When I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes at 55, my endocrinologist wanted me to take Metformin.
He wasn’t wrong.
I had diabetes. He had a medication that could help control my blood sugar. That’s what doctors do.
But I wanted to know something else.
What could I do?
Not instead of medicine for everybody.
Me. My body. My situation.
I was almost 100 pounds heavier than I am today. I hadn’t exactly spent the previous few decades treating my body like a prized possession.
There were things I could change.
So I changed them.
Ninety Days Later
I changed how I ate.
I started paying attention.
I moved more.
And within about 90 days, my blood sugar was back in the normal range without medication.
That’s my experience. It isn’t a prescription for you.
But what happened afterward has always stuck with me.
My doctor told me he knew patients could do what I’d done.
Most wouldn’t.
I think he was probably right.
Changing your life can be considerably harder than taking a pill every morning.
And sometimes you need the p…
