You do not have to be a pre-bolus athlete on day one. If "10 to 15 minutes" felt like too much, Neil takes the pressure all the way down: start with five minutes. Even five to seven minutes of head start beats dosing with your first bite, because insulin is a slow sunrise, not a light switch. Then you build, five, then seven, then ten, creeping up to your sweet spot.

Neil closes out month one with the posture that makes this stick: observe, don't judge, and beat the forgetting with a system, tie your dinner dose to something you already do every night. He also recaps the whole month and previews August, where we make this habit survive real life, restaurants, the tech, and the kids' table.

In this episode:

• Why even a 5-minute pre-bolus beats dosing at your first bite
• How to build from 5 minutes up to your personal sweet spot
• Beating the forgetting by stacking the dose onto an existing habit
• A full recap of month one, and a preview of August

This Week's Challenge: Keep pre-bolusing dinner. Start at five minutes if that's your comfort zone, build toward your number, and stack it onto a habit so you don't forget.

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