Hello friends and family! This is my first blog. And why did I start this blog you ask? Here it goes...
I was born in October of 1979, into a beautiful and very close family, and ever since I have battled with my weight. At the beginning I was thin, for my first seven or eight years of life or so. I was an asthmatic child back then and suffered constantly from ear infections. These conditions; I believe, kept me underweight. I still remember hearing my grandma saying "Esta demasiado flaco ese nene" (That boy is just too thin!!). But when these two conditions were brought under control my weight went up quickly, and ever since I've been either overweight or according to those BMI tables; plainly obese. I remember I weighed more than a 100 lbs by the time I was in the sixth grade. I remember because I was not allowed in a ride at a birthday party (in Felicilandia) because I was too heavy.
AND THE JOURNEY BEGINS
One day I woke-up, a day like any other and suddenly I noticed a tender lump on my left breast. It was more than tender, it hurt. Being the type of person I am, quickly set up an appointment with the doctor. A couple of days later and I'm at my doctors. Before he even asks me why I'm there he weighs me.
And the scale read: 252.6 lbs
Denial was my first reaction of course. No way I was that heavy! One eighth of a ton!! I was dumbfounded. The doctor proceeds to go over my history, and without me telling him anything about the lump (which was why I was there) he tells me point blank. You are at 250 lbs, you have high blood pressure and you re only 33, what are you waiting for?
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