<human>: Condense the text into a few key points

Hey everyone, long time lurker here.

Basically I'm 26/f/5'7" and was 239lbs on 28th April this year. 

When I was 18/19 years old I was around 126lbs, but then I started working in a call centre full time, and well life happened and the pounds just kept coming! 

I snapped and decided enough is enough. My mum was recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and I KNEW I was walking the exact same path.

So now, after eating healthy and going to the gym 5 times per week for almost a month, I've lost 8lbs but more importantly (I think) I've lost 4.5% body fat.

Today was a breakthrough day for me personally. I've been doing interval training on the treadmill, walking for 2 mins and running for 1 etc. But today ...today, as the timer past the 1 minute of running time, I kept going. I kept going and realised I could make it to 2 minutes.

I know this seems really small, but for me, I actually couldn't believe it, and couldn't help but have the biggest grin on my face when i realised MY body, my ridiculous, badly treated body, was finally responding to the work I was doing. It was working.

So basically I wanna say I've loved reading your stories of personal achievement and for everyone - keep going! It works. I feel like a million dollars even though I have a lonnnng way to go :]
<bot>: I now know that going to the gym, and eating clean actually works and I can't believe how my body is responding.