Why & How I lost Weight and Why You Should Too

Chapter 1

In 2017, I was over 330 pounds. I had high blood pressure, chronic fatigue, sleep apnea and a host of other health symptoms. I did not subject myself to any diagnosis because I was too scared to know what my health condition was. I would never get checked simply because I feared the knowledge of my real condition would drive me to an early grave.

It wasn't until I passed out on a regular day in my apartment, that made me seek professional help to really understand where I stood Healthwise and to see what my options were.

I booked an appointment with a doctor on a Wednesday morning and begrudgingly took myself there.

After checking in with the nurse, the first thing she did was check my weight and height then my blood pressure and other things I am still confused about to this day. After that they asked me to step into a room, it was cold and sterile, it was unwelcoming and dimly lit.

I waited for seemingly an eternity for the doctor to come and tell me on which day I would die.

As I sat there motionless, I thought about why I was in this situation. I was a few years past my thirtieth birthday, I was not healthy, I was not financially stable, I had next to nothing that I was proud of. I had been winging my life. I was being pushed by the current of life, never standing on my own to make decisions that were in my best interest. I worked a job I didn't love. I lived a miserable life. In the midst of my thoughts, the door slowly swung open and in came a man with a slender build, I remember him well, I can see his face as I type these words. He greeted me by my last name attaching a Mr. salutation to it. I guess it was professional courtesy to address his patients that way, either way it made me feel like I should prepare for some real bad news.

He examined my chart and his eyes widened as he looked at the numbers. He rechecked my blood pressure, maybe because the numbers were unreal.

He explained that my numbers were off the chart. I am no medical expert but he told me both numbers, the upper number and the lower one were all seriously out of the normal range.

He explained that I needed to be on medication immediately to normalize my blood flow. He told me that I was at risk of having a stroke or many other complications if I did not choose to take the drugs. He warned that my health was in a dire situation and prompt action in the form of medication was the only way that I had a fighting chance.

I took his advice. I was prescribed a thirty day dose of a drug that would, according to him, help manage my blood pressure.

My drive home was even more brutal, my thoughts were racing. I thought of my mortality the whole way through. I had done prior research and I knew that these medications, once prescribed are almost impossible to get off. I wondered why I was in this situation. I wondered many things, I thought about my family and if I would ever have one.

I thought about all the plans I had for the future and if I would ever get to see those days or achievements. My life was literally flying before my eyes.

That day I went home and took one of the pills.

I started to think of ways to take accountabilty for my life, take accountability for my actions, I purchased a stationary bike online,

and started gradually.

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