I'm a changed man

In October, right on my 35th birthday, I was told by my doctor that I was in really bad shape. My blood tests came back to reveal that my cholesterol, triglycerides and my glucose were at very high levels and that I was clearly diabetic. He told me that if it weren't for how physical my job is I could have dropped dead a few years ago and that I wasn't very far from doing it now. He flat out told me that whatever I had been doing in my life as far my eating habits had to stop and change now or I would be dead very soon. He sent me away to classes for the diabetes and gave me medicine for that and my cholesterol. I hadn't been so freaked out and scared like that since I was robbed where they duct taped me on the floor, put a gun to the back of my head and smashed my face into the ground so I could hardly breathe. This news also made me realize and treasure all of the people and things in my life that I had taken for granted which gave me major motivation to get healthy.

What a difference four months makes. Since October I have lost weight(still have a looong way to go), eaten dramatically better, and it is crazy how much better I feel! Now that I know I am diabetic and how to control it I am no longer tired all of the time, shaky, dizzy and my clothes fit better just to name a few things. It is funny that I didn't realize I was so bad until I see how good I feel now and how big a difference it is. I had my blood work redone a week ago and the doctor was in serious shock at the results. We sat down together and compare the numbers from four months ago and now and I am happy to report that,according to the doctor, my blood is perfect! He said I literally have done a 180(degrees) turnaround and that he never thought they were going to be as good as they were. That the test look like they were done on two completely different people, and in a way he is right.