shooting up one minute, then 10minutes later, I'm dropping down
and then up, and it's like thiscan't be right.
I can't do this for the rest ofmy life.
Even though my HBA1Cs were downto, for example, in February
(08:24):
this year, before I started withyou guys, my HBO1C was 7.4, so
that was good.
But the roller coaster ridemeant my coefficient of
variation was 36.
So I was up and down and allover the place.
And I couldn't, it wasinterfering with my life in the
way that I couldn't do anything.
(08:44):
Like I couldn't sort of go outwith my friends, I couldn't go
for a walk thinking, how's thisgoing to work?
I'm going to go skyrocket, thenI'm going to fall on the ground
and not get home.
Or so it was really interferingwith everything, and I just had
to find a new way of doing it.
So searching worldwide, tryingto get answers, found a website
based in the UK that gave mesome answers.
(09:06):
It was a very theoretical typeof answers.
Put that into place, helped alittle bit, which was great.
Like was I was helped gratefulthat I sort of stumbled across
them, and that was, you know,helping me a little bit.
But still, it was stillhappening.
That whole roller coaster ride,the whole experience, the highs
and the lows, and and the moodswings.
(09:27):
My husband just he knew when Iwas going high, I'd just become
a cranky, you know, not a verynice person.
And he said, just get out thereand do some walking or give
yourself a shot or whatever.
Just settle yourself down.
And uh, so life was a little bitunbearable for both of us for
quite a while.
And then uh then things startedto come together a bit more when
(09:51):
I saw you on phone.
I was actually traveling uharound the world at the time
when I saw you, and I went, Oh,I wonder if this might help.
And the more I listened to someof the webinars you were doing
and that sort of thing, the moreI understood.
Like it was plain English, itwas real life English, it was
real world scenarios, nottheoretical textbook stuff.
And it started to click.
(10:12):
And I just went, Yeah, I've gotto keep going here.
This is good.
SPEAKER_03 (10:15):
Wow.
So you mentioned you werechecking out other resources as
well before us, which I think isgreat.
You were just you were on thehunt, right?
Yes.
Um, what other attempts did youmake in terms of like trying to
fix the blood sugars?
What strategies were out therethat you tried?
SPEAKER_00 (10:31):
Oh, well, I suppose um, yeah, I'll talk to my
diverse educator for a while.
Um she was good, but notdetailed enough for me.
And she would say, you know, dothe pre-bowls and exactly what
you say.
And I'm going, yeah, yeah, yeah,but you know, going out all the
time and this and that, andsometimes it's hard.
(10:54):
Um, and she says, Well, youknow, do your walking after
afterwards.
I'm going, I do that, still nothelping.
I under need to understand whatelse is going on.
Um, other strategies, yeah.
I just sort of got more and moreinto I got to the point where I
would exercise before each meal,then I'd exercise for maybe up
(11:18):
to an hour after a meal just totry and control it.
Um and it was just, I mean, Iwas super fit then.
It consumed my whole life.
And if I couldn't get out andwalk or run or run my rowing
machine, the blood sugar levelswere skyrocketing.
It was just out of control, andthen they'd sit high all the
(11:38):
time.
Um, and then I just you know,then you get into this, oh, I
just don't know what to do.
I don't want to keep doing allthis exercise.
I just want to be normal.
And yeah, that's sometimes I'dstack insulin, and that was the
worst thing I could be doing.
So, you know, several hours downthe track, I'm wondering why I'm
2.1 and still not going up.
And I'm just going, huh.
(11:59):
So just didn't work.
Nothing worked, pretty much.
Nothing that I felt workedanyway.
Yeah.
SPEAKER_03 (12:07):
Right.
The way you describe it, I mean,I know we have our phrase in our
community of living for diabetesversus living with diabetes.
And I think we've all beenthere, right?
Where it's like, okay, I have toexercise because it's high.
You know, like I do somethingabout this.
And it's disciplined, but it'sit's also, at least for most
people, a road to burnout,right?
(12:29):
It's like I'm trying so hard.
It's just not, yep.
It's not sustainable.
So yeah, that's a hugedistinction.
Um, and then obviously, you yousaid you found us, you're
watching videos and webinars andkind of finding out what it is
that we do.
What concerns did you havebefore jumping in?
Obviously, some stranger on theinternet, right?
SPEAKER_00 (12:49):
So, um, my main one was trying to stop the swings,
um, the highs and the lows.
That was my main one of my thatwas my main one.
And then the second one, everytime I did any form of exercise
now, I would just drop withinthat first 30, 40 minutes.
(13:11):
I would plummet.
I might be sitting at eightmillimoles, which I don't know
what that's in your language.
Um, but then I just drop and Icouldn't understand because I'm
thinking, I'm doing okay, anddidn't think about insulin on
board.
This is how much I've learned.
I talk about insulin on boardnow, which is amazing.
Um and didn't think about thatbecause I thought, don't need to
(13:33):
think about that, didn't thinkabout thinking about that.
Um, and so I really wanted to beable to predict more how my
blood sugar levels would reactwhen I did certain things, even
just every day going foodshopping or every day hanging
out the washing or gardening,and as well as doing my
(13:54):
nominated exercise that I'd bedoing for the day.
So that predictability for mewas huge, and I really wanted to
figure out that as well as youknow, and with that would
probably come the swings wouldstart to slow down and there'd
be more plateau, that sort ofthing.
So that was my main goal ofcoming along and joining your
(14:14):
group.
SPEAKER_03 (14:15):
Yeah, absolutely.
Well, and uh I would say at thethe moment of taking the
decision to jump in and actuallydo this thing, were there any
concerns that came to mind withthis being unfamiliar territory,
you know, an online program,that sort of thing?
SPEAKER_00 (14:32):
No, actually.
And I think part of the reasonfor that was for me, when I sort
of listened to, because I knowyou you on your Facebook you
talk about stuff, you've talkedseveral different topics, and
every time I saw them, they werelike real life, could definitely
relate to every single thingthat you said.
(14:53):
And I'm going, well, if this guysort of understands what I'm
going through, it has to be asafe place to be able to learn
and you know talk about stuffand express your your worries
and concerns.
