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  • NSV means "Non-Scale Victory" :)
  • The scale hasn't budged for a while, BUT.... my glucose levels are back in the normal range! I am a type II Diabetic and my levels had crept way up after gaining 18 pounds over the last year. I am now down 12 of those 18 pounds and my A1C came down from 9.4 to 6.3! WOohoo!
  • I had gestational diabetes with my youngest, 24 years ago, and was also told I would develop Type II diabetes by age 50. It happened sooner than that... I was 47 when I got the diagnosis and at my top weight of 185. I lost weight and slowly but surely got my A1C down into the 5's from a high of 10.5, all without…
  • Bonniepwest, I will find out next Monday when I go back in for my followup. I have been very successful in the past with this, but I know my metabolism is slowing. My daily testing has been great so I have fingers crossed that the A1C reflects that! I'll keep you posted...
  • I am 62 and struggling with the same 18 pounds that I keep losing and then refinding! My top weight was 185 and I developed Type II Diabetes but got that under control with diet and exercise. My lowest weight was 112 for about 5 seconds two years ago, then I maintained around 118 for a while. (I am just a hair over 5 feet…
  • I went from 185 down to 118 in my mid 50's. Between the weight loss, having had 3 children (one at 19, one at 26 and the last at 38) and just plain bad genetics I looked like a deflated balloon from the waist down. No amount of exercise would deal with that apron of excess skin I had around my lower abdomen. My gift to…
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