How a 46-Year-Old Entrepreneur from Pune Reversed Prediabetes, Lost 13 Kg & Built a Sustainable Healthy Lifestyle With FFD
I Lost 13 Kg & Reversed Prediabetes Naturally With FFD!
- Name - Male
- Age - 46 Years Young
- Profession - Entrepreneur
- Place - Pune, Maharashtra.
Unlike many people who join FFD after years of diabetes, I joined at the prediabetic stage because I wanted to take control before things worsened.
My wife and I both felt that our lifestyle needed direction. Weight gain, lethargy, sitting for long hours, and unhealthy routines had slowly started affecting our health.
What attracted me most about FFD was its holistic and sustainable approach.
Today, I am more than 13 kg lighter, my HbA1c has come down from prediabetic range to normal, my fasting insulin has reduced significantly, and most importantly, my entire approach toward health and food has transformed.
Key Takeaways:
- Reduced HbA1c from 6.4 to 5.8 in 9 months
- Reduced fasting insulin from 12.8 to 6.6
- Cleared GTT successfully
- Weight reduced from 95.8 kg to 82.5 kg in 9 months
- Lost 3.5 kg with 9-Days FFF
- Improved cholesterol and liver health markers
- Reduced lethargy by almost 90%
- Built a sustainable lifestyle with fasting, exercise, Surya Namaskars, cycling, and mindful eating
My Health Story
I was not diabetic when I joined FFD, but I had entered the prediabetic stage.
Like many working professionals from IT and business backgrounds, my lifestyle had become highly sedentary. Long working hours, sitting in one place, inconsistent eating patterns, and lack of a complete health structure had slowly started impacting my body.
Although I was already trying to exercise and stay active, I realized something important: I was focusing on only one aspect of health while ignoring the others.
That imbalance eventually started showing up in my reports.
My HbA1c had reached 6.4, fasting insulin was quite high at 12.8, and I constantly felt lethargic despite trying to stay active. That became my turning point.
How was FFD introduced and what made me choose it?
My wife first discovered Freedom From Diabetes.
After attending the initial Discover Reversal Sessions and understanding the philosophy, we both felt that this was very different from typical health programs.
What stood out to me was the gradual and sustainable approach.
FFD was not about sudden extreme changes. It focused on food, movement, fasting, exercise, consistency, and long-term habit building.
That felt practical and realistic for someone like me.
Before joining fully, I also participated in the Fast for Freedom challenge, and that experience gave me even more confidence in the process.
Reversal Story:
One of the biggest victories for me was clearing my GTT successfully.
Honestly, I never thought I would achieve that so naturally.
Over time my HbA1c reduced from 6.4 to 5.8, fasting insulin dropped from 12.8 to 6.6, cholesterol and liver parameters improved and my energy levels changed drastically
The lethargy that used to bother me almost disappeared.
I also reduced my weight from 95.8 kg to 82.5 kg. During the Fast for Freedom challenge, I lost around 3.5 kg, and unlike many crash diets, I was able to sustain the results and continue progressing further.
That was one of the biggest realizations for me that this lifestyle was actually sustainable.
Athletic Identity
FFD helped me become much more structured with movement and exercise.
Today, my routine includes:
- 15 km cycling regularly
- 6 km brisk walking
- Daily nitric oxide dump
- Strength and mobility exercises
- Surya Namaskars
- Functional workout routines
- I currently perform around 45 Surya Namaskars regularly.
Earlier, I was exercising randomly. But through FFD, I understood the importance of timing, consistency, recovery, and balancing all aspects of health together.
That structure made a huge difference.
Current Lifestyle & Reflection:
One of the biggest shifts for me has been my relationship with food. Earlier, fasting felt impossible.
Today, I understand that the body can function beautifully even with less food when done correctly. More importantly, I no longer look at health as a temporary program.
I now see it as a sustainable lifestyle.
That internal motivation is something I had never experienced before.
Even after completing phases of the program, I continue following the lifestyle naturally because I genuinely feel the difference in my body, energy, and mindset.
