The Inspired Diabetic: The chef with the recipe to cure type 2 diabetes

By Lyndon Wissart

Through healthy eating and regular exercise, Lyndon Wissart managed to reverse, control and cure his type 2 diabetes in 105 days, naturally without medication.

This book shares his journey for the first time. Read his secret and discover yours. It could be a life-changing experience for you and your family, colleagues and friends.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Filament Publishing
• Release date: Jan 24, 2017
• ISBN: 9781911425724

Lyndon Wissart

Lyndon Wissart is a professional British chef with more than 30 years' experience in all types of establishments, tasting and eating of all types of food. He has worked in many high-profile hotels and restaurants throughout London, including: the Savoy Hotel; Hamleys Toy Store; Café Royale; the Mount Royal Hotel; as well as catering for major indoor and outdoor events including: Wimbledon Championships; FNC Catering; BBC Centre; Gardner Merchant Catering; Royal Festival Hall; Spielsinger & Abrahams in North London; Inner London Crown Court; Collett Dickenson & Pearce; Lloyds Bank International; Wembley Stadium; Shelburne Hospital in High Wycombe; the Reform Club London; Adams Park; Eurest Corporate, a part of the Compass Group; Heathrow Airport Ltd; and the Farnborough Air Show. In a freelance capacity, he has also worked with: James Zimmer Caterers; Jason Millan; Carole Sobell; Neil Samuels Ambassador Catering; Skye Cooks; Last Supper Ltd; Zafferano; Absolute Taste; Favour Catering; Celia Clyne; Capital Cooking; and Crème de la Crème. He lives with his wife and youngest daughter, with his grown-up son and two daughters close by. Lyndon grew up in London and loves reading, playing tennis, travelling, films, music, football, cycling, skiing and playing the drums.

Book preview

Introduction:

Weight Gain

and Weight Loss

Mindset

"Most people spend time

documenting their talent instead

of developing them, most people

believe that talent creates success

without effort. In a growth mindset,

people believe their most basic

abilities can be developed through

dedication and hard work - brains

and talent are just the starting

point. This view creates a love of

learning and a resilience that is

essential for great accomplishment.

Virtually all great people have had

these qualities."

Carol Dweck

Provided by Dr Bloem, Zurich, Switzerland

Since I can remember, I have been through the motions of eating healthily and thinking about exercising. But my weight was comfortable for me. I saw my older brother, Leslie, who was an avid exerciser and at times I wished I had the motivation like him to go running, play badminton and swim. But it was not there in me as it was in him.

I couldn’t even swim. I had the confidence and the motivation to try with a fear of the water because of nearly drowning as a child. I had the powerful experience at a young age of seeing my life flash before me, as I had seen so many times in films or on TV, when someone is going down fighting the water, trying to climb to the top, but they keep on going down. To this day, I am grateful to the two guys who saved my life. We were on a school trip to Austria and this incident took place in a lake, when I was pushed into the water from a pier with all my clothes on. I was only 14 years old and I could not swim!

I also remember, when I was growing up I had individual swimming classes doing different exercises to see if I could float. My best memory is doing the mushroom exercise. This is when in the water you grab both legs at the ankles with both hands to form your body into a ball shape and in theory you should float to the top of the water. But, of course, I just went straight down to the bottom.

My brother was tall and slim with a flat stomach and I heard him on occasions make a sly remark about me, saying, ‘Lyndon, your stomach is getting bigger.’ But he didn’t have to tell me, because I knew! I just did not do anything about it nor feel I needed to!

The day that something in me shifted and I knew I was getting bigger was when my mother, who was in her eighties by this point, said the same thing. That was a punch in the stomach for me and it hurt because all my life my mother was always supportive, caring and inspirational, motivating me to do good things. But she also spoke her mind openly.

I remember looking in the mirror at myself and seeing that my face was chubby and round and my stomach was sticking out, although I could - just - see my toes! But my bum was large and I was wearing size 38 inch, 31 length, regular trousers, when I should have been wearing 36 inch. I was compensating for the large bum!

Being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in October 2015 was a good and bad experience, depending how you see my situation. What it did for me was kick in the motivation that had always been there, but had never mentally connected when it came to food. In my mind, I knew what I was doing because I was a professional chef. But my diagnosis completely changed everything in my mind and I suddenly knew what I had to do and I was going to do it. I knew I had to lose weight and I had to lose my fatty stomach. I simply set my mental focus, my mindset, on reversing my diabetes. I started eating healthy foods and fitting in a regular, daily exercise routine, four times per week up to two hours per session in the gym.

I also started checking my weight every day and this kept me on track as a daily health check indicator and routine. Here is my weight loss table for that period of my life, which shows how quickly I was able to make it happen by putting my mind to it and staying focused on the goal. My determined mindset kicked in and I was suddenly motivated in a way I had not been for many, many