And and I just found, I don'tmean to boost your ego too much
in that, but I know.
(15:14):
I mean, I still want your headto stay within your camera road,
but I still um I just found thatyou were real and empathetic,
but saying it as it is, and itjust gave me comfort that
there's someone out there in theworld that actually got it, and
not just me, but got the wholediabetes scenarios and all the
(15:36):
different things that happen inin diabetes world, and it
doesn't have to rule your life.
I mean, you have to pay someattention, but you don't have to
be like you were saying before,diabetes doesn't have to rule
you.
You can, I can't remember whatyou said, live with it or live
for it.
Um, but it just I wascomfortable and it was an
interesting thing because I'malways very critical, very
(15:59):
skeptical, and it was weird forme to think, I feel like I know
this flok.
And I feel comfortable jumpingin at least for a little while
longer to see how it works andput my toes in and see if
there's any difference thatstarts to happen.
And it's a good thing.
SPEAKER_03 (16:18):
Let's talk about that difference a little bit.
So, and how did you know theprogram was actually working?
Like, tell me about the firsttime you were like, oh shoot,
like this is I'm makingprogress.
SPEAKER_00 (16:28):
Well, pre-bolus.
I was I well, first of all, Iwas in the Warrior Renegade
Warrior Tribe Plus.
I sort of joined on that level.
SPEAKER_04 (16:36):
Yep.
SPEAKER_00 (16:37):
Talking to all the community members, looking at
some of the videos in there andgoing, oh, yeah, no, that's
cool.
That's cool.
I can understand that.
And I think I came across maybeone in that or the diaries in
action, I can't remember whichone, the the pre-bolis.
And I went, yeah, I've heardabout pre-bowls, but surely it
can't make that much difference.
And I tried it, like I really,you know, for that week, I just
(17:00):
sort of I wasn't going out muchanymore because I'm an older
person now, and and we live in asmall town, so there's not a lot
of places to go.
And so I we did pre-bowls andamazing change, instant, pretty
much.
Like it was within two days, andI'm doing it constantly now.
And I use that formula with alittle bit extra, and I'm going,
(17:21):
how simple is this?
I didn't even have to doanything.
It was just one thing I didremember though, I have to put
my timer on because I getdistracted, and then it's like
half an hour and going, Ohshoot, I'm heading down now.
I haven't had breakfast.
I don't know, and I'm just up,but so I now have to put my
timer on to remind me.
Um, but pre polls was theeasiest thing ever.
(17:41):
Like most of my concerns nearlywent away, apart from
predictability, but that wholespiky thing and understanding
the fats and the carbs and theprotein and how that impact on
digestion, it was amazing.
That was probably the key thing.
If that if that was the onlything I learned, I'd be very
(18:02):
happy with that.
SPEAKER_03 (18:03):
Wow.
Yeah, and I think that whatyou're you're beginning to touch
on that I'm hoping some peopleare picking up on too is it's
not just take insulin early.
You mentioned the digestionspeed changing, the formula
pieces.
So it's a dynamic strategy,right?
So depending on the situation,you might pre-bulse longer or
shorter, and this many minutesis what's gonna make it work.
But even if somebody was like,all right, I'll take insulin
(18:26):
five minutes before I eat,that's still gonna help in nine
times out of ten.
You know, it really is thatsimple in some cases.
SPEAKER_00 (18:33):
It is amazing, it really is.
Yeah, perfect.
SPEAKER_03 (18:36):
I love that.
Well, very cool.
Um, well, and I'm curious too,what was uh I mean, I know you
mentioned you've seen theFacebook videos and whatnot, but
what was it about the programthat made you pick us?
What stood out to you?
SPEAKER_00 (18:48):
Um, I think like I said before, I think it was just
the reality.
Like when I joined the warriorRenegade Warrior tribe, the
people in the community werereal.
Like, this sounds stupid,doesn't it?
But they were real.
They weren't robots.
No, no, exactly.
And they were those chat bots onthe side or whatever, they were
(19:11):
real and they were talking aboutanything and everything.
Like it was like, oh my god, Iget you all, like this is just
amazing.
Like, and once you startedengaging with them, because I I
engage on and off, depending onyou know how I'm feeling and
what my mood is, and you know,anxiety and all that sort of
stuff.
But um, when I engage and sortof put my piece forward, or I
(19:34):
might respond to somebodytalking about something, um they
were there to say, Yeah, good onyou, Simone, like, yep, I like
your comment or give me feedbackor whatever.
And I was like, ah, before then,before that time, I didn't
realise how isolated I have beenin my life with diabetes.
(19:56):
Like I had my family, myfriends, but they don't have
diabetes.
I had my diabetes educator whohas the beginnings of type one.
So I suppose she's a pre-typeone, so she's taking insulin but
doesn't need to take it all thetime, sort of scenario.
She still doesn't get it becauseshe doesn't live with it 24
hours every day.
But the community was rightthere, and you think, oh, this
(20:18):
these people get me.
And not everyone, everyone's gota different point of view, which
you go, oh, never thought aboutthat.
Let's think about that for alittle bit longer.
And and all those differentpoints of view I like to hear
and take on board and sort outwhat's best for me.
But supportive and happy tobring you on, like in welcome
you on board and just say, Yeah,just join us and work things out
(20:42):
together.
It was great, is great, stillcontinues to be great.
SPEAKER_03 (20:46):
Yeah, 100%.
It's true.
Uh, and that's one of myfavorite parts too.
Like transparently, I lookaround, you know, there's over a
thousand people in there now,and it is it's one of the rarest
communities that I've seenbecause a lot of the communities
are filled with complaints andnegativity, right?
It's just like diabetes sucks.
I'm like, well, yeah, it does,but let's focus on what we can
(21:09):
do about it.
It's it's one of the greatestgifts that I've experienced is
that this community is focusedon finding solutions, but also
supporting and encouraging,right?
SPEAKER_04 (21:19):
Yep, absolutely.
SPEAKER_03 (21:21):
So yeah, speaking of solutions, I'd love to hear
where you're at now.
