Obesity and excess weight are problems that are affect more and more people as the years go by. In developed countries as well as developing countries, health problems associated with excess weight are on the rise. Currently, around 300 million people in the world are considered to be suffering from an obesity-related disease.
However, the news isn’t all so discouraging. The protagonist of our story is a woman who decided to change her quality of life and health, and she managed an amazing transformation in a short space of time.
She is Mayra Rosales and her nickname is “the half-ton killer”. She suffered from morbid obesity and accidentally killed her two year old nephew Eliseo. Mayra weighed 499 kilograms and confirmed she had rolled on top of the boy.
Later on, in court, it was shown that Mayra wasn’t the guilty party, but that her sister Jaime used to hit the boy, letting Mayra accept the guilty in order to protect her. The 31 year old woman said she hated the nickname she had been given. Her sister was sentenced to 15 years in prison and custody of her 3 other children was given to their grandmother.
After passing through this grim stage of her life, Mayra decided to change her life and forget about her woes. She underwent 11 operations. Among them, a gastric balloon and multiple skin removals. Finally, Mayra is achieving a figure consistent with her height and bone structure and is also taking care of her nephews.
Before, Mayra lived in a bed, unable to move. Now she is finally happy, able to see and enjoy the world around her. Currently, she no longer suffers from high cholesterol or diabetes and has recovered her mobility after undergoing intense treatment. Rosales has more than 20 thousand followers on Facebook and she keeps them constantly updated on her transformation.
Now the woman weighs around 90 kilograms and admits she had seen her sister beat Eliseo with a hair brush. Shortly after, the boy died and Mayra said she was guilty because she thought she would die anyway, given the condition she was in at the time.
During the trial, Mayra became a sensation in the media. The woman had to be transported in a truck and her lawyer acquired a giant mattress for her to be able to live in the room during the trial.
p her life to protect her sister. However, the tragedy that happened ended up changing her life forever. Now her nephews are happy to see her walk again and look after them.
