aussie_shark_bait
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I always had a very athletic build, and if i put on a few kilos it was noticable to me and well anyone close casue i am pretty short (5'2"). When i was pregnant i had an accident at work and my hip was damaged and i was too far along with the pregnancy to safely manipulate it back into place so until i gave birth i could barely walk by the end of the day. I put on the standard pregnancy weight to be expected plus an extra 4kilos. I found it very difficult to lose the excess weight, but I never noticed anyone treating me any different, i was still the same me. I didn't diet as I breastfed my son for 15 months.
Last year my neighbour a really lovelly 55 yr old retired, fit, went to the gym mon - fri for 1 -3 hours a day, very healthy diet, history of heart disease in family. He still had a massive heart attack and died. i tried to revive him for 30 minutes while the ambulance came. It has been the hardest of things for me to come to terms with. I have a cousin who is a year older than me she is 5'4" and she weighs 145kg, she is morbidly obese and she isn't 30 yet. She recently had a baby, she wasn't allowed to deliver at any of the close hospitals to her she had to go to a mjor one in Melbourne becasue the delivery bed wasn't rated to hold her weight. Her mother is mobidly obese and has sleep apnea due to her weight condition, her father mobidly obese, with sleep apnea, both wear alarms for when their hearts stop in their sleep. They re proud of their weight and are defiant aboiut not losing the weight.
After Graham had his heart attack, i lost 20 kg, i didn't even realise, i sorted cruised through life for about 4 months coping with what had happened or what i couldn't help from happening. Just trying to be a good Mum and be there for Grahams wife - they never had children. When i went to pick up my sons Santa photos he was too scared to sit with him on his own i sat with Santa with my son on my knees. I didn't recognise myself in the photos, i was very skinny. I had not noticed, no one treated me differently. But i feel really fit now, my hip has been great for the last year since the weight has come off, i don't think my image made a difference to the people around me, but i think with Grahams death, my perpective is a lot different today than it was before that day he died especially regarding health and the health of the heart and related issues.
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Last year my neighbour a really lovelly 55 yr old retired, fit, went to the gym mon - fri for 1 -3 hours a day, very healthy diet, history of heart disease in family. He still had a massive heart attack and died. i tried to revive him for 30 minutes while the ambulance came. It has been the hardest of things for me to come to terms with. I have a cousin who is a year older than me she is 5'4" and she weighs 145kg, she is morbidly obese and she isn't 30 yet. She recently had a baby, she wasn't allowed to deliver at any of the close hospitals to her she had to go to a mjor one in Melbourne becasue the delivery bed wasn't rated to hold her weight. Her mother is mobidly obese and has sleep apnea due to her weight condition, her father mobidly obese, with sleep apnea, both wear alarms for when their hearts stop in their sleep. They re proud of their weight and are defiant aboiut not losing the weight.
After Graham had his heart attack, i lost 20 kg, i didn't even realise, i sorted cruised through life for about 4 months coping with what had happened or what i couldn't help from happening. Just trying to be a good Mum and be there for Grahams wife - they never had children. When i went to pick up my sons Santa photos he was too scared to sit with him on his own i sat with Santa with my son on my knees. I didn't recognise myself in the photos, i was very skinny. I had not noticed, no one treated me differently. But i feel really fit now, my hip has been great for the last year since the weight has come off, i don't think my image made a difference to the people around me, but i think with Grahams death, my perpective is a lot different today than it was before that day he died especially regarding health and the health of the heart and related issues.
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