Christian I.
I was not born fat.
Dec 04, 2009
My story starts a little different than most. I was not always obese or even overweight.
I played several sports most of my life and it was while training, for a gymnastics meet, that I injured my back.
This all happened when I was 17 yrs old. The pain was excruciating most of the time. Back surgery seemed more of a risk according to the Doctors. The ensuing depression, pain and total lifestyle change- sports came to a halt overnight- made my life barely tolerable. As I got larger, I had more back problems, more pain, more depression and it all became a vicious circle that gave way to Morbid Obesity 12 years later.
In early 2002 (I was 30) I had the surgery. Something didn't go right, because I passed blood and stayed at the hospital for 5 days. I was sure I had made the worst mistake of my life. Thankfully, the bleeding stoped on its own and I was finally released from the hospital. The upside is that I lost all my excess weight with in 6 months and have stayed there ever since. I'm was so glad that I had the surgery...so that's the short version of my story. :-)
Donde esta el Blog?
Jun 28, 2007
So, I guess when you switch to the new profile format, you gotta start from scratch, ey?
oh, wow in 2 months, to the day, I will have 4 years post op....hm, how time flies while you're starting a business, writing a book, teaching college and just generally enjoying life.
Was it always a bed of roses? Heck now. I bled internally for 5 days post op. You know how there's the infamous 1% complication rate...yep. I was THAT guy. On the flip side, I did get to goal in about 6 months and have stayed there ever since.
I will probably end up re-writing all this in a WAY more positive light. I guess I'm a bit surprised to see a LOT of my info gone.
cyber-hugs,
El Cristiano