{"id":183605,"date":"2018-02-20T23:50:30","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T23:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writemyessayfree.com\/video-4-mike"},"modified":"2018-10-24T09:15:08","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T09:15:08","slug":"video-4-mike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/video-4-mike\/","title":{"rendered":"Video 4: Mike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Video 4: Mikehttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iBuINtRL5D0&amp;feature<\/p>\n<p>216 Hello everybody my name\u2019s, err Mike. I live in York in west Yorkshire in<br \/> 217 England and I am putting a video diary together to cover my bariatric<br \/> 218 surgery, urrrm, I\u2019ve actually got the funding for it here\u2019s the letter, as<br \/> 219 you can see which basically states that as of today, the 3rd of Feb<br \/> 220 funding has been approved and I can go ahead and get my surgery<br \/> 221 probably in around 6-8 maybe 10 weeks depending on the waiting list.<br \/> 222 Errmm so I\u2019ll go and I\u2019ve thinking about this for a long time, errm been<br \/> 223 overweight most of my life currently weighing at 340 pounds<br \/> 224 something like that, the heaviest I\u2019ve ever been, spent the last 2 or 3<br \/> 225 years with constant back ache, problem with my joints, knees and<br \/> 226 ankles. Sleeping is a complete nightmare. Which I\u2019m sure my partner<br \/> 227 Reanne will agree, got a mild case of sleep apnea, Which err you know<br \/> 228 will be cured if the weight loss programme goes ahead, so you know it\u2019s<br \/> 229 basically a change of lifestyle for me. Err love my food. Always have,<br \/> 230 don\u2019t eat massive amounts of it just the wrong stuff, bread pastries<br \/> 231 fried food, takeaway. Ran a pub for a year and in that environment you<br \/> 232 basically just grab food when you can you eat when you can because<br \/> 233 your busy and more often than not it\u2019s from the kitchen which is usually<br \/> 234 deep fried. Last year or so I must have put a stone on quite easily, and<br \/> 235 err and it\u2019s got to stop. I\u2019m 47, I\u2019ve had no heart problems, but it err<br \/> 236 runs in the family and I don\u2019t want to be a victim of another heart<br \/> 237 attack in the family, so I\u2019ve decided now is the time before I\u2019m 50, get<br \/> 238 this sorted out, restart a new life with a new body, same body but<br \/> 239 physically altered so that I can\u2019t spend the next 20 years like the last 20<br \/> 240 years which is unhappy. People think optimistic outgoing maybe it\u2019s just<br \/> 241 some kind of disguise to front but at the end of the day I don\u2019t want to<br \/> 242 be 65 and laid out on a bed with a err broken back discs unable to move<br \/> 243 around, err so it gonna have to be an err drastic step and this is why I\u2019m<br \/> 244 going for, so I\u2019m gonna give you updates right through till surgery day<br \/> 245 err and hopefully you will tune in and err I\u2019ve seen plenty of other video<br \/> 246 diaries mainly female but there are some good male diaries to be seen<br \/> 247 and they have inspired me a lot err and I\u2019d like to think that mine will<br \/> 248 be on their to do the same, so fingers crossed next thing is to go on the<br \/> 249 waiting list to get a day and then take it from there will be touch with<br \/> 250 that next. Cheerio.<\/p>\n<p>Video 5: Mrs Iola<br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"570\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RHjDxP0crUI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>251 Hello YouTube my name\u2019s Mrs. lola and I\u2019m from Liverpool in the UK.<br \/> 252 I\u2019ve decided to come on to YouTube and err put some videos up just to<br \/> 253 sort of talk about my plans to have gastric band surgery, err next<br \/> 254 month, errmm you\u2019re probably all thinking I\u2019m mad but I\u2019m actually<br \/> 255 flying over to Brussels I\u2019m going abroad to do it as it is an awful lot<br \/> 256 cheaper about 4000 pounds cheaper, err I\u2019m flying over to Brussels on<br \/> 257 the 22nd of December., my surgery is on the 23rd of December, and<br \/> 258 I\u2019m flying home on Christmas eve a day early actually but I you know<br \/> 259 want to be home for Christmas so errmm, you know yer so well yer I<br \/> 260 am mad but errmm the next time I\u2019ll be able to do will be the summer<br \/> 261 because of my job. So errmm that\u2019s sort of like why I\u2019m doing what I\u2019m<br \/> 262 doing at the time of year. I\u2019ve always, always, always had a weight<br \/> 263 problem and from the age of about 4 or 5 errmm when I went to school<br \/> 264 I kinda realised that I was fat, because you know I was called fat, I\u2019ve<br \/> 265 always realised I am bigger than\u2026.than your average female errmm I\u2019m<br \/> 266 tall(beep) I\u2019m about 5 foot 11 tall (laughs) that\u2019s my dinner cooking<br \/> 267 there, I\u2019m about 5 foot 11 tall and I weigh roughly about 18 stone 5 at<br \/> 268 the moment so my bmi is about 37 so I am sort of you know obese I<br \/> 269 hate that word it\u2019s such a revolting word I feel like overweight is so<br \/> 270 much nicer then obese it\u2019s just such a horrible horrible word but<br \/> 271 anyhow I\u2019m going over too do it. I\u2019ve got a couple of reasons why I\u2019m<br \/> 272 doing this, obviously it would be ridiculous and errmm I would be in<br \/> 273 complete denial if I didn\u2019t say I was doing it for vanity reason, I have<br \/> 274 lost weight before but I\u2019ve never been in healthy weight 1range, you<br \/> 275 know I\u2019ve lost maybe say 3 and half stone what\u2019s that in pounds let\u2019s<br \/> 276 have a little think.about that 42\u2026.49-50.. 