The turtle will get there

OK, lets face it my weight loss over recent weeks has been a tad slow.  However, *this* journey isn't simply a measurement of weight - it's about both the external AND the internal.

So, I'm pleased to announce my exciting news ...

I am no longer diabetic - well that's what my doctor said today.   

I won't delude myself, I know that once you have that diabetic diagnosis it can never be shaken off, no matter how well it controlled.  However, today's Hb A1c (3 month average blood sugars) has finally taken me into the normal range for a non-diabetic... thanks to the caveman diet.

All other investigations and blood pressure were also completely normal :)

I have to say, this clinic visit was a little overwhelming.  The doctor and nurse seemed a little over excited and bombarded me with questions about diet, lifestyle and management. 

I know, to the outsider it's must seem so strange - abstaining from foods we've learnt to regard as natural and normal.  But, in reality so many *normal* foods are adapted into our diet and with catastrophic effect, as I well know. 

I am still a work in progress; I still have a great deal of weight to lose, general fitness to improve and lost time to catch up.

Today though, I've come a step closer to one of my goals - being off ALL medication.  Actually, I admitted to my doctor today that I have, over the last couple of months, been misbehaving with my medication and have been more or less off it anyway!  I don't recommend this.  Coming off drugs *should* be done under a doctor's supervision.  From today though, with my doctors blessing, I'm going to start weaning on half of what I was *sometimes* taking :) 

BTW.  I'm always compliant with the BP medication.  It's just that for a while I'd noted that whether or not I took medication made absolutely no difference to my blood sugar monitoring, hence the self-prescribed wean.