So I know you mentionedpreviously you got yourself to a
7.4, like you know, it wasn'tterrible, but that's where you
were at.
Yeah, how are things now?
Um, E1C, time and range, yeah,possibility of lifestyle.
Let's hear that.
SPEAKER_00 (21:37):
Okay, so I have started for you because I and
I'm looking at the data.
I went, okay, February when Ifirst just before I joined you
guys, and I'm looking in Julynow, and I'm just looking at and
going, what?
That doesn't make sense.
Massive in changes for me,anyway.
I'm just going, didn't realize,which is something I mentioned,
I think in your book, um, youmentioned something about
(21:58):
reviewing your day or your weekjust to see what's been
happening and what what you canlearn.
Okay.
So it's a learning experience.
So just some figures.
My average blood sugar inFebruary before I started was
9.5, which is 171 in your inyour world.
Now it's 7.9 so it's 142.
Still obviously lots of room forimprovement.
(22:19):
But for me this is like oh mygoodness I didn't realize.
SPEAKER_01 (22:23):
Yes.
SPEAKER_00 (22:23):
I mean range has gone from 62% to 80%.
I know I'm just so impressedwith that.
Standard deviation 2.9 to 2.5 sothat's coming down which is
nice.
The A1C is 7.4 and I'm now 6.7.
So there's still room yes stillroom but the trend is going in
(22:48):
the right direction for me whichI'm just I just sat here this
morning looking going I'veactually done a pretty good job.
I should actually put that up onmy win on the win community page
which I'll probably do after Iget off here.
But you know it's fantastic.
And generally speaking I'm nowfeeling when I get out there and
do something activity wise orjust turning around the house
(23:12):
I'm not having these huge lowsanymore.
I'm catching them a little bitearlier when they start um
because I've set my alert alittle bit higher than I would
normally do, which is great.
But being more even killed isI'm mentally feeling better
which reflects in everythingelse I do my relationships and
(23:32):
my friends and everyone'scommenting well you're not this
crazy person anymore.
SPEAKER_03 (23:38):
You're just normal which is great so within my own
self it's feeling content morerelaxed and generally mentally
better which is I never thoughtI'd get to this spot and I'm
looking forward to moreimprovement but at the moment
I'm really happy where I'msitting at the moment yeah
(24:00):
absolutely well and there's twopieces so one is that is
actually really impressive so62% to 80% uh and A1C dropping
almost a full point 7.4 to 6.7that's just amazing and like you
said the trajectory righteverything is improving and in
(24:21):
my opinion I think that slowsustainable growth is actually
better than overnight successthat you can't sustain.
In other words if you went ketoand that was the only strategy
you would see success quicklybut not everybody likes that you
know man I am so happy for you.
That's really cool.
SPEAKER_00 (24:42):
No that's great.
And uh just quickly I know we'reprobably running out of time but
I've as I mentioned I'm in thediaries action dibris in action
group and and I'm doing all thisand I'm up to my exercise stuff
and I'm doing that and I'm juststarting on the food side.
So I haven't actually startedeven changing what I'm eating
yet to make it more continuousbecause I know my eating
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patterns are shocking likethey're healthy but they're not
consistent.
You know I don't have theconsistent percentages of
everything every day every mealI'm all over the place and I'm
just thinking if I can make thata little bit more consistent and
sustainable imagine where I'llbe then it'll be perfect.
SPEAKER_03 (25:20):
Not perfectly catch in not perfect for not going for
perfection better again whatthat's that's even cooler.
SPEAKER_00 (25:27):
So there's there's things that are untouched that
we can still make more progresswith more easy buttons right
yeah oh that's very exciting I'mvery very happy and I'm just
really glad that I stumbledacross this group and you and
and this group and I must sayyourself and the the coaches
I've been working withespecially um Adriana is it
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Adriana Adrienne Adrienne KellyLindsay I've been mostly working
with Adrienne at the moment andum amazing that she's got type
one like Kelly has type one youhave type one it's great that
the coaches that I've beeninvolved with all have type one
so also know exactly whereyou're coming from and they have
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their own little tidbits theycan share and you just think you
can't do better can you reallylike with all these people
surrounding you that are willingto help and and you know put you
on the the path that you want tobe not their path but your path
um it's a good feeling.
SPEAKER_03 (26:31):
100% yeah it's taken us nearly a decade to find them
but experts that also live withtype one it's the best thing
ever.
I agree I actually go to themfor help sometimes too.
Yeah yeah yeah nice cool allright so imagining now like
there's somebody watching thisprobably that is on the fence
and maybe is new to our stuffseeing you going through it kind
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of on the other side what advicewould you give to somebody who
is on the fence at the beginningof their journey with us or
maybe even unsure if they shouldjoin yep I would say definitely
join there's a lot of stuff inthere like lots of information
um probably too much for yourmind to handle but just if you
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join is a is it's a greatdecision to join but then you've
got support encouragement andunderstanding which is what you
know most of us need to thencontinue the journey on like
it's something that you can't dowithout pretty much I mean it's
turned turned my life around andin such a short amount of time
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and I'm just really curious tosee how much further I can go
continuing to improve my ownjourney let alone helping others
as well along the journey aswell.
SPEAKER_00 (27:49):
So I'd say jump in, give it a whirl I think the best
thing you can do is engage withother communities like you've
got all the videos andeverything and that's great and
they're very encouraging andsupportive and motivating but
the community side is also greatfor motivation because the more
you engage the better more youget out of it I suppose if you
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want to sit back and just watchthe videos heaps of information
there and you'll probably getsomething out of it you will um
but the community side is justas important I think as well to
engage with people thatunderstand where you are where
you're going give you a helpinghand along the way and
encouragement and support.
SPEAKER_03 (28:29):
100% so don't just join but get involved right yes
yes oh you simplify it so welldon't you no wonder you're a
coach.
Been doing this for a long timeyeah no I agree with you though
um getting involved it not justkind of fills that gap that void
of feeling understood by thepeople who get it but it allows
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you to have accountability onyour journey as well.
So it increases the results youget as well so yeah I totally
agree.
