Purushothaman Balakrishnan: Freedom from Diabetes and Cholesterol
- Name- Mr. Purushothaman Balakrishnan
- Age- 53 years
- Profession- Vice President - Software Company
- Place - Bangalore
Life is never smooth for anybody. Even though there are hurdles, you can overcome them. FFD taught me how to handle my problems and here I am free of diabetes and cholesterol medicines!
I am Purushothaman Balakrishnan, 53 years young Vice President of a software company. Ideally, nights are for taking rest and days for work, but it is different in my case.
I had to take a lot of night calls which normally stretch up too late nights resulting in less sleep and a lot of stress in meeting the project deadlines. Plus there is a family history of diabetes from both sides. So I knew I was susceptible to that.
I actually suffered from diabetes twice, I must say. In 2006, I got to know about my high sugar levels in a routine medical check-up. Started with traditional allopathy medicines, lost a lot of weight, and went off the medicines in 7-8 months after reaching an HbA1c of less than 5.5.
Things were okay on the diabetes front till 2016. Though I was exercising regularly, I was not paying attention to what I was eating. As a result, I had gained a lot of weight and sugars were also in the high range. The doctor put me on medicine again.
I did everything possible ... I was exercising, cut down on sugars, and started eating millets but nothing was working. Sugar medicines kept increasing, my weight was stagnant and was on tablets for BP and cholesterol too. More medicines meant more side effects and overall was not happy with the situation.
Mr.Purushothaman Balakrishnan
One of my close friends Santosh had joined the 75th batch of FFD, just one batch before mine. He was the one who told me about FFD. It was difficult to digest that he was off medicines in just 1 week of joining FFD. Still, I decided to give it a try and became part of the 76th batch of the one-year program.
FFD has planned out the program in such a way that results are bound to come. My diabetes medicines plus cholesterol medicines both stopped in just 7-8 days which is absolutely magical.
Nov 1st is celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava and Nov 1st, 2021 is also a special day for me as I stopped both my diabetes as well as cholesterol medications. BP medicines were first reduced to half and now I am on 1/4 dose of BP medicine (compared to what I was eating before) in the morning.
Weight-wise too I have seen great improvement. I clearly remember that I weighed 89 kg on July 21. My current weight is 76 kg, which puts me in the ideal BMI range now. I lost a good 12-13 kg of weight.
In between, I suffered from COVID which gave me a little setback but now I am back on track with my exercise routine. The FFD team guided me very well during my COVID recovery process.
I joined FFD to reverse diabetes, reduce weight and if possible get free of other ailments. FFD helped me achieve this. Now, I am free of diabetes and cholesterol medicines. Pretty sure will go off BP medicines too.
I do 3 days of cycling almost 90-100 km a week, 2 days of strength training, and 1 day of yoga. I am much calmer and the inner transformation classes have helped me a lot. The success I have achieved so far motivates me to do more!
There are some days when I cheat on my diet, but my sugars are still in the good range. This is definitely a good thing.
A big thank you to FFD.
