This is the story of Chester's struggle with weight from youth to adulthood. Learn about his weight loss success & how you can follow in his footsteps towards a healthier you!  To read Chester's complete story, refer to the article index below.

Chester Gets Diabetes

The price of weight gain in relation to our good health & life span.

Chester wasn't feeling well at all lately. He seemed to never get enough water to drink and during the night he was constantly running to the bathroom.  His urine was also sticky. He had also came close to passing out one day at work after skipping breakfast and lunch as he was seized with an intense dizzy spell.

Oddly enough, he was dropping weight so quickly that he feared he may have cancer, so he made an appointment with his doctor.

When his doctor told him that he had tested costive for diabetes, Chester barely made it out of the office before breaking down and crying. He knew what diabetes could do. He had seen first-hand what it did to his Dad, eventually killing him.

It broke his heart to know that he would have to tell his family about the diabetes. It was time to get serious about his diet - about his weight which was impacting his diabetes. Things would need to change....

THE DIET GAMBLE, SIX MONTHS LATER

Chester made an appointment with his doctor when he noticed he was having spells of blurred vision. The news was not good.  His diabetes was creating problems with his eyes; the doctor warned Chester that blindness occurred in some diabetics.

Chester's diabetes had went on for a long while before he had discovered it, and due to heredity and a poor diet, the diabetes was taking its toll on Chester's life, and that thought terrified him. His doctor recommended that he see an eye specialist for a more thorough prognosis.

It was time to quit playing around with his diet. The simple changes that he had made were great, and he had seen some awesome results in regards to how he felt, how he looked and even in his stamina and endurance levels. However, he needed to get his diabetes under control or face uncertain health risks. Blindness. He couldn't even think about that happening to him. No more gambling with his health!

The first thing he needed to do was get those extra pounds off once and for all. Sure, he'd dropped a few pounds - but he wasn't doing enough. Too many times over the last six months he'd thought about returning to his former daily diet filled with cheeseburgers, pizzas, fries, onion rings and rich desserts. But was being blind worth that? If there was a way for him to get his diabetes under control, perhaps he could save his vision.

When he got home, his wife Bertha agreed. That night they formulated a plan, a diet plan to help them win the Battle of the Bulge. Soon, things would change....

Chester's new diet plan increased the grocery bill and he was discovering that if one was truly determined to be thin, then it was truly going to cost them to be thin.

Then he considered the cost of 'not dieting'.

Although his grocery bills were higher, he now took his lunch to work, so he was saving money in a big way where lunch was concerned. He also had to look at not only the food factor, but the health factor as well.  

How much would diabetes cost him? Heart disease? His life?

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