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Slimming : Chris Oliver's story
A life time of frustration and yo-yo dieting, often to to avail. For those with serious, life threatening obesity one of the options is gastric banding.
The brief mention of Chris Oliver's blog in this week's BritMeds attracted a lot of interest. Chris is an eminent orthopaedic surgeon in Scotland and has particular interest in upper limb problems particularly involving the hand and elbow.
Chris tells his own slimming story.
As a youth Chris was a keen sportsman; white-water expedition kayaking, kayaking sprint and long distance racing, power-weight lifting, marathon running, cycling, surfing, skiing, sailing. And then, somehow, for whatever reason, he started putting weight on. Lots of weight. Lots and lots of weight.
He peaked last summer at 162 Kg, which is 357 lbs, which is 27 stones 7 lbs, giving Chris a BMI of 50.5
In February 2007 he had a gastric banding operation and then started on a radical exercise program.
How is he progressing?
Take a look at Chris Oliver's own slimming story. It is inspirational and told both with insight and good humour.
Chris has now kindly agreed to open up comments on his blog.Labels: Chris Oliver, diets, slimming.