Mahesh Kumar: 13 years Diabetes Reversed in Just 1 Week

Name- Mr. Mahesh Kumar Yadav
Age- 58 years
Profession- Engineer (Doordarshan)
Place - Delhi, India

My journey at FFD has been interesting, knowledgeable, and fruitful! I am Mahesh Kumar Yadav, a 58 years young Engineer working in Doordarshan (National Broadcaster). Am currently posted in Delhi under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. My job demands shift duties (daily change and round the clock) plus it is an all-India transferrable job.

In 2008, I was posted in Baramulla (J&K). Baramulla is not a family station which means I could not take my family with me there. So I had to stay alone and manage everything on my own. That time, I had come to Delhi on vacation when I fell ill and got to know that I was a diabetic.My younger brother has diabetes.I suffered from many problems due to diabetes like weakness, leg pain, urine infection, etc.

Fortunately, I never took insulin, but my doctor at RML did warn me that if my sugars remain uncontrolled, I may need to go on insulin. My HbA1c at that time was 7.6 with medicines. In 2008, I was started with Metformin 500. Later the medicines kept adding and changing. By 2020, I was taking Glimepiride 2 mg + Pioglitazone 15 mg + Metformin 500.

Mr. Mahesh Kumar Yadav

In April 2020, during the COVID time, my blood sugar levels saw a huge rise due to which I suffered from a urine infection. It was so bad that I had to be hospitalized. Very much irritated by the urine infection, I started searching for information related to diabetes on social media. One day, I got to see a video of Dr. Pramod Tripathi and it was the best thing that happened!

I started following the FFD tips much before actually joining FFD and the results were amazing. This motivated me so much that I enrolled in Intensive Reversal Program (IRP) batch 61 with the aim of becoming totally medicine free.

All my diabetes medicines stopped in just 1 week of starting my IRP program. Weight-wise too I saw good progress. Before joining FFD, I weighed 64 kg with a BMI of 24.8. In 2 months, I came down to 53 kg at a BMI of 20.2. FFD people gave me the right advice at this point. I was guided to gain a healthy weight. Now I weigh 56.2 kg.

I could do 108 Surya namaskars for 4 times which I think is a certificate for fitness achieved at FFD.I cleared IGT and was nominated in the IGT Winner category age-group 50-60 years.I have completed a 10 km run. I also participated in the 7 Wonders Run & Pedal Global Series 6 in January 2021 and successfully completed a 5 km run.

I am thankful to FFD for making me think and learn about diabetes. The FFD mentor, Dr. Ashwini, my mentor, App managers, diet expert Urjita Shah and exercise expert all were very helpful. I would like to convey my special thanks to Dr. Pramod Tripathi and Dr. Malhar for inspiring and motivating me in this journey!