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After a blood test 1.5 years ago, I was considered "Prediabetes". I was just slightly overweight (probably "average" by american standards). Hearing the doc s
by cj 6y ago
After a blood test 1.5 years ago, I was considered "Prediabetes".
I was just slightly overweight (probably "average" by american standards).
Hearing the doc say "Prediabetes", plus having heart disease in the family and sky high cholesterol, I decided to try losing a few pounds (for me, that meant deleting all food delivery apps from my phone...)
2-3 months later I had lost maybe 10 lbs (more than the few kgs in the article). Got retested, and I was no longer prediabetes and cholesterol dropped to normal levels.
Since then, I've continued to lose another 40 lbs and am no longer considered overweight.
The reason I'm sharing the anecdote is to share my surprise that almost all of the improvement in blood test came from the first 10 lbs (the extra 40 lbs I lost maybe improved numbers a bit more, but 90% improvement came after the first 10 lbs)
- kec 6y agoGood on you for getting healthy but I feel compelled to point out that if you had 50 lbs to lose (without becoming severely underweight) you were pretty much by definition not "slightly" overweight.
- cj 6y agoYes, you're right, I was clinically obese. (I'm also 6'2 - 50lb lost at that height is very different from someone of average height) But thanks for that clarification :)
- cannaceo 6y agoI think you'd be surprised how wide the 'overweight' range is with BMI. For myself: Normal: 117.8-159.2lb Overweight: 159.3-191.20 I'm 5'8. For a 6' person the range is going to be wider.
- kirillzubovsky 6y agoSimilar here, but allergies instead of diabetes. Went to a doctor, got a high blood pressure reading plus some cholesterol. Lucky the doc was reasonable and instead of giving me a bunch of pills, she just tested me for typical food allergies. Turns out I was allergic to 2/3 of my daily diet. Once I've cut those foods out of my system, everything's back to normal. It really seems we can do quite a bit of good by just not harming our body to begin with.