Yeah I love it.
Well before we wrap up um isthere anything else that you
were hoping to share or that youthink that people need to hear
before we end I think that'sprobably all from me.
SPEAKER_00 (29:12):
I think I've talked enough I'm losing my voice.
I just I just I can't praise youenough you and your team the
group the people in thecommunity like I said I've never
felt so uh supported and Ididn't realize how isolated I
have been and having the supportjust makes it so much easier so
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much so much easier and if youhave an issue I'm starting to
now go oh my husband doesn't getit and usually I just sit here
and get frustrated but now Ijust jump on and go blah blah
blah blah and it's off my chestwhich is great there's always
somebody out there in thatcommunity that will like it or
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have a comment or something andI'm thinking yep okay someone
else has felt this as well soI'm not alone so it's it's it's
great it's just wonderful.
I can't stop saying that I'mreally sorry but I just haven't
come across anything like thisbefore.
SPEAKER_03 (30:13):
I'm happy to hear that and I want to add to that
I'm proud of you.
I mean as much as we can teachyou it it comes down to you
doing it right and you actuallyusing the information and
implementing it.
So let's say I'm proud of yourefforts because you have been
involved you stepped in andstepped up right and because of
your efforts you're seeingmassive success.
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So proud of you truly kudos anduh yeah I can't wait to see what
we accomplish next and whatyou're gonna get up to.
SPEAKER_00 (30:41):
Yeah yeah keep keep an eye on that one.
SPEAKER_03 (30:44):
Yeah yeah and someone I wanted to thank you
for your time today and comingon sharing a bit of your story.
I know it's inspiring to peopleto hear what's possible after a
lot of us were told you can'tcontrol it.
You know uh for those who arewatching there's a free training
that maybe even Simone mighthave watched when she first
joined uh we actually puttogether kind of an intro to
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blood sugar formulas what it alllooks like and of course you can
chat with the team see if itmakes sense to get some help
that's for free you can check itout at diabetesinaction.com so
we'll link it up in thedescription but uh again Simone
thank you so much I'm so proudof you and so excited for what's
next.
SPEAKER_00 (31:21):
Appreciate it thanks Matt thanks for having a chat
and I'll catch you aroundsomewhere in warrior tribe
world.
SPEAKER_03 (31:27):
There we go.
And everybody else thanks forhanging out and uh don't forget
to check out the free tradingsee you there.
My average blood sugar in February before I
started was 9.5, which is 171 inyour in your world.
Um now it's 7.9, so it's 142.
Still all obviously lots of roomfor improvement, but for me,
this is like oh my goodness, Ididn't realise.
unknown (00:16):
Yes.
SPEAKER_00 (00:17):
I mean range gone from 62% to 80%.
Oh I know, I'm just so impressedwith that.
Um standard deviation 2.9 to2.5.
So that's coming down, which isnice.
Um the A1C is 7.4 and I'm now6.7.
So there's still room.
(00:39):
Yeah, still room, but the trendis going in the right direction
for me, which I'm just I justsat here this morning looking,
going, I've actually done apretty good job.
I should actually put that up onmy win on the win community
page, which I'll probably doafter I get off off here.
But you know, it's fantastic.
And generally speaking, I'm nowfeeling when I get out there and
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do something activity-wise orjust generally around the house,
I'm not having these huge lowsanymore.
SPEAKER_02 (01:09):
Keep going and keep up the fight.
SPEAKER_03 (01:13):
All right.
Well, Simone, I am so excited tohave you on.
I was actually just reviewingthe notes before this about how
your doctor mentioned that youmight be brittle and just the
journey you've been on.
And uh, of course, before andafter working with us, I am so
excited to get into the details.
But before we do, uh, would loveto have you share a little bit
about yourself, maybe how longhave you had diabetes, are you
(01:33):
on a pump or pens, and uh just alittle intro.
SPEAKER_00 (01:37):
Okay, hi Matt.
Good to be here.
Um, a little bit nervous, butwe'll we'll see how we go.
Um, I was diagnosed when I was11, so that would have been
1980, and you can work out theage from there.
So at that time, um, yeah, oninsulin pens, no, actually
insulin needles.
I was taking it by needles twicea day.
(01:59):
Um, blood testing, there was nosuch thing.
It was like penny test tabletsin a test tube and really
ancient, ancient stuff.
So uh yeah, so the round 11,probably a hard age to get it as
well, even though you know somepeople get it way before then.
Um very rebellious for manyyears at that stage.
So eating everything I was notallowed.
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So chocolates, fried foods,biscuits, all sorts of things
were limited.
They weren't sort of, yeah, takeit and do the insulin thing.
Um, so yeah, packet of chocolatebiscuits every night hidden
underneath my bed, for goodnesssake.
So it was crazy times.
Um that continued for quite awhile.
So even when I was like a youngadult, I was still not doing
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blood testing.
When blood testing finally camein, I was just ignoring it all,
just doing my journey.
Um, I had moved away from homeliving in Dubbo, which is on the
other side of the world.
So I was brought up in WesternAustralia.
Dubbo's in uh east coast ofAustralia, just doing feeling
fine, thinking everything wasgoing along.
And then um I started doingblood testing, and then that was
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an interesting experience.
My HPR1Cs were 10% aboveconstantly, and then um probably
eight years ago started a pumpthat came down to 8%, uh, which
was great.
And I started taking a bit moreinterest in how things were
going.
Uh, by then complicationsstarted to hit him, like kidney
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stuff and eye stuff and nervestuff, all those sort of things.
And now uh the last couple ofyears, I've really started to
think, okay, I need to dosomething specific here.
Went looking worldwide for allsorts of information that I
could find, and happened to comeacross you on a Facebook.
And I'm just going, oh, who isthis guy?
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And from there, I then lookedinto your website and joined and
haven't looked back.
And that was January this year,January, February, February this
year, actually.
So um, and feeling all thebetter for it.
SPEAKER_03 (04:01):
Amazing.
And yeah, what a journey.
Uh, we have a lot of clients whodiagnosed, you know, 40, 50, 60
plus years ago.