49 pounds before today and I<br \/> 277 felt so much better about myself I really have and I feel more attractive,<br \/> 278 because you know my facial features and things like that slimmed down<br \/> 279 and I could fit into nicer clothes and I could go out with confidence, I<br \/> 280 would be lying if I said there wasn\u2019t a vanity aspect to me getting the<br \/> 281 surgery, errmm however the primary ermmm reason for me wanting to<br \/> 282 do this is for my health errmm. My mom is extremely slim she has<br \/> 283 never had a problem with her weight at all during her life and yet she<br \/> 284 has cholesterol, you know she never ever had to think about what she<br \/> 285 wanted to eat when she was younger, if she wanted.to have a cream<br \/> 286 cake she ate a cream cake, ermmm but unfortunately I take after my<br \/> 287 dad\u2019s side of the family and I carry weight, I\u2019m an apple shape, I have a<br \/> 288 huge midriff and stomach, and fortunately, I mean touch wood I don\u2019t<br \/> 289 have that many sort of health, sort of weight related issues. At the<br \/> 290 moment, but you know I mean further down the line in years to come<br \/> 291 who\u2019s to say these things won\u2019t happen to me, I do you know get a little<br \/> 292 out of breath, I damaged my knee a few years ago on holiday and that<br \/> 293 occasionally still twinges and things like that. But errmm, well what can<br \/> 294 I say I just feel that I want to do it now and also having no brothers and<br \/> 295 sister you know I mean I\u2019m gonna need to be there to look after my<br \/> 296 folks when I\u2019m older and I don\u2019t want my health to get in the way of<br \/> 297 looking after my mom. So there are sort of you know several reasons<br \/> 298 there why\u2026 why I do want too so this. As I say it\u2019s probably , 1st of<br \/> 299 December tomorrow, so it just over 3 weeks till I actually leave for<br \/> 300 Belgium, errmm Brussels and have the actual surgery, I am going to<br \/> 301 document umm just any thoughts or feelings that I have got about the<br \/> 302 procedure that am actually going to sort about to go through. Errmm<br \/> 303 also the sort pre-op diet and everything that happens after that and<br \/> 304 obviously ill keep you posted on my weight loss. I would like to lose<br \/> 305 probably about 7 stone which is\u2026\u2026 probably about 100 pounds maybe<br \/> 306 slightly less than a 100 pounds for those of you tuning in from the us, so<br \/> 307 about 100 pounds in weight ideal, I realise that the band doesn\u2019t always<br \/> 308 help you get to goal err and I know that it is just a tool cause I\u2019ve<br \/> 309 done.an awful lot of reading I\u2019ve looked at lot of people on YouTube on<br \/> 310 things like that like Mrs. Gigi, HELLO MISS GIGI. Err and things like that. I<br \/> 311 have sort of made, err spent time researching these things and I have<br \/> 312 bought the book \u2018weightloss for dummies\u2019 and err stuff like that so I<br \/> 313 have sort of done a lot of investigation into this and I am totally decided<br \/> 314 this is what I want to do and you know that its right for me. I don\u2019t think<br \/> 315 there is a great deal of us from UK actually that a posting on YouTube<br \/> 316 about this threes an awful lot of people in America since it\u2019s become<br \/> 317 more popular over there other then the gastric bypass, but errmm I<br \/> 318 think there probably only gonna be me there\u2019s Daniele cheers, there\u2019s<br \/> 319 missgigi and there\u2019s Josie may so they are the people I have seen on<br \/> 320 here that are in the uk but as I say I\u2019m gonna try and keep you posted<br \/> 321 errmm and just sort of let you know how things go. Errmm just errmm<br \/> 322 well I just don\u2019t have anything else but just to let you that I am gonna<br \/> 323 be here and giving you all the gory details. Alright thank you so much<br \/> 324 for watching take care and I\u2019m gonna speak to you very soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video 4: Mikehttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iBuINtRL5D0&amp;feature 216 Hello everybody my name\u2019s, err Mike. I live in York in west Yorkshire in 217 England and I am putting a video diary together to cover my bariatric 218 surgery, urrrm, I\u2019ve actually got the funding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/video-4-mike\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-183605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183605\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}