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Hey guys, Christopher here.

It's been almost a week since I wrote something here. Let say that everythng was going fine and I didn't need to write anything. Of course, nothing is fine. I still have excess weight to lose and no solution for that problem. But I'm trying to stay positive and keep the faith in myself.

Anyway, today I'm writing because last night was a nightmare. As you all may know, Super Bowl started and me being a guy, it's normal that I go out with some friends to watch the game in the local pub, or we gather at somebody's house (ususally where we have a TV big enought) and watch it there.

The first game was on Sunday, right? Yes, on Sunday. We decided to stay in and go to  my friend, Mike.  He has a 50" TV and the experience is great. Everybody brought something do eat and something to drink. Normally we had beer and some snacks. We ate, drank and watched the game. At the end, Broncos lost. Well done Seahawks :)

Now back to the point. I came home really late, took a showe and went straight to sleep. In the middle of the night I woke up and couldn't fall back to sleep. I was breathing heavily, felt some pain in my chest and I was sweating like crazy. Don't know why. When I lay on my back, I felt like there's an elephant sitting on me and I could barely breathe. And when I rolled over on my right side, I had the worst acid reflux you can imagine. That was like 2am. I took some medication for the acid reflux and around 3am i went back to sleep.

I didn't get enought sleep so during the day I was very cranky. I went to work like that, which was not good. An employee made some simple mistake in a report (didn't add two number correctly) and I snaped at him like he did something really terrible. After he stormed out of my office, my boss came in to give me a warning about my behavior! I was really ashamed :(

After that I went to buy myself some new clothes, because the ones I have, don't fit me anymore. There are a few jeans that do, but that's not nearly enought. I can say that I got really pi**ed off when I found out that I have to buy almost the biggest number in the store. I almost snaped at the girl who works there.

I came home, had dinner, took a shower and went to bed early. Slept good the entire night.

Guys, this situation about my weight is getting really serious. I need to do something. Can anybody give me some good advice? Should I go with diet first, or should I just skip it and go straight for the surgery or maybe some surgical alternative?

Appreciate your advice,

Untill next time,

Christopher

Hey! Cristoph here again :)

I would like to share how obesity basically ruined my life and I would like you to tell me how I can fix that.

By now, you know that I'm a 42 year old manager and I come from California. I work a lot and I really don't have the time for gyms, healthy eating and stuff like that. I know that is wrong, but I have to make a living, don't i?

Anyway...moving on. I work in a company for over 1o years and my weight started to cause me prblem when I was 31. Slowly, I gained weight (about 7-10lbs) every month. By the time I turned 36 I was 220 lbs and I felt awful about it. I was avoiding mirrors, health scales and anything else that will show me how obese...or better to say...how fat I am!

Back then, I had a girlfriend. She was a nice and kind person. She cared a lot about me and my health. Actually, she cared more than I did. She told me to lose weight, to get back in shape. I too knew that. There simply wasn't enought time for it. At the age of 37 I hade my first heart attack that put me in the hospital for about 3 days. My girlfriend and I got really scared, and that was a clear sign that I have to do something about my weight. I cut back on my work and devoted 1h three times a week to go to the gym. My weight was down by 20 lbs in 4 months and I felt great.

After a while, I was promoted to manage a whole department and I was back on working late hours and not being able to exercise. My girlfriend got really mad at me! But that wasn't a big problem as the thing that followed.

I started gaining weight again and no my weight affected my sex life. From the extra weight I got tired very fast, my erections were irregular and sometimes I didn't even get one. That was the last drop for my girlfriend. At 39 I got dumped and the last thing she said was "I can't keep going on like this. I can't care for you or anybody else, if they are not willing to take care of themselves!". I was destroyed! And I can't blame her. I might break up even earlier if it were me in here shoes.

I still have weight problems, that cause erecitile problems and other hear related issues! I need help and I'm hoping I can get it from you guys.

Thank you,

Christopher