Losing weight, eliminating fat and water from the body that accumulates depending on multiple factors such as diet, genetics, bad habits, hormonal problems, etc., is a science, and like any science, it takes time to master it.
For years I thought that all my life I was going to be hopelessly doomed to be "a fat ball with legs", and I thought so because I joined the gym, tried different diets, and yet nothing seemed to work.
Under those conditions, it's inevitable not to get depressed. There comes a time when you try again and again and again and again and it just all ends in a failure that seems to be never-ending.
For a long time I said to myself, "Ok, there's nothing to do. I will have to resign myself to being in this body for the rest of my life and that's it", but it turns out that it is not easy to get used to being in a body that you perceive as "an enemy", a body that does not cooperate with you, a body with which you cannot move freely, with which you cannot even tie your shoes, which is the least that any person can do.
For those of us who have lived in this situation, it is quite sad to find ourselves in this situation and not knowing how to escape from it.
Fortunately, one day, I found my way out of that situation. I went from +270 lbs to weighing an average of 165 lbs which is a more than fair and appropriate weight for my height.
I started dieting, but not just any diet. I really started to get interested in what I could eat and not get fat and in that search for foods to eat, I found answers in plants and other ingredients that I could eat in a healthy way without having the permanent feeling of hunger that other diets I had tried in the past without much success provoked me.
It was not an easy road, but today I am happy with the results obtained.
I went back to running, jumping, and playing like I did when I was a kid. My knees and back finally stopped hurting. I changed my entire closet of clothes to my true size and stopped being the laughing stock of many people who simply laughed at me wherever they saw me.
Today, on the contrary, those people who knew me and made fun of me, look up to me and consider me a true role model.
I eat healthy without being hungry, I do sports 5 times a week and I have a life that I fully enjoy today.
I thought a lot to write this, but I think people need to read this kind of story that is real and from ordinary people who, like me, got out of a big problem like obesity.
If I could do it, even though a million times I thought I would never be able to lose weight, then you and anyone else can do the same. And it's worth mentioning that I haven't been over 170 lbs for over 5 years now.
Thanks to those who have read this story. I hope it will be useful to someone else.
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