And man, the what type 1diabetes management has been on
itself, right?
And now we're at CGM, heartpods,all this crazy stuff.
It's wild.
Absolutely.
I mean, even for me, I wasdiagnosed not even 20 years ago,
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and I started on syringes andvials, and it seems archaic.
Just like it's scary.
Yeah, like how do we survive?
But we did, and we're here.
But uh really excited to divein.
I was curious too, because youmentioned that some changes,
some shifts between you startingto take care of yourself, you
getting on a pump eventually,and like kind of doing these
(04:44):
different stages.
What was the maybe the scariestor the the darkest moment in the
last few years before you'reworking with us?
Tell me how about that?
SPEAKER_00 (04:55):
Yeah, okay.
So I was not on a pump yet.
I was uh multiple dailyinjections and sort of you know,
doing blood tests every sooften, but thought, yeah, I can
feel it, it's all good, noworries.
Driving a car, I was coming homefrom work and I went, oh,
(05:15):
something's not quite right.
And within probably a minute,I'd blacked out.
And it was like, oh my god.
And when I woke up, I was in ahospital bed.
So uh it's gonna be a bit tearyhere, sorry.
And um, so what had happenedfrom what I could understand,
there was a car following behindme and they could see me
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starting to slow down, slow downand drift off the road.
And luckily, where we are, welive out in the bush off the
road, sort of like into a bit ofa bush.
And um, so eventually I stopped.
So this person got out of thecar, saw I was wearing my work
badge still, so they rang themand said who I was.
And they said, Oh, yeah, no, Ijust got type one, blah, blah,
blah, get an ambulance.
(05:57):
And yeah, I'd passed out, and ittook me about four hours before
I came back again.
And from there, it was, yeah, Ineed to take better care of
myself.
So, yeah, excuse me.
SPEAKER_03 (06:14):
An incredible story.
Um, you know, it's unfortunate,but also fortunate because I
think a lot of people, myselfincluded, have those moments
where it's a reality check.
You know, yeah.
We're lucky to be here, and howlucky that we had that
experience that changed thetrajectory of the rest of our
lives.
Yes.
(06:34):
I mean, I look back sort ofsimilar situations where I just
I wasn't super on top of it, hada couple scary experiences.
Had I not had those scaryexperiences, I would never have
started taking care of myselfintentionally, right?
I'd be exactly plus years.
So man, it's like it's hard tobe grateful for it.
SPEAKER_00 (06:52):
Yeah, yeah.
When you look back now, youthink thank goodness, because I
probably would have just keptgoing.
And uh, probably well, Iprobably wouldn't be here.
Like you say, you probably won'tbe here, or you're in a if
you're here, you're sort of in avery poor health state, poor
mental health state.
And you know, you'd be wonderingif life was still worth living.
So very happy it happened, butnot happy at the same time.
SPEAKER_03 (07:14):
Yeah, right.
Yeah, not happy then, but happynow, maybe.
SPEAKER_00 (07:17):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
That's it.
SPEAKER_03 (07:18):
Totally get it.
Yeah, if I was managing the sameway I was in college, I would
not be in a good spot right now.
I would not be healthy.
Um, so tell me a little bitabout then you mentioned you're
searching worldwide looking forhelp for answers to the
questions about type one.
You found us on Facebook.
What was life like before youwere working with us?
Like what were you strugglingwith mostly?
SPEAKER_00 (07:38):
Oh, so mainly I just didn't understand um what my
pump.
So by when I started lookingworldwide, it was after I got my
pump, and I'm trying to figureout what these numbers are
because then you had the theglucose sensor on your on the
monitor on your skin, so you'regetting readings all the time.
So that was great, didn't haveto prick my fingers, and I'm
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going, what does this all mean?
I was reactive all the time,just trying to figure out pump
life in general, but the highsand the lows, like I was
shooting up one minute, then 10minutes later, I'm dropping down
and then up, and it's like thiscan't be right.
I can't do this for the rest ofmy life.
Even though my HBA1Cs were downto, for example, in February
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this year, before I started withyou guys, my HBO1C was 7.4, so
that was good.
But the roller coaster ridemeant my coefficient of
variation was 36.
So I was up and down and allover the place.
And I couldn't, it wasinterfering with my life in the
way that I couldn't do anything.
(08:44):
Like I couldn't sort of go outwith my friends, I couldn't go
for a walk thinking, how's thisgoing to work?
I'm going to go skyrocket, thenI'm going to fall on the ground
and not get home.
Or so it was really interferingwith everything, and I just had
to find a new way of doing it.
So searching worldwide, tryingto get answers, found a website
based in the UK that gave mesome answers.
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It was a very theoretical typeof answers.
Put that into place, helped alittle bit, which was great.
Like was I was helped gratefulthat I sort of stumbled across
them, and that was, you know,helping me a little bit.
But still, it was stillhappening.
That whole roller coaster ride,the whole experience, the highs
and the lows, and and the moodswings.
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My husband just he knew when Iwas going high, I'd just become
a cranky, you know, not a verynice person.
And he said, just get out thereand do some walking or give
yourself a shot or whatever.
Just settle yourself down.
And uh, so life was a little bitunbearable for both of us for
quite a while.
And then uh then things startedto come together a bit more when
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I saw you on phone.
I was actually traveling uharound the world at the time
when I saw you, and I went, Oh,I wonder if this might help.
And the more I listened to someof the webinars you were doing
and that sort of thing, the moreI understood.
Like it was plain English, itwas real life English, it was
real world scenarios, nottheoretical textbook stuff.
And it started to click.
(10:12):
And I just went, Yeah, I've gotto keep going here.
This is good.
SPEAKER_03 (10:15):
Wow.
So you mentioned you werechecking out other resources as
well before us, which I think isgreat.
You were just you were on thehunt, right?
Yes.
Um, what other attempts did youmake in terms of like trying to
fix the blood sugars?
What strategies were out therethat you tried?
SPEAKER_00 (10:31):
Oh, well, I suppose um, yeah, I'll talk to my
diverse educator for a while.
Um she was good, but notdetailed enough for me.
