{"name":"Type 1 John - Winging it every day with Type 1 Diabetes","short_name":"Type 1 John - Winging it every day with Type 1 Diabetes","theme_color":"#ffffff","start_url":"/","display":"standalone","background_color":"#fff","description":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you're feeling burnt out by Type 1 diabetes, fed up with trying to be perfect, or simply feel like you're making it up as you go along, you're not alone.</p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I'm John, and I'm Type 1 Diabetic. Like many people, I've spent much of that time trying my best, getting things wrong, learning as I go, and occasionally wondering whether everyone else has somehow got it all figured out.</p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Life gets busy. Habits slip. Motivation comes and goes. Some days you're on top of it, other days you're eating biscuits at 10pm and hoping for the best.</p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After 10 years of managing my diabetes largely on my own, I realised there must be thousands of other people doing exactly the same thing. This podcast is my attempt to find them.</p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I'm at a bit of a crossroads. After years of long hours and early starts, I hit burnout. I turned 50, my job came to an end, and I found myself overweight, out of shape, and wondering what the next chapter looks like. More importantly, I realised I didn't want to spend the next ten years wishing I'd taken better care of myself while I still had the chance.</p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So I've set myself a challenge.</p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For 30 days, I'm keeping an honest daily diary of life with Type 1 diabetes. The wins, the mistakes, the good decisions, the bad decisions, and everything in between.</p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We're told to log our carbs, insulin, exercise, sleep, stress and blood sugars so we can learn from them. But diabetes is a game with a constantly moving target. It's like trying to catch a train, only every time you reach the platform they've moved it to another station.</p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This podcast is about finding out what happens when I stop winging it and start paying attention. I'll share what's working, what's not, and the lessons I'm learning along the way.</p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most of all, I hope it brings together a community of like-minded people who understand what it's really like. People who want support, honesty and a few laughs along the way, not another lecture.</p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because this isn't about perfect diabetes. It's about honest diabetes.</p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let's stop winging it alone and start winging it together.</p>","icons":[{"src":"https://deow9bq0xqvbj.cloudfront.net/image-logo/22349459/Type1John_Podcast_artwork__acf3h5_300x300.png","sizes":"300x300","type":"image/png"}]}