Just a few years ago, doctors gave Alexandre no more than two years to live. At the time, he was just over thirty and weighed almost 270 kilos.
He had been overweight since childhood: after a serious illness, doctors had advised him to follow a strict diet, but neither he nor his family took these recommendations seriously.
Donuts, sweets, soda—they were all part of his daily diet.
Over time, his health deteriorated rapidly. Varicose veins appeared in his right leg, he suffered from liver problems, and his hemoglobin level dropped to critical levels.
He could no longer sleep lying down—only sitting up. He experienced constant fatigue, shortness of breath, and eventually social isolation.
Even at home, everything collapsed: his wife, whom he had married when he was already overweight, declared she could no longer live like this. She took their son and left. Their marriage ended in divorce.
Alone, without family or stable employment, Alexandre tried to find any kind of job. But everywhere he went, he encountered rejections—his weight was an obstacle, even where it shouldn’t have been.
He then bought a used car and became a taxi driver.
Almost a year passed like this—alone at the wheel, with increasingly heavy thoughts. He tried to lose weight—strict diets, challenges, relapses, then new attempts.
But one day, as he would later say, “I was tired of dying a slow death.”
He started small: walks, cutting out sugar, water instead of sugary drinks. Then: nutritionist, controlled diet, support from online communities. He lost weight slowly but surely. Then he started exercising.
At first, he could barely last ten minutes on the treadmill. But his perseverance paid off. After a year, Alexandre weighed 130 kg, then 90 kg six months later. During this time, he changed not only his body, but also his life.
He returned to school and became a certified personal trainer, specializing in helping people suffering from obesity.
