Back on July 30th my doctor told me (and I am paraphrasing her here) "Don, we're all dying, but you're dying a little bit faster than the rest of us." Essentially she told me that I have Type 2 Diabetes and that it was borderline as to whether or not to treat with drugs/diet or with Insulin. In conjunction with this I was overweight and that losing weight would also be a good thing for my diabetes.
Was it a surprise being diagnosed with diabetes? Both yes and no. No in the sense that I was overweight and I drank a lot of pop (soda for you Americans). But, yes, because I guess I was always under the delusion that it would never happen to me. Well, I guess it did happen.
I had a choice. I knew for a long time that I was overweight. I chose not to do anything about it. It was easy to just continue my normal lifestyle, a not very good lifestyle, and continue eating my way to an early grave. The discussion with the doctor was figuratively a slap in the face. It suddenly clicked in my brain that I was killing myself and I was letting myself do it. Suicide by food.
So, I made a new choice. I actually made a number of choices: lose weight; lower my blood sugar; get more fit. That what this blog is about. The choices I am making and what impact that is having on my life. Since I started this late, not on July 30th but in September, the first few posts are going to have some retroactive stats in them so that people understand the full scope of changes. Stick with me and you'll see the changes, for better or for worse, that are occurring in my life.
Stats as of August 2:
- Weight - 355 lbs
- Blood Sugar - 10.1 mmol/L (via blood test)
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