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Message: <blockquote data-quote="symbolicus" data-source="post: 1460694" data-attributes="member: 399962">Thanks everyone for the kind words. Had appointment with Nurse this morning. Apparently I've been discussed between my GP (who despite 4 years with the practice, I've never actually met), and a number of other Doctors as they've never seen a transformation quite like it. Showed her my spreadsheet of blood sugar readings from the past year, including highlighted prandial/post prandial results from carb heavy/special days. Whilst I am technically a kilo or two over my ideal BMI range, she also acknowledged that BMI doesn't account for muscular build due to increase in exercise and that the fact I'm a 30-32" Jean size should say plenty more. I have an appointment with my GP start of June where he would like to take me off the Diabetic Register. As I'm already paying for my own testing strips, I see no real reason not to be off the register, although I will still be wanting to get my blood works done once a year to monitor my overall health and progress.I'll continue to train, continue to exercise, continue to eat sensibly, and continue to monitor my fasting and post prandial results. Although for the sake of my hands and my bank balance not quite as often as recently.[USER=100904]@Pipp[/USER] You were definitely one of the people that provided inspiration and hope. So thank you!Regarding your comment: I am in no way going to take what I've achieved for granted, and the only weight gain I wish to see at this point is as a result of muscle build from exercise. I have a few specific sporting/athletic goals in mind that are going to require a considerable amount of resistance and upper body development that won't be achieved by my footfall based activities, so with the addition of muscle there I know my weight is going to go up, I guess it's a case of how. Part of me wishes I knew where my threshold was. By losing as much as I have it could be anywhere within a 130lb range. However by not knowing I've got added impetus not to let that rise too much. Unless I can become a jacked muscle-body (unlikely. I'd settle for toned at this point).Regarding eating less than when I started: This is totally non negotiable and at this point eating what I used to doesn't even feel possible for me. You're looking at someone who at their lowest (highest?) was entirely capable of coming home in a depressive funk after work and eating an entire large stuffed crust pizza hut with sides and still have room for ice cream. Now: 3-4 slices of a small thin crust pizza and maybe a few jalapeno poppers and I'm ready to pop/fall over. I just physically can't do it and i'm glad I can't do it!I'll do my best to keep this updated as my journey continues, for better or for worse and hopefully in August 2018 I'll still be at the same point... and then 2019, and 2020 and so on.Thanks again all, I feel on top of the world!</blockquote>

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