Doctors advice

The day I went to the doctor, at the age of eighteen, is in my memory a black Monday. I was playing football on Sunday and I played the position of goalkeeper. In the middle of a game I had to throw myself towards the ball almost to the goal post. Got a great shock in my lower spine so much that I needed help getting up and it turned out I was struggling to stand on my feet. I was replaced by a second goalkeeper and had to get treatment from my coach.

The coach told me that I should go to the doctor on Monday and let him take a look at my problem in my lower spine. He saw that my injury was more than just a minor one and I couldn‘t ignore the fact that something was wrong. So I went to the family doctor and he gave me prescription for drugs for my problem and told me to stay away from sport for 12-14 months. Told me to be efficient to hike on lower ground and to be cautious.

To begin with, it was well. Little movement and I just bought me a small car that I used a lot. Met a girl and went on to date her, life seemed to trend in a new direction. The autumn came then I realized that I had added 5 kg in weight and since I used to shake a few kg of me when I was in training I had no problem with it if few kg had been added. Just start practicing again when the full 12-month period was over.

After six months I had to add another 8 kg and was now starting to get careless. I had a good income in the summer and winter, so I always had enough money and fast food started to increase significantly. I stopped almost drinking water and drank almost entirely milk and soft drinks. So after that period I could not practice I had gained 20 kg in weight and all my clothes were too small on me.

At this time my troubles began and have been going on for nearly thirty years and will continue for the rest of my life. Obesity is in many ways similar to alcohol. Both will last a lifetime.The thought of going on a diet and get rid of the number of kg and then start the same lifestyle over again, is just false thinking. All that happens is you just have even more kg on your body when the next diet begins.