52 Week Challenge – The Best Mile

When I saw this weeks topic, I almost skipped it. I’m not a runner. Like…at all. I wish I was. I even tried to do that couch to 5K program with high hopes that I would actually sign up and run a 5K. I made it through two weeks and then I had to stop. My knees couldn’t take it. I guess having little to no cartilage in my right knee is a bigger problem than I thought. But then I got to thinking…the best mile…I don’t need to take it so literally. It doesn’t have to be about running. For me, my best mile would have to be when I was diagnosed Type 2 Diabetic.

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It was about a month or less before my 30th birthday. I have to admit, my first thought was, “are you kidding me? Diabetic…now? What about the cake?”.  I will say, I was in denial for a bit and I ate whatever I wanted at my 30th birthday party…even cake. A lot of cake. My husband made my cake for me…

He did a great job, didn’t he?!? I enjoyed eating that cake, but the very next day I got very strict and followed the diet put together by my nutritionist. It was my goal that I would eventually be able to come off my medication and not be Type 2 Diabetic any longer. It was a long, hard road. The diet was very boring. I’m kind of picky so it left me with very little options. My diet was as follows:

Breakfast

15-20 carbs

No fruit

2-3 oz protein

Lunch

30-45 carbs

2-3 oz protein

Dinner

30-45 carbs

2-3 oz protein

Snacks

1-2  15 carb snacks

Include protein with each snack

I was very strict with my diet and was able to lose 50 lbs without setting foot in a gym. Reading every diabetic book I could and every site I could, was helpful. When I went in for my check-up, I was pleasantly surprised to find out that I was no longer testing in the Type 2 Diabetic range!! Every since that day, it’s been three years, I have managed to NOT test in the Type 2 Diabetic range!

So that is my best mile.