We have a special guest this week! Jay, from the Grill Coach Podcast (https://www.thegrillcoach.com/) joins us to share his inspiring story.

In this wide-ranging episode, Jay takes us from the depths of his challenges to his blood sugar to his triumphant improvement. All while keeping his incredible sense of humor, humility, and purpose.

We talk through the mindset shift from avoidance to agency, then get specific about the small habits that make blood sugar change feel possible. If you are looking for inspiration to take control of your blood sugar, Jay’s story will provide the rocket fuel (or maybe more accurately, since he is The Grill Coach, charcoal) to get you taking action TODAY.

Be sure to check out Jay’s podcast, The Grill Coach: https://www.thegrillcoach.com/

Ready to take control of your health and stop settling for “managed” diabetes?
Grab your earbuds and listen in.

Brian & Cory
Diabetes Remission Partners

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👉 Want help mapping out your diabetes medication exit strategy?

If you’re on meds, “in range,” and still know this isn’t the standard you want — this is the next step.

On this free call, we’ll help you:

· Get clear on why your blood sugar is where it is

· Understand what’s realistic for reducing or eliminating medications

· See whether a medication exit strategy makes sense for you

Book your Diabetes Medication Exit Strategy Call here:
https://medfreehealthya1c.com/diabetesfreechat

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🎓 Watch Our Free Training

The Diabetes Freedom Masterclass shows you how our clients work toward a healthy A1C with fewer — and sometimes no — medications by addressing insulin resistance at the root.
👉 https://medfreehealthya1c.com/

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📲 Follow Us on Instagram

Daily education, encouragement, and straight talk about meds, muscle, and metabolic health:
@diabetesremissionpartners

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📧 Questions or feedback?

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brianandcory@diabetesremissionpartners.com

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Leaving a review helps more people find this message and reminds us why this work matters.
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It’s time for another Rapid-Fire Friday !

This month we tackle the questions you are asking on the road to diabetes remission. This episode, we’ll answer:

-What is happening when my blood sugar is better but my weight isn’t coming down?

-What exactly is a good source of protein?

-Is corn on the cob ok?

It’s time to cut through the noise and give you blood sugar clarity!

Ready to take control of your health and stop settling for “managed” diabetes?
Grab your earbuds and listen in.

Brian & Cory
Diabetes Remission Partners

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👉 Want help mapping out your diabetes medication exit strategy?
If you’re on meds, “in range,” and still know this isn’t the standard you want — this is the next step.

On this free call, we’ll help you:

· Get clear on why your blood sugar is where it is

· Understand what’s realistic for reducing or eliminating medications

· See whether a medication exit strategy makes sense for you

Book your Diabetes Medication Exit Strategy Call here:
https://medfreehealthya1c.com/diabetesfreechat

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🎓 Watch Our Free Training

The Diabetes Freedom Masterclass shows you how our clients work toward a healthy A1C with fewer — and sometimes no — medications by addressing insulin resistance at the root.
👉 https://medfreehealthya1c.com/

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📲 Follow Us on Instagram

Daily education, encouragement, and straight talk about meds, muscle, and metabolic health:
@diabetesremissionpartners

📧 Questions or feedback?

Email us anytime:
brianandcory@diabetesremissionpartners.com

⭐ Love the podcast?

Leaving a review helps more people find this message and reminds us why this work matters.
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If you’re living and dying by your A1C, your CGM average, or the number of pills in your cabinet, it’s easy to believe one bad day means you’re failing.

This week, Brian goes solo and shares his own health story, because the real barrier for many people with type 2 diabetes isn’t just carbs or willpower. It’s the quiet belief that you have to earn your worth by fixing your body.

Brian walks through how he went from being overweight and out of shape in pharmacy school, to “getting healthy,” to becoming so rigid that food started to feel dangerous and control started to seep into his relationships. Along the way, working as a pharmacist inside the hospital system made one thing clear: chronic illness is everywhere, burnout is real, and band-aid approaches rarely touch the root cause.

Brian shares his own Steady Strengthening routine right now, and why walking and rucking can be a practical blood sugar tool.,

But he hopes that the biggest takeaway from this episode is mindset: when your worth depends on a lab result, every setback becomes an identity crisis. When you start from the truth that you’re already worthy and loved, you can face high blood sugar as information, not condemnation and you can build habits without obsession, shame, or fear.

Ready to take control of your health and stop settling for “managed” diabetes?
Grab your earbuds and listen in.

Brian & Cory
Diabetes Remission Partners

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👉 Want help mapping out your diabetes medication exit strategy?

If you’re on meds, “in range,” and still know this isn’t the standard you want — this is the next step.

On this free call, we’ll help you:

· Get clear on why your blood sugar is where it is

· Understand what’s realistic for reducing or eliminating medications

· See whether a medication exit strategy makes sense for you

Book your Diabetes Medication Exit Strategy Call here:
https://medfreehealthya1c.com/diabetesfreechat

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🎓 Watch Our Free Training

The Diabetes Freedom Masterclass shows you how our clients work toward a healthy A1C with fewer — and sometimes no — medications by addressing insulin resistance at the root.
👉 https://medfreehealthya1c.com/

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
📲 Follow Us on Instagram

Daily education, encouragement, and straight talk about meds, muscle, and metabolic health:
@diabetesremissionpartners

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📧 Questions or feedback?