And she would say, you know, dothe pre-bowls and exactly what
you say.
And I'm going, yeah, yeah, yeah,but you know, going out all the
time and this and that, andsometimes it's hard.
(10:54):
Um, and she says, Well, youknow, do your walking after
afterwards.
I'm going, I do that, still nothelping.
I under need to understand whatelse is going on.
Um, other strategies, yeah.
I just sort of got more and moreinto I got to the point where I
would exercise before each meal,then I'd exercise for maybe up
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to an hour after a meal just totry and control it.
Um and it was just, I mean, Iwas super fit then.
It consumed my whole life.
And if I couldn't get out andwalk or run or run my rowing
machine, the blood sugar levelswere skyrocketing.
It was just out of control, andthen they'd sit high all the
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time.
Um, and then I just you know,then you get into this, oh, I
just don't know what to do.
I don't want to keep doing allthis exercise.
I just want to be normal.
And yeah, that's sometimes I'dstack insulin, and that was the
worst thing I could be doing.
So, you know, several hours downthe track, I'm wondering why I'm
2.1 and still not going up.
And I'm just going, huh.
(11:59):
So just didn't work.
Nothing worked, pretty much.
Nothing that I felt workedanyway.
Yeah.
SPEAKER_03 (12:07):
Right.
The way you describe it, I mean,I know we have our phrase in our
community of living for diabetesversus living with diabetes.
And I think we've all beenthere, right?
Where it's like, okay, I have toexercise because it's high.
You know, like I do somethingabout this.
And it's disciplined, but it'sit's also, at least for most
people, a road to burnout,right?
(12:29):
It's like I'm trying so hard.
It's just not, yep.
It's not sustainable.
So yeah, that's a hugedistinction.
Um, and then obviously, you yousaid you found us, you're
watching videos and webinars andkind of finding out what it is
that we do.
What concerns did you havebefore jumping in?
Obviously, some stranger on theinternet, right?
SPEAKER_00 (12:49):
So, um, my main one was trying to stop the swings,
um, the highs and the lows.
That was my main one of my thatwas my main one.
And then the second one, everytime I did any form of exercise
now, I would just drop withinthat first 30, 40 minutes.
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I would plummet.
I might be sitting at eightmillimoles, which I don't know
what that's in your language.
Um, but then I just drop and Icouldn't understand because I'm
thinking, I'm doing okay, anddidn't think about insulin on
board.
This is how much I've learned.
I talk about insulin on boardnow, which is amazing.
Um and didn't think about thatbecause I thought, don't need to
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think about that, didn't thinkabout thinking about that.
Um, and so I really wanted to beable to predict more how my
blood sugar levels would reactwhen I did certain things, even
just every day going foodshopping or every day hanging
out the washing or gardening,and as well as doing my
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nominated exercise that I'd bedoing for the day.
So that predictability for mewas huge, and I really wanted to
figure out that as well as youknow, and with that would
probably come the swings wouldstart to slow down and there'd
be more plateau, that sort ofthing.
So that was my main goal ofcoming along and joining your
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group.
SPEAKER_03 (14:15):
Yeah, absolutely.
Well, and uh I would say at thethe moment of taking the
decision to jump in and actuallydo this thing, were there any
concerns that came to mind withthis being unfamiliar territory,
you know, an online program,that sort of thing?
SPEAKER_00 (14:32):
No, actually.
And I think part of the reasonfor that was for me, when I sort
of listened to, because I knowyou you on your Facebook you
talk about stuff, you've talkedseveral different topics, and
every time I saw them, they werelike real life, could definitely
relate to every single thingthat you said.
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And I'm going, well, if this guysort of understands what I'm
going through, it has to be asafe place to be able to learn
and you know talk about stuffand express your your worries
and concerns.
And and I just found, I don'tmean to boost your ego too much
in that, but I know.
(15:14):
I mean, I still want your headto stay within your camera road,
but I still um I just found thatyou were real and empathetic,
but saying it as it is, and itjust gave me comfort that
there's someone out there in theworld that actually got it, and
not just me, but got the wholediabetes scenarios and all the
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different things that happen inin diabetes world, and it
doesn't have to rule your life.
I mean, you have to pay someattention, but you don't have to
be like you were saying before,diabetes doesn't have to rule
you.
You can, I can't remember whatyou said, live with it or live
for it.
Um, but it just I wascomfortable and it was an
interesting thing because I'malways very critical, very
(15:59):
skeptical, and it was weird forme to think, I feel like I know
this flok.
And I feel comfortable jumpingin at least for a little while
longer to see how it works andput my toes in and see if
there's any difference thatstarts to happen.
And it's a good thing.
SPEAKER_03 (16:18):
Let's talk about that difference a little bit.
So, and how did you know theprogram was actually working?
Like, tell me about the firsttime you were like, oh shoot,
like this is I'm makingprogress.
SPEAKER_00 (16:28):
Well, pre-bolus.
I was I well, first of all, Iwas in the Warrior Renegade
Warrior Tribe Plus.
I sort of joined on that level.
SPEAKER_04 (16:36):
Yep.
SPEAKER_00 (16:37):
Talking to all the community members, looking at
some of the videos in there andgoing, oh, yeah, no, that's
cool.
That's cool.
I can understand that.
And I think I came across maybeone in that or the diaries in
action, I can't remember whichone, the the pre-bolis.
And I went, yeah, I've heardabout pre-bowls, but surely it
can't make that much difference.
And I tried it, like I really,you know, for that week, I just
(17:00):
sort of I wasn't going out muchanymore because I'm an older
person now, and and we live in asmall town, so there's not a lot
of places to go.
And so I we did pre-bowls andamazing change, instant, pretty
much.
Like it was within two days, andI'm doing it constantly now.
And I use that formula with alittle bit extra, and I'm going,
(17:21):
how simple is this?
I didn't even have to doanything.
It was just one thing I didremember though, I have to put
my timer on because I getdistracted, and then it's like
half an hour and going, Ohshoot, I'm heading down now.
I haven't had breakfast.
I don't know, and I'm just up,but so I now have to put my
timer on to remind me.
