Well if you can see the picture above means that you're eyes eye working nicely. But who is it? Is that me? Well the truth is NO. Its not me, but..... it could have been me if you even know me.
HI, my name is Muhammad Yusuf Haris but people just call me Yusuf. So, the intro maybe a little confusing but here's the story.
I grew up in a moderate family who really loves me and takes good care of me. Apart from growing up in the city, I also kinda of a heavy eater. Well its not my fault, I was trained to be that way. As time goes by, I turned out to be the odd one amongst my friends. This incident started since kindergarten. But at that time no one really noticed the difference because its normal for children at that age to be a little chubby. But as usual time goes by and I grew a little older and went to elementary school.
Studying there wasn't a problem. But i realized that there were some problems with my body. I can't play vigorous sports such as football, running or even jump rope. Well I can play them but I get tired very quickly and miss out all the fun. And I also can't walk for long distances because it will put a lot of pain on my two little foot. But at that age, I didn't know what to do, a lot of elders who met me told me that I look a little bit overweight. But i just ignored what they said.
Well ,if you did read what I wrote just before, you will find which one is me in the picture above in a jiff. If you said that I'm the tallest kid in the picture, your guess was right on target. Nice shooting.
At that time, I thought there was nothing wrong with me. I'm perfectly fine. But little that I know that I'm really falling in the depth of OBESITY. It took quite some time for me to realize that. But that time consuming has its own price. My weight increased ridiculously after leaving elementary school. It was until the end of my first year in high school that I kinda realize my weight problems. But that thought didn't came down like the rain. I was looking at some pictures of me and my family on a vacation trip to somewhere. Then I accidentally looked at a picture that opened my eyes for the very first time.
Looking at this picture a thought came to me, and it was like "wow, how bad the shape that i'm in right now". And i thought that if I didn't do anything about it things will get worst. But then I asked myself, what can I do? Is it even possible to get out of this condition? I mean like my weight was 88KG and counting. But then I found this verse in the holy Quran that says:
This verse is a blessing in disguise and it gives me hope to change my life. But I still don't know what to do. I usually watch this reality tv show The Biggest Loser. That show gives me the idea that if the people in worst condition than me can do it, why can't I?
So I began searching the internet on ways to lose weight and stuff. In my venture across the world wide web I've learned a lot of facts about health and how our body works. That's kinda a lot of stuff to squeeze into my 13 year old mind. But I think that this info will help me in the future somehow. So after gathering enough knowledge, I think its about time to put it in action.
But when is that time? 2009 was like one of the busiest time of my life. Even I didn't know why I couldn't find the time to start. But then the school holidays arrived at the end of the year. I thought that the one and a half month period was perfect.
Since the start of the holidays I've put my blood, sweat and tears to change my condition. I've sacrificed the food that i love and my friends. Trust me, this was not even close to being easy. After a month goes by and school's is just around the corner, all my hard work pays off. I felt a lot better about my health. Then I set my new years resolution that are:
1.I will always be grateful to Allah for giving me this chance.
2.I want to maintain the body that I have right now.
3.I want to help others that have the problems that I had before.
When the school season started, everyone was like shocked when they saw me. I mean my teachers,friends and even my family members didn't recognize me. Even that was kinda sad to hear that from them, but I kept my mind positive. Everyone asked me how did I do it.
This is the picture of me today. Maybe I've gained a little weight over the years but I kinda did it on purpose. The body that I had before was a little to thin and doesn't look that good. But what ever happens, I will never go back where I came from. Hope you enjoy my story.
So that's it from me for today's post. Feel free to leave some comments if you have any questions or opinions you want to share.
So as this is my very first blog and my very first post I'm going to make this one as simple as possible.
This blog doesn't suppose to have a specific function yet so i might just post some nonsense sometimes. My language skills aren't very good so please comment on my wrongs.
I'm kinda blur on what to fill this blog with and if you have some time please write up some ideas for me. Maybe i will read that idea and wrote something about it with your name in it.
Sorry for the boring post, I'm still new so thanks for your time...:)
