So I told my sweet husband I was writing a blog and while he was excited for me, he was a little hurt that I didn't include him in my original story. I told him it was my first post, that I was telling my story and he replied simply "well, I hate to break it to you babe, but I'm part of your story". So true. :) So, let me tell you my husband's story.
Joe and I met in September of 2000. He was super fit. In fact, I remember the first thing I noticed about him was his arms. What can I say, I'm an arm girl. :) As we started dating he fell into the same pattern that I did. Stable relationship=care less about your own physical appearance. We both gained weight. Then after we got married, and I got pregnant, he gained sympathy weight. He lost around 50 lbs when we did our program together in 2006, but gained it all back and then some while I was pregnant with our son. We suffered a loss in our family in 2010, we lost Joe's mom. Again, food and drink were a comfort to him...and didn't help the waistline. He decided to start getting healthy in April of last year, cutting out alcohol and most soda and replacing it with water. That was basically his only change. He lost 25 lbs over the course of two months. I won't lie, I kinda wanted to pummel him. Why is it that guys seem to loose weight so much quicker? Grr. I digress. In July he had a small mishap with the wheel of his ATV at the beach that ended with him having what appeared to be a fairly minor road rash. After a week it wasn't healing right. He felt weird, and it was super painful. He went to the doctor where they worked him up for a blood infection and blood clots. When his labs came back, we discovered the shocking news: he had Type 2 Diabetes. Now, like me, my husband has never been morbidly obese. His biggest was 270 and he is 6 feet tall. Here he was, an otherwise "healthyish" 35 year old man with this diagnosis usually reserved for older, or more obese people. There is some family history, but it is still not a diagnosis you would expect to hear this early in life. At this point, I was over halfway through my journey. We were determined to get him well--and get him off his medications. We quickly shooed away talk of insulin injections because we were certain that was not going to be an issue. Three weeks later we saw a specialist. His labs were already looking better, and he hadn't even started on program yet. He joined me on TSFL (Which I should mention stands for Take Shape For Life) in September. His blood sugars completely normalized in the first week. By October he had cut his medication in half. In November we rechecked his labwork which showed a complete reversal in all areas--his levels were of a normal, healthy adult. In December he was taken off of all medication completely. His doctors were shocked. He has lost almost 60 lbs--I'm so proud of him. Although everyone's results can vary, it is an amazing example of what is possible with this program.
What an amazing thing to be able to do for someone...get them off dangerous medications...help them achieve Optimal Health...help them get their life back. Are you ready?
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