I am a TV bug... I like watching movies, motorsports and for some strange reason, I get drawn into reality shows... One of which is TBLA...
A few weeks back, a major setback has put my life on hold and yes, it affected my health as well... We all get scared from time to time but, this incident has scared me more than anything else... Forgive me if I chose not to get into detail regarding this event that has affected my life and my condition... Instead, I'll share how it has finally awaken me into the harsh reality of being obese or the way I'd rather call it, being fluffy...
The day was May 11, 2010... The day after the elections... Work related stress has pushed me over the limit and I was battling hypertension, chills and a very sore throat which was causing me to cough like a rottweiler barking at an intruder non stop... A quick visit to the ER revealed that I was was pumping 150 over 110 and was sweating like crazy... The doctor ordered a blood exam and an ECG on me while I laid down feeling dizzy from the perils of that day... After a couple of hours, I announced that I wanted to go home in spite of being told that they needed to admit me for observation... They had me sign a release statement and when the results from the ECG and blood test was released, they said it wasn't what we feared it would be... To put it plainly, it was just minor hypertension due to the stress I was enduring at that time... Funny how office work coupled with fear of something drastic does this to you...
Upon my release, I felt very heavy and weak... I got home after a friend picked me up from where I was and lied down... In spite the events that transpired that day, I fell sound asleep from what seemed to be the longest day of my life...
The next few days after that was filled with sermons from my mom about not paying attention to my self and letting go of what's important... It was immediately followed by a series of check-ups, lab tests, cardiology, ultra sound, x-rays and what not... They checked my heart, lungs, kidneys, pancreas, gall bladder, abdomen, stomach, lymph nodes, liver and God knows what else... They did everything possible to ensure that I was not in any immediate danger of some sort... Needles to say, they started clearing out one organ at a time... From the heart down to the stomach... They did however find what was causing my intermittent fever or flu spells at night... The doctor explained that since I was stressed out, my immune system took a sudden vacation and let in a nasty viral infection that caused the symptoms... Part of it was the fact that I was diagnosed as obese level 2 which contributed to the heavy feeling I had... Soon thereafter, the doctor enumerated the findings of my blood work, urine and stool exams... The good news was, I was far from being diabetic and my blood levels were normal except for one... My triglycerides were a little above the acceptable limit for a male adult... This also explained why they also found fatty liver... It is due to the uncontrollable gouging of whatever was put on on plate and in front of me prior to all of this... Other than that, I was just stressed out...
After the medical stuff was set aside, the doctor started talking about what steps I needed to take in order for me to improve the quality of living not only for my self but, everybody else around me included... Exercise, a strict diet and a lot of de-stressing... He spoke of a program in Fitness First that I should enroll my self in... At that time, I wasn't aware that TBLA was sponsored by FF and about the lose big program... Anyway, being the TV bug that I am, I suddenly have recollections of the season 1 of TBLA... I told my doctor and my mom jokingly that perhaps, joining TBLA would be good for me... Little that I know and upon reaching home, I suddenly found my self reading through the pages of the TBLA website, forums, blogs and watching segments of the show from youtube... One thing led to the other and I was filling up the application form unconsciously as I scanned through the research that I was doing about the show... At the time of my application, the picture upload wasn't even there yet... After proofreading my posts in the application, I clicked on the submit button and printed the form from my email...
The next few days, I found my self doing a lot of thinking and imagining of what it would be like if I were in the show... It even got so intense that I was mimicking the exercises that was being shown on the recap of TBLA's season 1... Coupled with the doctor's advice to reduce my carbo intake and to stay away from eating anything that came from a four legged creature, I found myself loosing a couple of pounds in the first week... Then another 2.5 pounds after... "Well that is progress", I told myself... However, I wasn't completely satisfied... I told myself, I want to lose the weight like Carlos did... I mentioned him because he's a fellow Filipino so I'm being patriotic... Hehehehe...
With all that said, the more I became intensely motivated to applying to be part of the TBLA's season 2 which was fast approaching... What happens next will be narrated on the next edition of my blog... So, till then, be healthy, be happy and be positive!
NEXT: TBLA, the audition day... EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!!!
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