NSV I beat diabetes

Three months ago, right after I had just started to shed weight, I was diagnosed with diabetes. It was devastating. My doctor told me he would give me three months to try and bring my blood sugar down and if I couldn't we would need to talk about treatment.

One month after my diagnosis I had to go to my doctor to get checked out for something unrelated. At that point I had lost around 20lbs and I was feeling really good. My doctor was shocked to see my progress! While he was there I confessed to him I was worried that my blood sugar was high and I wasn't currently being treated for it. He told me not to worry about it. If I had come in there having not lost any weight or changed my life we would have been having a different conversation he said. He would have put me on medication and had me go to the eye doctor but since I was trying he had confidence that I could beat it. I said, "You mean people get this diagnosis and don't do anything about it?" I was shocked when he told me a lot of people just give up and would rather be on pills the rest of their lives. I could not believe that.

Today I received the results from my follow up three month blood test and I am happy to say I am now in the normal blood sugar range! I can't believe it! I don't know how to feel right now. In that three months I have completely changed how I ate, walked well over 100 miles, and lost 67 lbs! I didn't know it was possible to feel this good. I am so happy I didn't give up!

This forum has been such a great motivation since I have started to lose weight. Reading about other peoples success has really helped me get my mind where it needs to be to envision my own. I wanted to give back a little bit and post a NSV of my own and hopefully it will help someone else down the line.
Thanks