A WOMAN who lost almost 10 stone has revealed that she now misses being fat.
Liza Pasquale has shocked the internet after saying life was better before she shed the weight.
Liza had lost almost 10st in just over a year[/caption]
But she says she misses being overweight as it was ‘safer’[/caption]
The 31-year-old revealed she lost 63kg over 13 months with diet and exercise.
But she said being bigger made her feel safe and dropping weight has made her a target.
She has shocked the internet by telling how her life was better when she was heavier, she looked back on her life before and described her weight as a defence mechanism.
When talking about her fitness journey Liza Pasquale, 31 from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, said: “Sometimes I miss being overweight.
“Now that I’ve lost weight, I have a fear of being alone, when I was overweight no one could kidnap me.”
Liza told how she misses the independence and solitude she found when overweight, claiming people used to ignore her and that’s how she liked life.
Being overweight taught her to enjoy her own company and how she sometimes finds social interactions overwhelming.
She also says that she misses the freedom she used to have before she started counting calories, however losing weight has not ripped all the joy from her life.
She explained how being big made her uncomfortable, she was always hot and had a sweating problem.
Liza says she wouldn’t change her weight loss journey and she knows she can still enjoy all things in life, just with control and moderation now.
Liza gave three reasons being overweight was better[/caption]
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She said: “I miss having thicker hair.
“I miss not always being cold but being hot was a lot worse.
“I had a sweating problem.
“I miss people not wanting to talk to me, now that I’m in a smaller body people talk to me all the time.
“I miss eating without care, sometimes I miss it all the time. I can still eat all the things; I just know my boundaries now.
“I would still choose the way that I eat now and the way I feel now.
“Now I’m in a smaller body I’m more aware of the danger of being alone.
“I would not change my weight loss for the world.”
Liza added that to combat the loose skin she has undergone surgery as well.
Different types of weight loss surgery
For many people who are overweight or obese, they may feel they have exhausted options for weight loss and want to try something more drastic.
Weight loss surgery may be available to them on the NHS if they have a BMI over 40 and have a condition that may be improved with weight loss, such as diabetes.
But the availability of these procedures largely depends on where you live in the UK. People can also pay privately.
Weight loss surgery is a common and safe procedure. However, as with any operation, there are risks, such as a blood clot, a band slipping out of place, a stomach infection, gallstones and excessive skin from weight loss that in most cases, won’t be removed on the NHS.
In all of the following options, the space in the stomach is reduced, therefore a person feels fuller after eating less food. They lose weight as a result.
However, it is necessary for them to also learn good eating habits and have a healthy balanced diet, too.
Gastric bypass
The stomach is divided into two using a staple. The smaller part is connected to the intestines, effectively cutting how much space there is in the stomach by half.
The operation takes around two hours.
Gastric band
A band is tied around the top of the stomach and inflated so that it tightens.
The operation takes three to four hours.
Gastric balloon
Patients swallow an empty balloon which is attached to a tube.
The balloon is filled with water via the tube, taking around 20 minutes, so that it fills around two-thirds of the stomach space.
Sleeve gastrectomy
Around 80 per cent of the stomach is removed in surgery to make it much smaller and a sleeve shape.
The operation takes between one and three hours.
