Unbelievable - even to my Doctor!

Rufev

Years ago I was diagnosed with runaway diabetes, high blood pressure and "immeasurable" cholesterol. Your triglycerides are to be under 150. Mine were 3,576 just two years ago. After many visits to various doctors we had pounded that number down to 550. As you may expect I received 3 stents on March 29th of this year. Sunday I will turn 50. After the heart procedure I have become obsessed with my diet and exercise habits. A big part of that was finding myfitnesspal.com and tracking everything I do. To the amazement of my doctors, my family and myself I had new blood numbers pulled Sunday. My tri’s are down to a low 93 and cholesterol is at 85! Movement that is unbelievable in just 26 days. This application has allowed me to get a handle on what I eat and how bad I was doing when I thought I was doing well. Thank you.

kykykenna

Incredible success story!!!!!! How awesome!:)

fteale

There was a main feature article in New Scientist about exactly that last year. See if you can find it online. It was about patients with severe diabetes being cured by having surgery that meant they had to eat cleanly.

Well done. People like you are amazing.

Tangerine302

Wow! That's wonderful!!!

kayleeblue

Good Job!! and keep up the good work!

sammys1girly

Wow, that's awesome!

claire_b79

Wow that is fantastic! Good for you!

thumper44

Awesome job.
It's amazing what the body can do if given proper nutrition and exercise..

kimberly428

The gave me the chills, good job!

bmfrazie

Good job! That is a great success story.

sandman27959

Thanks for sharing your amazing story. You should be proud of yourself!

kymarai

That is awesome! Keep up the wonderful work!

JulieBoBoo

Such an inspiration!!! Congratulations!!!

sd101483

Amazing! Fabulous job!

McPenguin

Way to go! That's utterly AMAZING success! Congratulations on taking control of your health!

lulu1962

Wish my husband would do what you're doing! He had a heart attack when he was 41...2 stents in the last 10 years...defibrillator implanted last year...high cholesterol, pre-diabetic...Thought by now he would "wake up!":noway:

tassles

wow that's great news!!!
:happy:

AngelsKisses75

Thank you so much for sharing this! So very awe-inspiring! I love it!

laurie_powers

That is incredible! Congratulations, keep up the great work!

BrownEyedG1rl

SO happy for you!!!! That is amazing! Congrats!

Tree72

Thanks for sharing your amazing story, and congratulations on regaining your health. It's so inspirational to read stories like this and see what's possible.

Cherlette

Congrats!!! i AM NEW TO THIS SITE HOWEVER IT HAS REALLY HELPED ME REALISTICALLY KNOW WHAT TO EAT AND WHAT NOT TO EAT..DOWN 5LBS WITH 95 TO GO..

bast2112

You saved your own life!! Awesome!

troythegeek

It's amazing what wakes us up and gets us motivated to live a healthier lifestyle. Your story is inspirational and proof that we can control so much of what is happening with our bodies. Good luck to you and I hope you continue to baffle the "experts" for a long time with your continued success.

LyndseyMcKnight7

That is wonderful! Congrats to you and keep up the excellent work!

Jennyzfit

Great for you as your eating your way to great health! Congrats to you. It's a lot of hard work to get healthy at first and it feels great to feel good and it does get easier as habits change. You should be very proud of yourself.

Tristis

Nice! Keep up the good work.

ncahill77

Years ago I was diagnosed with runaway diabetes, high blood pressure and "immeasurable" cholesterol. Your triglycerides are to be under 150. Mine were 3,576 just two years ago. After many visits to various doctors we had pounded that number down to 550. As you may expect I received 3 stents on March 29th of this year. Sunday I will turn 50. After the heart procedure I have become obsessed with my diet and exercise habits. A big part of that was finding myfitnesspal.com and tracking everything I do. To the amazement of my doctors, my family and myself I had new blood numbers pulled Sunday. My tri’s are down to a low 93 and cholesterol is at 85! Movement that is unbelievable in just 26 days. This application has allowed me to get a handle on what I eat and how bad I was doing when I thought I was doing well. Thank you.

That's awesome! Do you mind if I ask what you were eating before that you thought was good for you that didn't turn out to be so good?

Rufev

It was the small things that tracking my food has pointed out. Like you have a salmon dinner thinking "this is great!" to realize later you put 200 calories worth of tartar on the fish and 100's of calories of dressing on the salad. You are walking around the office and you have a cookie here and some candy there without even thinking about it. My wife and I would go out to dinner often and you have the appetizer, salad, entree, dessert...2000 calories later...Wow!

Now it is fat free, sugar free everything with me making 90% of the food I choose to eat. Amazing difference.

Tzavush

What a fabulous acheivement!!
Its so great to hear the stories of the ones who change.
I am a nurse and often see the patients BEFORE surgery givign them all the education and idea to change, then six months later we see them again back fallen into the old ruts.

I made a serious decision to get a hold of myself and my own health for many reasons but really who wants to take advice from a health professional who isn't healthy!!
Great job at making the changes!!!

DancingVe

Fantastic!!!!