Jon Elwell was diagnosed with Diabetes around 4 years ago and the number of diabetic medications Jon was taking was increasing but they were having no affect on Jons blood sugars.
Jon has to have a blood test regularly that checks his average blood sugar over the previous three months, in late 2017 his results had become dangerously high a Hba1c blood result of 93 which was creating other serous health issues too. The doctors were considering putting Jon onto insulin injections along side additional tablets to try and lower the sugar in Jons blood.
Jon joined Slimmingworld in March 2018 with his wife Tracey after a final straw moment when Jon couldn’t walk further than a few metres without becoming out of breath.
Jon has to-date lost 6 stone since March following a Slimmingworld healthy eating lifestyle & attending a Slimmingworld group weekly that Nicola Dale runs at the Navy Club in Newton Aycliffe, Jon has found the support from Nicola and the group invaluable and this in turn has helped him to make dramatic lifestyle changes including regular exercise and now his Type 2 Diabetes is in remission and Jon has been able to come off all the Diabetes medication he was taking. He recently had a checkup and his latest blood test Hba1c reading was 39 which is non Diabetic Range.
Other health issues that Jon suffers from including raised blood pressure have also greatly improved due to his lifestyle changes and he feels healthy and amazing.
Jon has managed all this whilst busily working full time, working activity into his daily routine and enjoying normal family food like pasta dishes, healthy kebabs and chips!
