I recently underwent what is supposed to be an annual physical. My last physical was about three years ago, and I was scolded by my doctor for not coming in sooner. He has been worried about my health due to my weight and was quite surprised to see me weight over one hundred pounds less than I weighed the last time I saw him.

What was interesting to me was that when I told him I did a Whole30 followed by switching to a Paleo diet, he was incredulous. He thought there had to be something else wrong with me to have lost over 80 lbs in six months, so he not only had me do the regular tests, but he had them take extra x-rays, extra samples (eww!) and run more thorough screenings on my blood to check for cancer.

Well, I received the results to all my tests in the mail, and I have to say, I’m very pleased.

The list of health issues I had prior to losing the weight is as follows:

• Type 2 Diabetes
• Fatty liver
• High cholesterol
• Blood pressure started to be troublesome, getting high
• Declining vision due to Diabetes
• Nerve tingling due to Diabetes

Since doing the Whole30 and transitioning to Paleo, everything on that list has gone back to normal. I literally went from a person whose health was horrible and was at-risk to being not only healthy, but based on my blood work and stress test, in excellent health.

I’m not selling you anything. I don’t make any money off making recommendations or telling my story. I just want you to have a chance at being healthy like I did. You can do this. It’s not out of reach. It just takes some dedication and motivation.