I Was Eating Myself To Death

(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. I was grossly overweight, and the problems that the weight caused were becoming more obvious. My doctor diagnosed me with several different maladies. The fact that was obese was at the bottom of the problems. I was told if I didn’t do something about it now, I would die before my time.

It was not hard to notice that I had weight issues. But what was I going to do to fix it? It took me years to get my body into the shape I was, but I didn’t have years to fix it. 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 given a list of ideas from others who faced similar problems along with some links to even more information. I was able to discover some helpful websites in my quest to regain my health. Once I had decided that it was either now or never to get healthy, I was ready for the next step.

I knew that I had to consult with a physician. 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. Despite my efforts, I was not making progress. After six months I had not lost a significant amount of weight and I was getting discouraged. I had to do something different, but I was unsure of what to do.

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. My doctor suggested a method that would reduce the size of my stomach. The surgery would shrink the size of my stomach and force me to take in fewer calories. Any time someone cuts into your body there are dangers involved. 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. I took this information back to my family and we decided that I would go head with the surgery.

We scheduled the operation for the soonest possible date and I got myself prepared. The surgery went fine and I came out of it later that day. It took me a little longer to start getting up and moving around. During that time I could hardly eat anything. My doctor eventually gave me the clearance to begin working out. I was determined to make this work. And it was working. The pounds were coming off of my body. Within the first year after surgery I had lost over one hundred pounds. After twenty four months, my weight had gone down over one hundred percent. My doctor says I am no longer considered obese, I am just overweight. The health issues I was facing had all been lessened. I am no longer working out by myself, I have been joined by other people that I love. If I hadn’t done this, I would have died, but now I wake up each morning and enjoy the new day.