Daily Happy Thoughts

As I mentioned in my previous post, the 2 youngest brothers are here staying with me for the summer. They will be here for the duration of the summer vacation and will be going home only in June, in time for the start of classes. Andrew (brother number 5) will be going to college by then. He will be taking up Hotel and Restaurant Management, or so he says.

Last week when I was back in Dumaguete, many of his classmates, whom I got to meet on a daily basis at our internet cafe, kept on asking about what my brothers were up to in Bacolod. I told them that they were both getting pretty good at water sports (read: doing the laundry) as there wasn’t anyone else to do it here. Aside from that, they were learning how to cook some of the more common dishes too. However, the news that they wanted to hear for certain was that if Andrew had already lost weight, as he had been texting his friends that he was going to lose weight, as part of his summer project. You see, he is only 16 but he weighs around 220+ lbs at 5ft.7in. with a waistline of more than 38 inches. He is bigger than me as we are only about the same height, and I only weigh around 180+ lbs the last time I checked.

Part of his motivation to lose weight is because he was promised by our parents a new cellphone if ever he was able to lose weight to about 200 lbs at the end of the summer, and I could tell that he is really on a mission to accomplish this. Since around the 3rd week of March, they have also been going to the gym for workout sessions daily. When I got back from Dumaguete just last Thursday, I asked him how much weight he already lost, to which he replied that he already managed to lose 4 lbs. Now that would be small for others, but for him, that was already quite an accomplishment, considering the appetite that he has. Sometimes he takes his dinner twice..hehe. No wonder he weighed that much. For his height, I think the recommended weight would be around 160+ lbs, which would make him obese. Considering that diabetes was in our genes, I think he needs to do a better job of managing his weight, just as I need to lose weight myself too. We agreed to help each other out in this regard. Whenever we would be having our meals, we would remind each other if ever we already had a lil’ too much to eat. It’s a bummer yeah, but hey, we gotta do whatever works, right?

Anyway, as I was browsing online, I managed to find out about this drug that many hail as a miracle cure for obesity. I am talking about Generic Acomplia, of which the active ingredient is Rimonabant. It has been clinically proven as a powerful tool for weight loss, along with diet and exercise. It works on receptors in the brain to block cravings for food and some other substances. A person’s desire to eat is lessened as this drug acts on the Endocannabinoid system, which is the system that regulates appetite and energy. It actually targets the same receptor responsible for ‘the munchies’ when people smoke marijuana, except instead of making one hungry, it has the opposite effect.

Aside from its help in losing weight, it is also a very effective anti smoking measure. It has been proven to lessen nicotine craving, making quitting smoking more achievable. Furthermore, it also decreases the level of bad cholesterol and increases the level of good cholesterol in the blood, meaning that the patient not only looses weight, but they also become more healthy.

This drug is a prescription medicine, so in order to take it safely, a consultation with a physician should first be in order before starting a course of medication.

I think that with this drug, along with diet and regular exercise, managing one’s weight would be easier, and people would be able to lead healthier lives.

I think I am going to inform Andrew later of this great find.

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