i was asked by my diabetic educator to come speak at her "create you weight program"..this is a group of people ,about 25, meeting every week (for 9 weeks) learning how to eat better and improve their health ..plus of course weight loss..now this was their last meeting and i was asked to come talk about my experience with weight loss..you see i've been dieting .. i don't like to say dieting ..let's say i've been eating better since Nov of last year when i was told by my doctor that i was diabetic...scared the hell out of me..my doctor wanted me to do the gastric bypass surgery but i told her no i was gonna try it myself first...anyway i did and i have lost 119 pounds in 12 months..i started at a size 32 ,now i'm a size 16 and still dropping...YAHHHHHHH me..lol..now i got up there and i was so scared but the min i started to talk it all just flowed..i took a before picture of myself and you should of seen their faces..they were so in awe of me and i was so embrassed..lol..they told me i was their inspiration..ME!!..i couldn't believe it..i felt so honored..this lady was crying and i didn't know what to do cause i didn't realize that losing this weight was such a big deal...but i felt extremely honored to be in that room...I was given the best compliment and i just wanted to share!!!

ps..as of right now my blood work is at a non diabetic level :)