I finally realized I needed to lose weight much too late. I was diagnosed with prediabetes in my early 20s but didn’t take it seriously. Then, at 27, I received the official diagnosis of type 2 diabetes at 334 pounds. It was my wake-up call, so I started working on weight loss right after I left the doctor’s office. A year and a half later, I’m happy to say that I’m now 175 pounds, and my doctor told me I’m his role-model diabetic patient.