Um, but pre polls was theeasiest thing ever.
(17:41):
Like most of my concerns nearlywent away, apart from
predictability, but that wholespiky thing and understanding
the fats and the carbs and theprotein and how that impact on
digestion, it was amazing.
That was probably the key thing.
If that if that was the onlything I learned, I'd be very
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happy with that.
SPEAKER_03 (18:03):
Wow.
Yeah, and I think that whatyou're you're beginning to touch
on that I'm hoping some peopleare picking up on too is it's
not just take insulin early.
You mentioned the digestionspeed changing, the formula
pieces.
So it's a dynamic strategy,right?
So depending on the situation,you might pre-bulse longer or
shorter, and this many minutesis what's gonna make it work.
But even if somebody was like,all right, I'll take insulin
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five minutes before I eat,that's still gonna help in nine
times out of ten.
You know, it really is thatsimple in some cases.
SPEAKER_00 (18:33):
It is amazing, it really is.
Yeah, perfect.
SPEAKER_03 (18:36):
I love that.
Well, very cool.
Um, well, and I'm curious too,what was uh I mean, I know you
mentioned you've seen theFacebook videos and whatnot, but
what was it about the programthat made you pick us?
What stood out to you?
SPEAKER_00 (18:48):
Um, I think like I said before, I think it was just
the reality.
Like when I joined the warriorRenegade Warrior tribe, the
people in the community werereal.
Like, this sounds stupid,doesn't it?
But they were real.
They weren't robots.
No, no, exactly.
And they were those chat bots onthe side or whatever, they were
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real and they were talking aboutanything and everything.
Like it was like, oh my god, Iget you all, like this is just
amazing.
Like, and once you startedengaging with them, because I I
engage on and off, depending onyou know how I'm feeling and
what my mood is, and you know,anxiety and all that sort of
stuff.
But um, when I engage and sortof put my piece forward, or I
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might respond to somebodytalking about something, um they
were there to say, Yeah, good onyou, Simone, like, yep, I like
your comment or give me feedbackor whatever.
And I was like, ah, before then,before that time, I didn't
realise how isolated I have beenin my life with diabetes.
(19:56):
Like I had my family, myfriends, but they don't have
diabetes.
I had my diabetes educator whohas the beginnings of type one.
So I suppose she's a pre-typeone, so she's taking insulin but
doesn't need to take it all thetime, sort of scenario.
She still doesn't get it becauseshe doesn't live with it 24
hours every day.
But the community was rightthere, and you think, oh, this
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these people get me.
And not everyone, everyone's gota different point of view, which
you go, oh, never thought aboutthat.
Let's think about that for alittle bit longer.
And and all those differentpoints of view I like to hear
and take on board and sort outwhat's best for me.
But supportive and happy tobring you on, like in welcome
you on board and just say, Yeah,just join us and work things out
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together.
It was great, is great, stillcontinues to be great.
SPEAKER_03 (20:46):
Yeah, 100%.
It's true.
Uh, and that's one of myfavorite parts too.
Like transparently, I lookaround, you know, there's over a
thousand people in there now,and it is it's one of the rarest
communities that I've seenbecause a lot of the communities
are filled with complaints andnegativity, right?
It's just like diabetes sucks.
I'm like, well, yeah, it does,but let's focus on what we can
(21:09):
do about it.
It's it's one of the greatestgifts that I've experienced is
that this community is focusedon finding solutions, but also
supporting and encouraging,right?
SPEAKER_04 (21:19):
Yep, absolutely.
SPEAKER_03 (21:21):
So yeah, speaking of solutions, I'd love to hear
where you're at now.
So I know you mentionedpreviously you got yourself to a
7.4, like you know, it wasn'tterrible, but that's where you
were at.
Yeah, how are things now?
Um, E1C, time and range, yeah,possibility of lifestyle.
Let's hear that.
SPEAKER_00 (21:37):
Okay, so I have started for you because I and
I'm looking at the data.
I went, okay, February when Ifirst just before I joined you
guys, and I'm looking in Julynow, and I'm just looking at and
going, what?
That doesn't make sense.
Massive in changes for me,anyway.
I'm just going, didn't realize,which is something I mentioned,
I think in your book, um, youmentioned something about
(21:58):
reviewing your day or your weekjust to see what's been
happening and what what you canlearn.
Okay.
So it's a learning experience.
So just some figures.
My average blood sugar inFebruary before I started was
9.5, which is 171 in your inyour world.
Now it's 7.9 so it's 142.
Still obviously lots of room forimprovement.
(22:19):
But for me this is like oh mygoodness I didn't realize.
SPEAKER_01 (22:23):
Yes.
SPEAKER_00 (22:23):
I mean range has gone from 62% to 80%.
I know I'm just so impressedwith that.
Standard deviation 2.9 to 2.5 sothat's coming down which is
nice.
The A1C is 7.4 and I'm now 6.7.
So there's still room yes stillroom but the trend is going in
(22:48):
the right direction for me whichI'm just I just sat here this
morning looking going I'veactually done a pretty good job.
I should actually put that up onmy win on the win community page
which I'll probably do after Iget off here.
But you know it's fantastic.
And generally speaking I'm nowfeeling when I get out there and
do something activity wise orjust turning around the house
(23:12):
I'm not having these huge lowsanymore.
I'm catching them a little bitearlier when they start um
because I've set my alert alittle bit higher than I would
normally do, which is great.
But being more even killed isI'm mentally feeling better
which reflects in everythingelse I do my relationships and
(23:32):
my friends and everyone'scommenting well you're not this
crazy person anymore.
SPEAKER_03 (23:38):
You're just normal which is great so within my own
self it's feeling content morerelaxed and generally mentally
better which is I never thoughtI'd get to this spot and I'm
looking forward to moreimprovement but at the moment
I'm really happy where I'msitting at the moment yeah
(24:00):
absolutely well and there's twopieces so one is that is
actually really impressive so62% to 80% uh and A1C dropping
almost a full point 7.4 to 6.7that's just amazing and like you
said the trajectory righteverything is improving and in
(24:21):
my opinion I think that slowsustainable growth is actually
better than overnight successthat you can't sustain.
