Source: Bored Panda
Ariana Omipi is one of those people who refuse to give up despite all of the hate that’s coming their way. She has started her weight loss journey in 2012 and has continued fighting the good fight even when toxic low-lives were attacking her online. The results, however, speak for themselves.
Not only the numbers are down, Ariana’s glowing!
At her heaviest, the 24-year-old weighed around 285 pounds (130 kg), but since 11 months ago she’d lost a staggering 150 pounds (68 kg). “I’ve always been happy and satisfied with how I looked, however, I realized that my body was not in a healthy place and therefore wanted to change,” Ariana told Bored Panda. “This has been an ever-evolving journey from 2012 where I have been constantly working on it to be as healthy as possible. Change doesn’t happen overnight.”
“The first changes I made were making sure I was in a healthy place with my mental health,” she said. “I believe that if you have a negative mindset or you’re wanting to lose weight purely for aesthetics then it’ll be hard to maintain. Once I was in a good place with my mental health I began seeking experts in their field to getting me where I wanted to be.”
At first, she started a keto (low carb) diet. “However, that wasn’t something that was sustainable for me as I had a constant feeling of hunger. So, I found other solutions to eliminate the root cause and have a sustainable weight loss and healthy eating regime.”
But internal factors aside, Ariana has also had the ‘privilege’ of dealing with trolls.
You see, she has been posting her journey on Instagram, and there were a few people who wanted to bring her down. “Online criticism and sharing my weight loss journey publicly was definitely difficult at times. There’s a lot of jealousy or misjudgment that was directed towards me and people are often cruel with their words so I took that tough.”
But she pulled through. Her next challenge was a gastric sleeve surgery. It’s a weight-loss procedure in which the stomach is reduced by surgically removing a large portion of it along the greater curvature. “This was me, […] unposed, raw and vulnerable in my hospital bed moments after surgery. I lay unconscious and unresponsive like this for 4 hours before my eyes opened. My boyfriend took this photo of me in shock as he’d never seen me like this. I wanted to share this side of my journey because Gastric Sleeve Surgery is not glamorous nor is it a decision that is made lightly. Those who choose this path are in serious need of change. In most cases, to even be considered for Gastric Sleeve Surgery you will have a BMI of over 40 which is classed as morbidly obese. There are significant risks in the surgery alone – death, stomach leaks, internal bleeding, blood clots which could lead to a heart attack or stroke not to mention the risk of complications that can occur longer term. When I first chose to speak about my journey publicly, I promised to honestly and openly share my journey with…
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