A good part of my life I grew up overweight. It wasn't until I tore my lateral and medial meniscus that my weight passed the 300 pound mark. Once I hit 338 lbs I quit weighing myself because who wants to deliver bad news to themselves?
Not only was I 338+ lbs, I had a fatty liver, high cholesterol, sleep apnea, limited movement in my knee, depressed, pre diabetic, and back pain. Not to mention stress from personal health, over 25k in debt, a child to raise, and no job.
My surgeon insisted I had to lose weight but because of my knee limited me to 10 minutes of a stationery bike each day.
First option was to get a bypass surgery to drop weight. After researching the types of gastric bypass surgeries I decided to get a lapband surgery where a ring would be surgically implanted around the upper part of your stomach.
Excited to get the surgery done I had to attend my consultation. During the consultation I'm told that once I get surgery I'll have to quit drinking soda. Otherwise the soda will stretch my stomach out again and the surgery will be a complete waste.
Drinking 4+ sodas a day I wasn't ready to give up soda for life. I couldn't imagine eating dinner and not having 2 or 3 refreshing sodas to wash it down with. Not only did I not want to, I was addicted I couldn't give up soda.
I went home and excepted I'll be obese for the rest of my unhealthy life. At least I'll be able to eat what I want and drink as many sodas as I want with that food. Besides its in my genetics most of my family was overweight because it's hereditary.
It's time to get into a gym
It's time to get into a gym
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