Email us anytime:
brianandcory@diabetesremissionpartners.com

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⭐ Love the podcast?

Leaving a review helps more people find this message and reminds us why this work matters.
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Your blood sugar might not be “out of control” because you don’t care or don’t know enough. Many times, it’s the quiet habits that look normal on the surface but keep insulin resistance and food cravings running the show.

In this episode, you’ll here five hidden blood sugar pitfalls that can stall type 2 diabetes remission progress even when you think you are doing everything right.

If you have been doing “everything right” but not seeing progress, we think this episode will have something for you.

Ready to take control of your health and stop settling for “managed” diabetes?
Grab your earbuds and listen in.

Brian & Cory
Diabetes Remission Partners

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👉 Want help mapping out your diabetes medication exit strategy?
If you’re on meds, “in range,” and still know this isn’t the standard you want — this is the next step.

On this free call, we’ll help you:

· Get clear on why your blood sugar is where it is

· Understand what’s realistic for reducing or eliminating medications

· See whether a medication exit strategy makes sense for you

Book your Diabetes Medication Exit Strategy Call here:
https://medfreehealthya1c.com/diabetesfreechat

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🎓 Watch Our Free Training

The Diabetes Freedom Masterclass shows you how our clients work toward a healthy A1C with fewer — and sometimes no — medications by addressing insulin resistance at the root.
👉 https://medfreehealthya1c.com/

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
📲 Follow Us on Instagram

Daily education, encouragement, and straight talk about meds, muscle, and metabolic health:
@diabetesremissionpartners

📧 Questions or feedback?

Email us anytime:
brianandcory@diabetesremissionpartners.com

⭐ Love the podcast?

Leaving a review helps more people find this message and reminds us why this work matters.
👉 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/diabetes-remission-roadmap-reverse-type-2-lower-a1c/id1777467082

**We're hosting a free, live webinar on Wednesday May 20th at 7PM ET called the Diabetes Remission Roadmap.

This is for people with type 2 diabetes who want to know how to actually lower their blood sugar naturally and start building a real plan to reduce or get off their medications safely: without starving themselves, without cutting carbs down to zero, and without spending their entire life in a gym.

It's free. It's live. And it's an hour that could genuinely change how you see your situation.

Link to register: https://medfreehealthya1c.com/register

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Your blood sugar numbers can look “fine” while the real problem of insulin resistance gets worse. In this episode, we challenge the idea that a “good” A1C means you are safe, and explain how type 2 diabetes can build for years before blood sugar finally spikes. Having some fun at the expense of Brian’s favorite baseball team, we show how to read the under the hood signs of insulin resistance and take practical steps toward remission without extreme diets.

Listen to learn:

• How A1C works and why it can miss early metabolic trouble

• The long compensation phase: hyperinsulinemia, insulin resistance, and storage capacity running out

• Under the hood lab markers that show you may be in for a blood sugar shock

• Non-lab clues your disease is getting worse

• Why numbers can jump fast after years of quiet strain

• How to measure progress beyond the scale

If you have ever been surprised by an unexpected jump in your blood sugar, or want to avoid one, this episode will explain why, and what to do about it.

Ready to take control of your health and stop settling for “managed” diabetes?
Grab your earbuds and listen in.

Brian & Cory
Diabetes Remission Partners

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🎓 Watch Our Free Training

The Diabetes Freedom Masterclass shows you how our clients work toward a healthy A1C with fewer — and sometimes no — medications by addressing insulin resistance at the root.
👉 https://medfreehealthya1c.com/

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📲 Follow Us on Instagram

Daily education, encouragement, and straight talk about meds, muscle, and metabolic health:
@diabetesremissionpartners

📧 Questions or feedback?

Email us anytime:
brianandcory@diabetesremissionpartners.com

We talk with Chris Cornell (aka Biggest Comeback). At 278 pounds in his 50s, Chris knew something had to change. What followed wasn’t another extreme diet or complicated system. It was a simple, repeatable approach built around satiety, self-accountability, and becoming his own experiment.

In this can’t miss episode, Chris and Cory talk about why hunger control beats willpower and how a few simple food rules can drive lasting weight loss and better metabolic health. We connect his comeback story to type 2 diabetes remission by focusing on satiety, muscle, and realistic habits that lower the odds of sliding back into “managed forever.” The conversation covers:

• Type 2 diabetes as a muscle and energy storage problem
• Chris’s 278-pound wake-up moment and the rebound trap of white-knuckle calorie restriction
• Low carb as a tool for satiety rather than a rigid identity
• Why calorie counting fails when hunger and cravings stay high
• N=1 experimentation and adapting general guidelines to real life
• Chris’s satiety rules including protein targets, carb range, and time boundaries
• Why fasting can backfire before food quality is fixed
• A simple starting step: prioritize satiating protein-rich foods.

If you’ve ever felt like you’re “too late”… or that health has to be complicated to make your own Biggest Comeback…

This one’s for you.

