Just a train of thought about the odds.
Diabetes is rampant in my mom's side of the family.
My mom's mom's mom.. was bed ridden and 600+lbs by the age of 30.
So, that was my biggest factor.. I never met her, she died by 35 of diabetes, but I saw her pictures.. and I heard the stories...and I knew I was gaining weight at a gross rate, and saw myself bedridden by 30.
So anyway.. my mom's mom (daughter of above person), has diabetes.. she had 'pre-diabetes' about 10 years ago, went on a diet, lost weight, everything was good, then she gained it back and about 2 years ago they said she is diabetic.. and now she's back to a perma-diet.
My uncle (her son), was told he was pre-diabetic about 6 months ago. He use to be a personal trainer, but let himself go and he's an alcoholic so the beer belly factor-- and so he's been dieting.
I was told about 4 or 5 years ago, I was 'pre-diabetic'. I really didn't know that was a term, or what it meant.. and I honestly still don't, except that I could get diabetes (duh!).
I've had a lot of bloodwork since then, and gained quite a bit of weight, but no one has ever told me I am diabetic.
I do have some things I associate with diabetes (sores on my body are my biggest problem)..
So, I've been losing weight with the band. Since no one has called me diabetic yet, is there a possibility, with me continuing to lose weight, I could still become diabetic? Or does losing weight get me out of the water??
I was thinking, I'm in the safe house now, I've lost nearly 50lbs and I wasn't diabetic at 333lbs.. so maybe I won't ever be.
.....it's not possible to give an accurate appraisal of that sort without adequate clinical information you aren't likely to post....and it isn't ethical to make long distance diagnosis without proper exam and history...
However.....you are headed in the right direction to control those aspects of your life which ARE amenable to personal effort. Heredity and genetics are not something we can change....yet. Personal history, upbringing, food factors, none what what is in the past is changeable to any of us.
What IS changeable, is every day, we make healthy choices.
It's a little like having a sad rain barrel full of muddy water.....and dripping off the roof, from each tiny shower, each day that passes....we can affect whether clean water goes in that barrel....after awhile, looking into the rain barrel....all we see IS clean water...
so....cheers on your journey...and have a HAPPY rain barrel....
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