Being Fat Was Killing Me
(There was no doubt about it.~I couldn’t deny it any longer~It was a fact that was very obvious.} I was in terrible shape. My health was being affected because of my large stomach that seemed to keep growing. It wasn’t a surprise when my physician gave me a long list of all of the issues I was facing. Blame for my poor health was mainly caused by the excess weight I was carrying. To put it simply I was eating myself to death.
I couldn’t hide the fact that I was obese from anyone. It was clear to me what the problem was, but how could I solve the problem? I needed to lose the weight quickly, but I knew that would be hard since it didn’t appear overnight. I was lost and didn’t know where to turn when I went searching on the internet and found something called the biggest loser forum, where there were chat rooms full of people who were fighting a weight loss battle of their own. I was able to find the support of others and began looking into ways that I could get healthier. I was able to find a lot of information about the different ways to lose weight. I cleared the hurdle of having to choose to lose the weight and was ready to commence my journey.
I sought the advice of a medical professional. With the assistance of the doctor I was able to figure out what I was going to try to do to get rid of the weight. There was no argument that it was imperative for me to begin a fitness regimen before it was too late. We decided to try a basic diet and exercise program that would limit the amount of calories that I took in allow me to burn more calories. I stuck to the diet despite my cravings for all the foods that I was not allowed to eat any more, and I did my exercises faithfully every day, even the six pack ab exercises, that were on the video I had found in the attic. Unfortunately, diet and exercise did not seem to be working for me. After six months I had not lost a significant amount of weight and I was getting discouraged. I didn’t want to give up trying, but I was clueless about what to do next.
I went back to my doctor and told him it was time for me to find a way to learn how to lose weight fast, and what would he suggest that I try next to accomplish this goal since I had run out of ideas. I began my new quest where my first attempt had begun, at my medical professionals office. The plan was for me to have a stomach stapling procedure. The surgery would shrink the size of my stomach and force me to take in fewer calories. The surgery is not without risks. It would be more dangerous for me to stay as fat as I was. If I didn’t change something soon, I could die at any moment. Since I was not the only one who was going to be affected by the surgery, I include my wife and children in the discussion of the surgery.
We scheduled the operation for the soonest possible date and I got myself prepared. The operation was successful and I spent a short time in bed at the hospital. It took me a little longer to start getting up and moving around. While my body was healing, I noticed that I wasn’t very hungry. My doctor eventually gave me the clearance to begin working out. There was no stopping me this time. It was successful this time. The pounds were coming off of my body. Within the first year after surgery I had lost over one hundred pounds. It has been two years since my surgery and I am exactly half the man I used to be. People could no call me fat anymore because I didn’t have a belly that got to a door two minutes before the rest of my body. I decreased the amount of medication that I had to take just to take care of the problems that had been caused by my weight. I have stayed committed to keeping fit and now have the company of my wife and children in my journey. I have taken back my life from the monster that obesity is, and I look forward to never having to face it again.
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