Victor has been battling his weight problems all his life, as far back as he can remember. He\u2019s done the Atkins diet, the protein diet, you name it, he\u2019s done almost everything to try and lose weight, he\u2019s even had surgery, called The Gastric Sleeve, to manage his weight, and while the surgery did have the desired effect of bringing Victor\u2019s weight down, losing about one hundred pounds, he wasn\u2019t able to continue losing that weight any further than the 100 lbs.\n\nA change in Victor\u2019s life, where he went out west to live in British Columbia for eight months, brought Victor\u2019s weight down to the range of when he was in high school, at 240 lbs., but since he\u2019s been back, he returned home in October of 2020, his weight has slowly crept up, to where he now weighs 280 lbs., and now Victor has embarked on a new program offered by the Humber River Regional Hospital.\n\nThe program is being offered in conjunction with the Bariatric Network, and is called the Opti fast Program. This program is only available with a doctor\u2019s prescription, and by referral only. It focuses on the patient\u2019s social, nutritional, and kinesiologic health, and attacks the weight through education, and cognitive behavioural change, and now, Victor is going to chronicle his journey at the Bariatric program, and as he goes through each session, give his audience an update on how his weight loss journey is proceeding.\n\nYou can find information on the Bariatric program at the Humber River Regional Hospital at the following link:\n\nhttps://www.hrh.ca/programs/surgery/\n\nAnd should you be looking for a hospital closer to you that performs this program in Ontario, please check out the bariatric network at the following address:\n\nhttps://www.ontariobariatricnetwork.ca/\n\nIf you have questions, concerns and/or comments, please leave them in the comments section below, or. Should your question, concerns or comments be of a personal nature, and you wish more privacy, you can e-mail Victor at:\n\nwhoseblindlifeisitanyway@gmail.com