Friday, Aug 21, 2020, 3:31 pm

By:James Fraser

Many of us already know how difficult it is to lose weight. Losing just a few pounds require a lot of effort in terms of diet and exercise. Now, imagine what effort one needs to put in if they have to lose over 800 pounds in a span of two years. Meet Mayra Rosales, a 35 year old Texas resident, who once weighed over 1000 pounds, now looks better than many of us! This is an incredible story of a morbidly obese woman who lost over 800 pounds to find her lost life again. If her story doesn't inspire you in losing weight, you may never be able to lose your weight in life.

1.She Used to be a Thousand Pound Morbidly Obese Woman

Mayra Rosales used to be one of the fattest women living on this planet weighing over 1000 pounds (470 KGs). She was named as 'Half Ton Killer' by media a few years back because of her near half a ton weight, and her confession of killing her nephew. Mayra, just like any morbidly obese person, could hardly move. Her family supported her in getting her daily things done.

2.Life as an Obese Woman Was Never Easy

At the peaks of her overweight, Mayra just used to rest on her bed. She couldn't even get up to eat or speak to people. As you can see in the image, she uses that handle to get up and be in a sitting position. As we said earlier, she needs someone to help her round the clock in getting her things done. Her life was so challenging.

3.Painful Bed Sores Are Main Reason Why She Wanted to Lose Weight

Obese people, especially those who are morbidly obese have to deal with painful bed sores. Since they continuously sit at one place without moving, they develop painful sores on their body. Due to excess amount of fat deposited under skin, it is very difficult for them to clean or wash themselves. Mayra decided to lose weight as she thought it's better trying to lose weight than suffering from bed sores.

4.The Tragic Death of Her Nephew

This is the incident that changed her life completely. In 2008, in an unfortunate incident, Eliseo Rosales Jr. (son of Mayra Rosales sister Jaime Rosales) died after his mother Jaime hit hard on his head. Mayra Rosales lied to police and made a false confession that the kid was dead because she accidentally rolled over him. Mayra did this to protect her sister, as she thinks her life is already over because of her obesity. With autopsy reports showing the kid was dead because of a blunt force trauma on his head, the authorities started doubting Mayra's confession. In the end, Mayra told the court that it was her sister who accidentally killed her son, by hitting him on head, when he refused to eat. Jaime was sentenced 15 years in jail.

5.She Decided to Lose Weight to Take Care of Her Sister's Children

With Jaime in jail, the family found it hard to take care of Jaime's kids. This is when Mayra strongly decided to lose weight, and took it as a challenge. She has no other option except to lose weight, as her health is deteriorating fast, and there's a responsibility on her shoulders to take care of her sister's children. TLC has come forward to help Mayra.


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6.A Dozen Doctors Worked as Team for Her First Surgery

If you can't control your weight when it is manageable, you could only lose it with risky and pricey weight loss surgeries. This is what happened to Mayra. Mayra has put in so much weight that she can't lose weight with diet or exercise. Doctors have to surgically remove some portion of her body fat to make her body responsive for the further weight loss treatments. With first surgery, she lost about 100 pounds, which showed a significant change in the way she looks.

7.Her First Walk After a Long Time

Mayra received a series of surgeries including a bypass surgery. Doctors have performed surgeries to remove fat and even excess skin phase by phase. Finally, at one good point, Mayra was able to walk with help of support. As you can see in the picture, she stood up and walked with her feet and legs after a very long time. 


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8.She Got into a Shape Where She Can Exercise and Eat Good Food to Lose Weight

With series of surgeries, doctors were able to bring Mayra body to a position where she can do exercising to lose weight furthermore. She was put on a balanced diet. She said she was very happy to exercise. As you can see in the image, she wasn't really morbidly obese at that point of time.

9.Almost There!

Mayra changed her eating habits drastically. She started eating healthy. Before she used to eat uncontrollably, which is one of the main reasons why she put a lot of weight. In an interview, she told that she used to live to eat before, where as now, she is only eating to stay alive. In this picture, you can clearly see she looks very normal. This is an incredible transformation!

10.She Did It!

It was unbelievable how this woman managed to lose so much of weight! We see many people struggling to lose a few pounds. Losing nearly 800 pounds to look like this is something extraordinary. She looks perfectly fit and healthy here in this picture, leaving no traces of her past whatsoever. People who are trying to lose weight can find no better inspiration than Mayra Rosales.

11.She Didn't Stop There

Mayra wasn't fully satisfied with her appearance, and continued her weight loss efforts even after reaching an acceptable weight. In this picture, you can see her losing more weight. Fitness can be addictive if you approach it in the right way.


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12.She Continues Grabbing Media Attention

In 2008, she was in news for her false confession that her nephew was dead because she accidentally rolled over him. Media around the globe reported this news thinking that she really killed her nephew. She was in news again around 2012, but this time for good reason. She became popular and has become an inspiration for millions of overweight people around the globe. Right now, her story is making big rounds in social media circles.


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13.She is Now Perfectly Fit and Happy about It

'I'm not diabetic, I do not have high cholesterol, I do not have high blood pressure,' ABC quoted Mayra Rosales as saying. 'Now I'm okay and my organs are perfect,' she added. She is active in Facebook. She currently has more than 45,000 active followers on Facebook.


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14.She is Enjoying Her Life Now

She divorced her husband Bernie who was there with her when she was overweight because she didn't like his decision of moving to Mexico. She divorced him in 2013. She shared a few pictures of her new boyfriend on her Facebook page. She is now happily enjoying her life with her friends and family.

15.Her Achievement in One Picture

This picture will once again prove that nothing is impossible if you try. 99 out of 100 times people fail because they don't try. We bet most of us would lose hope and feel like our lives are useless if we were in her situation. Do you think you would even try something to address the problem? Well, she thought! If you believe in yourself, you can burn rocks, why not just fat!

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