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April 26, 2008, 6:10 pm PDT

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My name is Shahan. I am 17 going to be 18 in november 2008. I weigh about 270 pounds. I have been obese for about 14 to 15 years now. I legally blind. I am top notch student with an average of more than 80%. As far as I remember, I was 160 pounds at the age of 8 years. When I was 13 years old, I weighed 210 pounds. I was always teased in school by the students and also sometimes by the teachers. At present I live in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and have be living here for only 21 months. I am landed immigrant along with my family. I have been legally blind on and off for the last three years. I have got a presently incurable disease called UVEITIS which is an auto-immune disease, that is, the immune system of my body does not accept the virus as a virus but it accepts it as a friend. I am on some very strong medications right now (intravienous, oral pill, and eye drops). I have almost lost all my self esteem. self confidence. I don't discuss any of these issues with parents because they are pretty much useless in these my opinion. I don't have many friends. Also the problem that I face with friendship is that many people become friends with for what I got not for who I am. I always have more than 88% in math, science and computer course, so the students just want to use me to get a better mark and outside the class room they don't even know me. All these things are making me go crazy. Some time when feel like that I just turn on the music to full volume and listen to it though I can not find any solution to it. I very frustated and have got no fresking idea of what I am going to do. The doctors say that if I don't loose my weight my eyes are foing to get worse everyday. For my eyes I have been on high dose of steroids for about 6 months and that increased my weight by 50 pounds.I know that if I set my mind in loosing weight I can but I don't know what's holding me back from it. I desperately meed some help. I don't know what to do.

Dear Shahan,

Losing weight is not easy when you are healthy. When you are not feeling well it seems so much harder. What has helped me was listening to Dr. Phil's Audio-book of The Seven Keys to Weight Loss Freedom. I rented it from my local library. It helped me look at my habits and my part in my weight problem. Then it gave me solutions to change my bad habits and make healthier choices and decisions. I have lost 13 pounds so far.

I hope you can get the tapes or Cd's to listen to them.

Sincerely,

Claudia

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