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80 percent of the weight lost The heaviest woman cut 400 kilos
The once heaviest woman in the world has slimmed down almost 400 kilos. Mayra Rosales lost about 80 percent of her body weight. You helped a radical life change. The Texas woman once threatened with the death penalty. And also a premature death due to their extreme overweight.
In obesity, serious sequelae threaten
According to health experts, serious obesity such as diabetes, high blood pressure, atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) or disorders of the fat metabolism are threatened by very severe overweight (obesity). In addition, the risk of cardiovascular diseases, such as a heart attack or stroke increases. Mayra Rosales was exposed to all these dangers for a long time. But not only because of this, she was threatened with premature death: the once-thickest woman in the world could have been sentenced to death by a US court. But she was acquitted, changed her life radically and cut almost 400 kilos.
Formerly heaviest woman in the world
In 2011, American Mayra Rosales weighed 470 kilos and was considered the heaviest woman in the world. Three years earlier, the 34-year-old from Houston, Texas, was on trial for suspected murder. In 2008, the woman was known to the public for a supposedly tragic accident. As it was then called, the extremely obese, bedridden woman "overrun" her two-year-old nephew with her body and thereby killed. She threatened the death penalty.
She threatened the death penalty
At the trial, it turned out that her confession was wrong and she covered her sister. Compared to the US channel "ABC News" Rosales said she had wanted to protect her sister and that "she was already close to death" anyway. She felt that she was "doing her a favor" with the death penalty. When the truth came to light, she was acquitted and instead her sister was sentenced to 15 years in prison. Although the death penalty was off the table, Rosales was still threatened with an early death from her body weight.
Organs were about to fail
To ABC News, she said that her organs were about to fail. In 2011, she began a radical diet regimen under medical supervision and lost weight so quickly that she could hardly believe it herself. Rosales has now completed eleven operations. It is said that her tumors and excess skin have been removed and her stomach has been scaled down. Now she weighs only 90 kilos and publishes photos of herself on social networks like Facebook. "I used to eat to eat, today I eat to live," Rosales says, "ABC News".
One year without alcohol
The case of Meatteo, a young man who has totally changed after a year without a sip of alcohol, shows just how quick it can be to reduce extreme overweight. On the Internet, the formerly overweight man reported: "I drank at least three boxes of beer and several bottles of Jim Beam a week. I drank almost every day for ten years ". The 365-day alcohol renouncement had a huge impact. Meatteo published in the network photos showing the successes and called others to follow his example. (Ad)