Straight answers
Less than you fear. You do not have to lose all of it for your blood sugar to start moving. The first chunk of weight does the heaviest lifting, and your numbers will show it before your mirror does.
Here is what nobody told me at the start: your body does not wait until you look different. As the first weight comes off, especially around the waist, your insulin starts working better and your fasting numbers start moving. That early proof is fuel. It is the moment most of my clients stop hoping and start believing.
My full story took 12 months. I share it as proof of where consistent work ends up, not as the amount you owe before your sugar is allowed to improve.
"The scale is the worst way to measure progress with Type 2."
Muscle gained can hide fat lost. Water moves the number daily. So we track what actually matters:
When those move, you are winning, even on the weeks the scale refuses to clap.
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