But that’s a good thing, I promise! You see, I had a doctor’s appoitnment this morning, and just so you know…I didn’t have any problems getting the door to open 
Anyway, my doctor informed me that I had lost a total of 11 pounds since April! I almost fell out of my chair. For those of you who don’t know, I was recently diagnosed as glucose intolerant, or as having pre-diabetes. So, as you can probably guess, this is a really big deal for me.
Over the past few months, I have been watching close friends on their own journeys to weight loss. I must admit, for one in particular (you know who you are) I have been extremely envious. There were many talks and sharing of tips, and I finally got off my butt and hired their personal trainer. It was very frustrating and things seemed to be headed no where. My frustrations came to a head when I started seeing my doctor on a monthly basis. Especially since during one of those months I managed to gain 6 lbs. It was horrible. That was about the time we found out about the pre-diabetes. However, instead of letting this news devastate me and totally control my life, I have turned a lot of things around. And I have to say that I’m pretty proud of myself. Not only did I lose those 6lbs, but I lost an additional 5! Sorry if it sounds like I’m bragging a little much, but this is an exceptionally important part in making sure that I don’t develop full-blown type II diabetes.
This transition would have been a lot harder if I had not had the support of my wonderful husband, great friends, and loving family. So, thank you guys for being so supportive, especially to my husband. Poor Jonathan has really been tested on this for better or worse, sickness and in health thing! Everyday, he came home, not knowing whether I was going to bite his head off or be passed out on the couch because I was so sick that I couldn’t do anything else. I’m not sure how he managed to come home everyday to that, but he did and I’m very grateful. I truly couldn’t ask for a better husband. And a special thanks goes to my parents who have been full of great advice and many much needed diabetic cookbooks and recipes 
To my friends, thanks for caring and looking out for me. Now the group has a pre-diabetic and a hypoglycemic, we’ll be the ones sticking together at the food table debating on what we can and shouldn’t eat I look forward to it! Strangely enough, I feel on my part at least, that commonality between the two of us has created an instant bond of understanding and friendship. Hope they feel it to! By the way, I have some recipes you might be interested in trying
Okay, I’m through with the sappy thanks you’s and wishy-washiness! You can all dry your eyes now and get back to whatever it was you were doing prior to being sucked into what was meant to be a rather short post discussing my weight loss 
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Congrats!!!!
Ashley, I think this is great news!! Congratulations! I know it must be hard to give up some of the foods you really love.
Thanks. Yeah, giving up chocolate was the hardest. Thank goodness for diabetic chocolate though. Without that, I wouldn’t be able to survive. Ask Jon, I was quite cranky when I quit it cold turkey
You sure were. But not as bad as when you initially started to switch over to Diet Coke
It’s fabulous news. Period.
The decision to change your life isn’t easy. It’s the follow-through that generates the OW! and the PAIN! … and all that good stuff. It mostly comes down to little things that don’t matter in and of themselves, like whether to have a a drink with calories or to have a glass of water.
The thing is, those choices are cumulative. Water wears away stone; the right choices wear away your butt. Or something like that.
I’ve been immensely proud of you as you’ve gone through the process — seeing a doctor, making the necessary life changes to stay healthy … and now seeing results. That’s definitely the fun part.
Excellent. This is the yellow brick road that should take you where you want to go (a long life filled with family, friends, and good health). I for one know what it means when you put your mind and strong will into gear. Go for it, girl. We’ve got your back. We love you muches.
Mom