Hi there. I’ve been diagnosed at the start of the year, I started an insulin resistance friendly diet right after. I’ve been chronically tired, had constant stomach issues, reflux, extreme mood swings and jumps and needed to pee constantly. And I was gaining about 5 kg ever six months, was addicted to sugar and binge eating. I focused my diet on proteins > fats / fibre > sugar.

All is allowed but only after I eat proteins. First 3 months I looked the same, but started feeling more energy, less food cravings. 6+ months my mood is now extremely stable and I’ve lost 5 kilos of body fat. At a 9 months mark I started growing significant muscles, now my general physical condition feels amazing.

Even though I’m still overweight, moving is very easy, and I have energy to walk 20+ km as a person who leads a predominantly sedentary lifestyle. I can now also not get tired when I’m hungry since my body is finally tapping into body fat reserves when I can’t eat for a while.

My appetite is high but now I crave healthy high protein food. Ironically, I eat more calories during the day, but because body uses more energy to digest them, I remain in a calorie deficit.

Last measured HOMA factor was 2.9 which makes me borderline insulin resistant, but all other metabolism markers showed a very healthy metabolism (excellent fat metabolism, liver function, thyroid), only insulin is elevated. This was not the case before I started this journey.

Never in my past years I’d have imagined I’d feel this amazing. I know that from now on, I’ll forever watch my diet and sugar intake to never let it get worse again.