Connect with Chris:

• X: https://x.com/BiggestComeback
• Website: https://BiggestComeback.com

Ready to take control of your health and stop settling for “managed” diabetes?
Grab your earbuds and listen in.

Brian & Cory
Diabetes Remission Partners

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👉 Want help mapping out your diabetes medication exit strategy?
If you’re on meds, “in range,” and still know this isn’t the standard you want — this is the next step.

On this free call, we’ll help you:

· Get clear on why your blood sugar is where it is

· Understand what’s realistic for reducing or eliminating medications

· See whether a medication exit strategy makes sense for you

Book your Diabetes Medication Exit Strategy Call here:
https://medfreehealthya1c.com/diabetesfreechat

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
🎓 Watch Our Free Training

The Diabetes Freedom Masterclass shows you how our clients work toward a healthy A1C with fewer — and sometimes no — medications by addressing insulin resistance at the root.
👉 https://medfreehealthya1c.com/

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
📲 Follow Us on Instagram

Daily education, encouragement, and straight talk about meds, muscle, and metabolic health:
@diabetesremissionpartners

📧 Questions or feedback?

Email us anytime:
brianandcory@diabetesremissionpartners.com

⭐ Love the podcast?

Leaving a review helps more people find this message and reminds us why this work matters.
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We do the real-world math on budget grocery shopping for type 2 diabetes remission and show why “healthy food is expensive” is often a myth when you compare what actually keeps you full. We share 15 affordable staples and contrast them with common junk foods to explain why cost per satiety matters more than cost per pound.

The bigger takeaway is a mindset shift: don’t shop for the cheapest calories, shop for the cheapest way to not be hungry. We also get practical about real life, time, and taste, sharing shortcuts like crock pot meals, frozen veggies, bagged salads, and easy flavor upgrades with sauces, spices, and pre-mixed seasoning packets. If you’ve been struggling at the grocery store, this is the episode you can’t miss!

Ready to take control of your health and stop settling for “managed” diabetes?
Grab your earbuds and listen in.

Brian & Cory
Diabetes Remission Partners

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👉 Want help mapping out your diabetes medication exit strategy?

If you’re on meds, “in range,” and still know this isn’t the standard you want — this is the next step.

On this free call, we’ll help you:

· Get clear on why your blood sugar is where it is

· Understand what’s realistic for reducing or eliminating medications

· See whether a medication exit strategy makes sense for you

Book your Diabetes Medication Exit Strategy Call here:
https://medfreehealthya1c.com/diabetesfreechat

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
🎓 Watch Our Free Training

The Diabetes Freedom Masterclass shows you how our clients work toward a healthy A1C with fewer — and sometimes no — medications by addressing insulin resistance at the root.
👉 https://medfreehealthya1c.com/

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
📲 Follow Us on Instagram

Daily education, encouragement, and straight talk about meds, muscle, and metabolic health:
@diabetesremissionpartners

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
📧 Questions or feedback?

Email us anytime:
brianandcory@diabetesremissionpartners.com

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⭐ Love the podcast?

Leaving a review helps more people find this message and reminds us why this work matters.
👉 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/diabetes-remission-roadmap-reverse-type-2-lower-a1c/id1777467082

It’s time for another Rapid Fire Friday where we answer listener questions about the road to diabetes remission. This week, we give answers to the following:

-Sometimes my CGM makes me afraid of food, should I keep using it?

-What exactly do I need to eat for better blood sugar?

-How do you build confidence around food instead of fear?

It’s time to clear up the confusion and find clarity on your path to diabetes remission. If you want a calmer relationship with food, steadier glucose trends, and a realistic plan built on real food and muscle-building habits, press play. Subscribe, share this with a friend who needs hope, and leave a quick review so more people can find the show.

Mentioned in the episode: “This Surprising Sign Means Your Blood Sugar is Improving”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wm5IGdz_Vv8

Ready to take control of your health and stop settling for “managed” diabetes?
Grab your earbuds and listen in.

Brian & Cory
Diabetes Remission Partners

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👉 Want help mapping out your diabetes medication exit strategy?

If you’re on meds, “in range,” and still know this isn’t the standard you want — this is the next step.

On this free call, we’ll help you:

· Get clear on why your blood sugar is where it is

· Understand what’s realistic for reducing or eliminating medications

· See whether a medication exit strategy makes sense for you

Book your Diabetes Medication Exit Strategy Call here:
https://medfreehealthya1c.com/diabetesfreechat

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
🎓 Watch Our Free Training

The Diabetes Freedom Masterclass shows you how our clients work toward a healthy A1C with fewer — and sometimes no — medications by addressing insulin resistance at the root.
👉 https://medfreehealthya1c.com/

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
📲 Follow Us on Instagram

Daily education, encouragement, and straight talk about meds, muscle, and metabolic health:
@diabetesremissionpartners

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
📧 Questions or feedback?

Email us anytime:
brianandcory@diabetesremissionpartners.com

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
⭐ Love the podcast?

Leaving a review helps more people find this message and reminds us why this work matters.
👉 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/diabetes-remission-roadmap-reverse-type-2-lower-a1c/id1777467082