In other words if you went ketoand that was the only strategy
you would see success quicklybut not everybody likes that you
know man I am so happy for you.
That's really cool.
SPEAKER_00 (24:42):
No that's great.
And uh just quickly I know we'reprobably running out of time but
I've as I mentioned I'm in thediaries action dibris in action
group and and I'm doing all thisand I'm up to my exercise stuff
and I'm doing that and I'm juststarting on the food side.
So I haven't actually startedeven changing what I'm eating
yet to make it more continuousbecause I know my eating
(25:04):
patterns are shocking likethey're healthy but they're not
consistent.
You know I don't have theconsistent percentages of
everything every day every mealI'm all over the place and I'm
just thinking if I can make thata little bit more consistent and
sustainable imagine where I'llbe then it'll be perfect.
SPEAKER_03 (25:20):
Not perfectly catch in not perfect for not going for
perfection better again whatthat's that's even cooler.
SPEAKER_00 (25:27):
So there's there's things that are untouched that
we can still make more progresswith more easy buttons right
yeah oh that's very exciting I'mvery very happy and I'm just
really glad that I stumbledacross this group and you and
and this group and I must sayyourself and the the coaches
I've been working withespecially um Adriana is it
(25:51):
Adriana Adrienne Adrienne KellyLindsay I've been mostly working
with Adrienne at the moment andum amazing that she's got type
one like Kelly has type one youhave type one it's great that
the coaches that I've beeninvolved with all have type one
so also know exactly whereyou're coming from and they have
(26:11):
their own little tidbits theycan share and you just think you
can't do better can you reallylike with all these people
surrounding you that are willingto help and and you know put you
on the the path that you want tobe not their path but your path
um it's a good feeling.
SPEAKER_03 (26:31):
100% yeah it's taken us nearly a decade to find them
but experts that also live withtype one it's the best thing
ever.
I agree I actually go to themfor help sometimes too.
Yeah yeah yeah nice cool allright so imagining now like
there's somebody watching thisprobably that is on the fence
and maybe is new to our stuffseeing you going through it kind
(26:52):
of on the other side what advicewould you give to somebody who
is on the fence at the beginningof their journey with us or
maybe even unsure if they shouldjoin yep I would say definitely
join there's a lot of stuff inthere like lots of information
um probably too much for yourmind to handle but just if you
(27:14):
join is a is it's a greatdecision to join but then you've
got support encouragement andunderstanding which is what you
know most of us need to thencontinue the journey on like
it's something that you can't dowithout pretty much I mean it's
turned turned my life around andin such a short amount of time
(27:37):
and I'm just really curious tosee how much further I can go
continuing to improve my ownjourney let alone helping others
as well along the journey aswell.
SPEAKER_00 (27:49):
So I'd say jump in, give it a whirl I think the best
thing you can do is engage withother communities like you've
got all the videos andeverything and that's great and
they're very encouraging andsupportive and motivating but
the community side is also greatfor motivation because the more
you engage the better more youget out of it I suppose if you
(28:10):
want to sit back and just watchthe videos heaps of information
there and you'll probably getsomething out of it you will um
but the community side is justas important I think as well to
engage with people thatunderstand where you are where
you're going give you a helpinghand along the way and
encouragement and support.
SPEAKER_03 (28:29):
100% so don't just join but get involved right yes
yes oh you simplify it so welldon't you no wonder you're a
coach.
Been doing this for a long timeyeah no I agree with you though
um getting involved it not justkind of fills that gap that void
of feeling understood by thepeople who get it but it allows
(28:51):
you to have accountability onyour journey as well.
So it increases the results youget as well so yeah I totally
agree.
Yeah I love it.
Well before we wrap up um isthere anything else that you
were hoping to share or that youthink that people need to hear
before we end I think that'sprobably all from me.
SPEAKER_00 (29:12):
I think I've talked enough I'm losing my voice.
I just I just I can't praise youenough you and your team the
group the people in thecommunity like I said I've never
felt so uh supported and Ididn't realize how isolated I
have been and having the supportjust makes it so much easier so
(29:35):
much so much easier and if youhave an issue I'm starting to
now go oh my husband doesn't getit and usually I just sit here
and get frustrated but now Ijust jump on and go blah blah
blah blah and it's off my chestwhich is great there's always
somebody out there in thatcommunity that will like it or
(29:58):
have a comment or something andI'm thinking yep okay someone
else has felt this as well soI'm not alone so it's it's it's
great it's just wonderful.
I can't stop saying that I'mreally sorry but I just haven't
come across anything like thisbefore.
SPEAKER_03 (30:13):
I'm happy to hear that and I want to add to that
I'm proud of you.
I mean as much as we can teachyou it it comes down to you
doing it right and you actuallyusing the information and
implementing it.
So let's say I'm proud of yourefforts because you have been
involved you stepped in andstepped up right and because of
your efforts you're seeingmassive success.
(30:34):
So proud of you truly kudos anduh yeah I can't wait to see what
we accomplish next and whatyou're gonna get up to.
SPEAKER_00 (30:41):
Yeah yeah keep keep an eye on that one.
SPEAKER_03 (30:44):
Yeah yeah and someone I wanted to thank you
for your time today and comingon sharing a bit of your story.
I know it's inspiring to peopleto hear what's possible after a
lot of us were told you can'tcontrol it.
You know uh for those who arewatching there's a free training
that maybe even Simone mighthave watched when she first
joined uh we actually puttogether kind of an intro to
(31:04):
blood sugar formulas what it alllooks like and of course you can
chat with the team see if itmakes sense to get some help
that's for free you can check itout at diabetesinaction.com so
we'll link it up in thedescription but uh again Simone
thank you so much I'm so proudof you and so excited for what's
next.
SPEAKER_00 (31:21):
Appreciate it thanks Matt thanks for having a chat
and I'll catch you aroundsomewhere in warrior tribe
world.
SPEAKER_03 (31:27):
There we go.
And everybody else thanks forhanging out and uh don't forget
to check out the free tradingsee you there.
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