(There was no doubt about it.~I couldn’t deny it any longer~It was a fact that was very obvious.} My body was sick. I was grossly overweight, and the problems that the weight caused were becoming more obvious. My health problems included diabetes and high blood pressure not to mention back and joint pain. 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 could look in the mirror and see the problem. The question was, What was I going to do to change? 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 able to find the support of others and began looking into ways that I could get healthier. The internet did not lack for advice on what a person in my situation should do. Once I had decided that it was either now or never to get healthy, I was ready for the next step.
The first thing I did was to go to my doctor. My physician agreed with the idea to get healthy and helped me develop my plan. There was no argument that it was imperative for me to begin a fitness regimen before it was too late. The first approach that I was going to take was the oldest one out there, control what I eat and start a workout plan to use more energy than I took in. 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. I wished it was different, but the weight was not disappearing even when I did everything I was supposed to. After six months I had not lost a significant amount of weight and I was getting discouraged. I was looking for a plan that would work, but I didn’t know where to turn to find one.
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. My doctor agreed that the diet and exercise program did not work. The plan was for me to have a stomach stapling procedure. The smaller stomach meant I would consume less food at one time but would eat more often. I knew that this type of drastic measure was filled with peril. However, I was taking more of a risk by being severely overweight. Delaying taking action was no longer an option that I could consider because of my poor health. I turned to the people I love to giver me the guidance and support that I required when thinking about the possibilities.
The day finally came when I went to the hospital to try to change my life. The operation was successful and I spent a short time in bed at the hospital. It took several weeks to start my recovery. The amount of food I consumed during my recovery was very small. Once I recovered enough from the surgery, I began my exercise routine. I was not going to accept anything short of success with this plan. And it was working. I was watching the fat melt off of my body. I was losing over ten pounds a month because of the gastric bypass procedure. After twenty four months, my weight had gone down over one hundred percent. I had gotten my body back to a more normal status on the charts in my physicians office. 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. My life was saved by the surgery and I look forward to many years of happiness.
