It's not just me.

Yeah.

That, that, what is it? uh february march of the late winter early spring of 2016 i had gone to see my doctor but i had seen him in february and he called me back for a follow-up in march and that was when he revealed to me my high numbers of triglycerides and that concerned him because he knew that my mother was diabetic uh her mother my grandma was diabetic My mother's brother and an uncle of mine was diabetic.

And so there were diabetes ran on my mother's side of the family pretty strongly.

And so he wanted to put me on prescription meds because of the high triglycerides.

And he said, if there's a way you could lose weight like you've done in the past, because I had lost weight previously on a few occasions, following some fad diets and things he'd recommended.

Because the other thing great about my doctor was that he was open to ideas.

What are some strategies that you use to not feel so alone? And do you end up opening up to a lot of your colleagues at work about your story? I