weight loss success storie 92 kilos to 69 kilos

I came down from 92 kilos to 69 kilos - and in the process discovered inner strengths and also staved off a crippling disease.

Weight loss success storie 

I was 34 years old, the youngest COO in the Indian telecom industry, and weighed 74 kilos. I used to be full of energy and walked with a bounce. That is when the disorder struck. It was an autoimmune disorder (a disorder in which one’s immune system attacks one’s own body) that was attacking my peripheral nerves. I found it increasingly difficult to use my fingers or hands, lift objects or walk without support. Over the next 7 years, it got progressively worse till al 41, after a flare up, I was admitted to the hospital almost completely paralysed, unable to move my hands or legs or even speak. I was put on a strong dosage of steroids. One of the side effects of steroids is gaining weight and over the next 2 years, my weight shot up to 92 kilos.

I am an extremely solution oriented person- I never give up on a problem. I knew if I worked on it enough, I could find a way to overcome my illness and also to get back into shape. After 2 years of searching, I found a treatment (a clinical trial) in the US and underwent that. This removed the underlying condition. However, I had lost a lot of muscles and had to rebuild that. Over the next one year, I drove myself like crazy to work out every muscle in my body. I identified 27 exercises I had to do every day, and I set targets for each exercise for the next 52 weeks. The target for each exercise would go up each week.

One key exercise was walking. In the beginning, I could walk only half a kilometre, that too with multiple stops and I took about 24 minutes for that. But each day I pushed myself to walk a few metres extra, a little faster. I would time myself and record the distance and speed each day. At the end of six months, I was walking 6 kilometres each day, and covering that distance in just 72 minutes. Similarly, I pushed each wasted muscle in my body and became stronger. At the end of one year, I had reached 76 kilos. And I achieved all this with just exercise and daily 6 kilometre walking. My body recovered 90% of its strength, except for some permanent irreversible nerve damage which affected my balance somewhat and flexibility of fingers.

But the story doesn’t end there. Five years later, I discovered that all the steroids had led to a side effect - avascular necrosis. My hip bones were dying from within and I would need to do a hip replacement. Again, I took matters into my own hands. My extensive research indicated that a mostly raw vegetable and fruit diet would control the condition. I gave up sugar, dairy, and wheat. Now, everyday, I start the day with two glasses of green leafy vegetable juice, have fresh green salad at 10am, fresh fruits at 1pm, some rice/idli/dosa etc at 4PM, mixed vegetable smoothie at 6pm. I have nuts or dates for snacks. I continue to walk every second day and go to the gym every other day. I try and do yoga 3 times a week.

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