Day 49 - Trapped in her own body

So today I was zapping on TV. 1000 channels and NOTHING to watch. Until I saw the Discovery Channel. 

I don't know if today was the "killer Pounds" Marathon, but the title caught my eye and I left the channel there. 

OH

MY

GOSH!

I think I shouldn't have done that!!

I will not go int details, BUT, amongst the 5 shows I saw, the last one was the most impressive. 

There was a lady (Dominique Lanoise) who was 600 pounds and desperately requested for a Bypass surgery. She was desperate for one because she had been in bed for the last two years and could not move. 

She struggled, doctors helped her to loose weight, but it was too difficult for her -I could totally relate to this- after 10 months she finally looses 125 pounds which made her available for the operation. The doctor said to her, she would be going to the hospital on the following weeks. 

On those few weeks (and I STILL do not know why), she gained again the 120 pounds already lost!! 

The health doctor looked up for another doctor who could make the operation on her 625 pound body. And they operated. 

After the operation, she would not stop eating, and she died two weeks later. 

I was so moved with that story. So hurtful. She ate to death literally. She just could not stop. 

And that made me reconsider. 

I have been waiting for the diet to end so I can eat everything I like, and I even pictured myself bingeing. 

After these shows,  I decided I want to live a long healthy life, and this effort I am doing is incredible and I should appreciate it. I MUST learn how to eat and I MUST understand food can also lead you to your own death. 

Scary, but it was a wake up call. 


Video HERE