Client story
Client story: JP's own change
This is the story of where the change really began.
Where it started
I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. The nurse reassured me that I didn't need to change anything. Medication would take care of it. I felt relieved. I didn't yet realise that the relief was a trap.
Before that there were years I couldn't read properly. In the afternoons my energy ran out, and I patched it up with energy drinks. On gig trips I used to stop for fast food as late as 11 pm, not out of hunger but because it had become a habit. In the morning I didn't remember what I had eaten, and I didn't understand why I hadn't slept well.
The turning point
The turning point wasn't the scales or a blood test. It was my father. He had a medical emergency in hospital, right in front of me. On the way home I started counting forward for myself and noticed that the same path wasn't twenty years away. It was a few.
I didn't change that evening. But from that evening on, I could no longer not know.
What I started to understand
Little by little I learned why I eat the way I eat: what was hunger, what was habit, what was tiredness, and what was simply that food was close by and the evening was long. I changed things one at a time.
My experience in numbers
- Starting weight
- 134 kg
- Weight lost
- 45 kg
- Type 2 diabetes
- Remission
- Diabetes medication
- Stopped
These are my results. They don't tell you what will happen to anyone else. Any changes to medication should always be made under professional supervision.
Where I am now
I eat differently now than I used to, and the change has lasted. Afternoons are different. On gig trips I no longer stop to eat just because it is late and that is how it used to go. Food no longer defines my day the way it used to.
I still do gigs on stage. Alongside that, I coach people who recognise themselves in that old version of me.
My journey in brief
Starting point
Type 2 diabetes was diagnosed, and the relief of not having to change anything was a trap.
Turning point
My father's medical emergency in hospital. From that evening on, I could no longer not know.
What I started to understand
Why I eat the way I eat: what was hunger, what was habit, what was tiredness.
Where I am now
I eat differently than before, and the change has lasted.
Why I coach
I coach people who recognise themselves in that old version of me.