"I thought I was going to die back then," said Robert Destefano before undergoing surgery
Every year Robert Destefano tried new diets, hoping each would be the one that stuck.
"Atkins, Weight Watchers, South Beach. I wanted to lose 250 pounds, 300 pounds, I could never get down to that weight ," Destefano said.
He would lose 100 pounds, then once off the diet he would gain it all back. He was 528 pounds at his heaviest.
Researcher Christopher Ochner of the New York Obesity Nutrition Research Center at St. Luke's Hospital, says despite what many may think, it has little to do with motivation and self-control.
"Once an individual has been obese for a certain period of...
Read More..http://tinyurl.com/l8aj7qp
No comments:
Post a Comment