MY WEIGHT LOSS JOURNEY : FROM SIZE 22 TO SIZE 16 - TESSY BIOBAKU

Mrs Theresa Biobaku is someone I admire greatly, aside her being a loving and caring friend/sister,for admitting frailties and recognising the victories on the journey to weight loss.

FROM SIZE 12 TO SIZE 22

I used to be a size 12 and never saw any reason to be overweight, but my story changed  when i got married and started  having children.Unbelievable I started adding weight even when my beloved father died and I thought I do lose weight, because I was emotionally stressed but I was wrong , I kept adding more weight, from weighing a little  over 70kg, at the time I was having my 2nd child I was weighing 117kg, it was a big struggle; I couldn't even walk well! Then I said to myself, this can't go on, I need my body back.

MY JOURNEY TO WEIGHT LOSS

Once had reached the decision to lose weight , I went online in search of all sorts of exercise routines and with the help of my friend, Dr Izuora who gave me some great tips on losing weight as I'm an advocate of the natural way(exercise , food portion control etc) of losing weight and I refused to be defensive as a lot of us do, like 'I like the way I am, must everyone be slim?, or it runs in the family,'lol

And in this part of the world (Nigeria), our lifestyle is very sedentary, we have drivers to take us everywhere, even at the office, we hardly get up from our seats, back home, there is one or two house helps to do all the house chores.

Fast forward.....I looked for friends with weight problems to exercise with, and we do that 5 times a week,twice daily (at first it wasn't easy , my body would ache so bad that I will want to quit , but when i think of the look I get 'no wonder she's fat' when eating or drinking in public or the health risk,I say NO WAY! Above all, i prayed to God for strength.

Also, I started eating more of fruits and vegetables,drinking lots of water and gradually, the weight started coming off family and friends were and still shocked ! All I hear is ' Mrs Biobaku how did you do it? You look great,even my darling husband who has been very supportive and encouraging is so proud of me.Today,i'm back in shape and runs a weight management centre in Lagos.

JUST DO IT

Stop procrastinating, start now! The truth is it is not an easy journey, it is HARD but harder to hear the doctor tell you , you are hypertensive, or your organs are shutting down due to weight.I know quite a lot of people obesity has cost them their marriages, relationships even lives.

Just do it and it will end in praise!



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