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Lloyd Herbst, 24 saved his life by becoming a Belly Off winner!
After having a heart attack at the age of twenty-three, he says 'the biggest reward is being alive and enjoying life'...
WEIGHT BEFORE 186 WEIGHT AFTER 114
OCCUPATION Engineer
HEIGHT 1.95m
TIME TO GOAL Eight months
THE GAIN I’ve always been a hefty guy (I was over 100kg in standard five), but I deluded myself into thinking that I carried my weight well, and had found a niche being the “big guy”. I ate what I wanted when I wanted, but the real slide downhill happened at university. The convenience of fast food made it really easy to eat – I even participated in eating competitions and was extremely successful at them. I have also always loved cooking and would more often than not be over sampling my delicious food. Coupled with both serious drinking and a complete disregard for exercise, my weight and health suffered massively.
THE CHANGE At the age of 23, I had a heart attack induced by my morbid obesity. I woke up one morning and my heart was racing like never before. I drove myself to the hospital in my boxers and collapsed in the resuscitation bay of the trauma ward. I spent two days in high care and eventually my heart stabilised. My heart had enlarged due to my weight, causing the blood to swirl in my atrial chambers instead of being pumped around. The head matron and doctor both said, “My boy, if you don’t lose weight, the next one will be your last.” Those words, and the worried look on my family’s faces, told me it was time to change.
THE STRATEGY I sought the advice of a dietician who put me on a low-GI diet. I became neurotic about everything I ate. I cut out sugar and drinking completely as it may have sparked off more heart complications. Every day I would get on the spinning bike and slowly increase my distance and speed. I rode it until it fell apart, then started running. I’m now running eight to 10km a day and keeping my weight in check.
THE RESULT I’ve lost 50cm off my waist (it was 152cm) and gone down two shoe sizes!
THE REWARD My heart condition has reversed. My brother has also lost 25kg because of my regime and I am super proud of him. I am running my first half marathon this year and I’m training for the Argus. But the biggest reward is being alive and enjoying life!
Last updated: Tue, 2011-09-20 16:31
Good articles on weight loss month in month out. But how about catering for the skinny brothers out there and write something on gaining a few extra pounds?
All body is talking about weight lose. How about thoz who atleast want to add some weight & mantain their fitness????
I could never lose 72 pounds, I don't think I have the necessary will power. What works for me is something I think I heard the first time from Trey White, the occasional Sunday jog, a weekly friendly game of basketball and my regular fishing trips. I noticed I can keep my weight under control as long as I remember to take a break from time to time, and I don't overdo it.
WOW just what I was searching for. Came here by searching for loose weight
Your story would most definitely inspire others. There are people who simply do not care about their health and due to their lack of awareness they develop complicated health problems. In fact you need to be aware of health problems. Right diet, right work out as well as about medication that you take. Before you buy any medication learn about it, if you are planning to buy clen learn about it and talk to your doctor.
As a part of the health masters program i must say that i need to be an example for the people who surround me. A few years ago i saw that the people who were giving advice about healthy living weren't living healthy at all and they looked sick also. A change was done and everything is way better.
Thank you for this great post!I want to increase my muscles and loose some weight. A friend of mine told me that the secret of making this relies on exercises and a diet rich in proteins.If you have a good exercise routine and eat healthy meals you can easily get the results that you want.
If you want to loose weight and get healthy it's also very important to eat healthy. I would recommend you to eat as much yogurt as you can. You could even buy yourself a donper frozen yogurt machine. That way you can have fresh yoghurt whenever you want.
It's a verified fact now, there are no more excuses. I am thinking about building myself a long term care program so that I can keep a healthy lifestyle and have a more fit body, if this doesn't work then I don't know what works.
This is a very interesting article.There are many people who are desperate to loose weight in a very short time and many of them take different weight loss pills that dramatically increase red blood cell quantities and harm their bodies. As a nutritionist I consider that a healthy diet and daily exercise is the best recipe in order to loose weight.
Being overweight causes a lot of tension. It could affect our health adversely and even lead heart attack and death. The best example we could get from a 24 year old person Liloyd Herbst. Previously he was overweight and due to this he was admitted in hospital for a heart attack. He was saved and finally he decided to lose his weight and now he is the winner of the belly off competition. So it is better to lose weight and be healthy.
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Coupled with both serious drinking and a complete disregard for exercise, my weight and health suffered massively.
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