😍My blood pressure has been getting better and better!! So no joke me losing the weight eating healthier and working out daily. Does actually help! So that’s why I am officially off the medication since last year when my Doctor certified me fit and continued to do so !! 💪👍
The 2 photos was taken 4 months apart, lost 15 kg (33 lbs) from April to August of 2019. As of today, February 2020 I am at 89 kg (196 lbs), compared to when I was at my heaviest of 126 kg (277 lbs) back in 2017. I am still a work in progress…
For the past year, I have been on a diet and health transformation. The difference has been dramatic and mostly due to what I ate. Portion control, less carbohydrates, more vegetables / fruits, cutting off all snacks / junk foods and learnt to cook and bake my own meals with healthy, less processed ingredients. I did also exercised daily for improved fitness and overall well-being. But 2 years prior I had already slowly lost weight purely from my change in lifestyle and what I ate. Exercise only contributed to a few percentage of weight loss.
For me it’s not about the looks at all, but mental, internal and physical health. Way too many friends around me are getting lifestyle diseases and some had passed away, which triggered me to start this change for the better. I was on medication for hypertension, had fatty liver markers, slip discs surgery with 2 relapses, was easily sick, skin problems, etc… And all these issues improved tremendously ever since I became healthier, lighter, fitter.
My hope was to use myself as an example to encourage others to do the same for their own health sake before it becomes another case of “too little too late”. I want to promote body positivity, not shame the size or shape that we are, as everyone is different. For me had I not need to lose the weight to improve my back problem, I would have rather remained a big guy. But alas, it was a matter of health and statistically obesity is affecting lives and our society economically.
No this is not an ad for skin whitening products. 😉
But it’s a fact that my Acanthosis Nigricans hyperpigmentation skin conditions has greatly improved after I lost weight and ate healthy. 👍And continues to do so. This is not for the sake of looks but a sign of my body’s health. If left unchecked it’ll eventually lead to many health issues as I age.
🧐Such skin condition is literally skin deep and no amount of scrubbing or whitening products can help, I tried before in the past to scrub until it bleeds ouch!! And used all sorts of skin whitening deodorants etc … I am just in denial and thinking it’ll help but NOPE! And the Skin Doctor did tell me that since I have this issue for decades it’s also possible that some areas may be permanently darkened already. So no choice. But the point being my health transformation is directly correlated to my skin condition which is a visible indicator of my internal health.
So please take note to my many friends who has similar conditions too, check with your skin doctors like I did and follow up with your various Doctors to improve your health. 🙏Stay healthy y’all 😄
Wikipedia (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acanthosis_nigricans):
It typically occurs in individuals younger than age 40, may be genetically inherited and is associated with obesity or endocrinopathies, such as hypothyroidism, acromegaly, polycystic ovary disease, insulin-resistant diabetes or Cushing’s disease.
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