An inspiring story of Cindy from Carroll County who successfully managed diabetes by losing weight, adjusting medication, and adopting a balanced diet and exercise routine.
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Okay, I got diabetes when I was 50 years old and I live and work on a farm. It's 17 acres, so I get plenty of exercise and it's taken me, what is this, 65, 14 years to really get this under control. In the past, I'd say two or three years, I've lost 90 pounds. I'm on Ozempic, but I'm on Metformin. Oh, geez, two or three other diabetes medicines. I'm now off of all that except Ozempic. And with the 90 pounds gone, I feel a whole lot better. My A1C is down to 5.4 now. Oh, congratulations. So it's just a whole wonderful world now. And I've learned how to control everything I eat. you know, and if I want to like for Thanksgiving, I always make candy sweet potatoes. Well, those candy sweet potatoes are on my plate and I ate what I needed of them, but then I'll be good until the next holiday and then I'll do it again. I eat what I want to eat, but then I counteract it with exercise or put extra protein in or fruits and vegetables and things like that. So it's great to have learned how to do all this and really control my sugar. you
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