This 800-Pound Man’s Life Almost Ended Because Of One Last Shocking Meal

unless you're this 30-something-year-old man who was meant to be on a diet to save his life in which case pizza solves everything know that you're not alone if you've been feeling hopeless and like your life is spinning downhill the story of a kicked out hospital patient in desperate need of assistance will remind you that life may take us by surprise in unexpected ways everyone deserves a second chance to redeem themselves after making poor decisions in the past but what happens if you blow your one shot steven asante is an 800 pound guy from providence rhode island in the united states this man struggled with a food addiction and was trying to change his life by enrolling in a specific weight loss program food addictions function similarly to other addictions the pleasure centers of the brain are triggered by foods heavy in carbohydrates fat salt sugar or artificial sweeteners which produce feel-good neurotransmitters like dopamine and serotonin this keeps the brain desiring it in ever increasing amounts the weight loss objective for the rhode island hospital patient was 550 pounds he spent around four months in the hospital striving to better his health in the hopes of eventually receiving a gastric bypass this plan was devised in the hopes of saving his life since he was at risk of coronary heart disease stroke and cardiovascular death due to his weight stephen as assani shed more than 20 pounds in the 80 days he was a patient while he was making gradual but steady progress toward rehabilitation one bad decision might turn his entire path upside down he thought it was time to reward himself for his success one day while in the hospital and he felt he deserved to indulge in a cheat lunch because of the progress he had already made toward his objective this is common among folks on a health kick as it suppresses hunger and keeps the body guessing it was not however part of his medical strategy as a result he placed an order for himself to be delivered to rhode island hospital a sandy's life would be changed forever by this pizza which caused him to be dismissed from the hospital for breaking his health plan without hospital care steven valette was concerned that his son's life would be cut short but sani was more powerful than most people thought the officials at rhode island hospital declined to release any details about the incident to the public but after the pizza was delivered to his hospital room they confirmed his departure sandy spent some time in the trunk of his father's suv unsure of what his next move should be the family attempted to reach out to the entire state of rhode island for assistance in getting stephen back on his feet but they were unable fortunately the cosmos was not going to abandon him before passing judgment it's important to understand how emotional eating can be used to suppress or alleviate negative emotions including stress anger anxiety boredom melancholy and loneliness it is frequently caused by significant life experiences and difficult to process emotions steven as sandy made some mistakes but the hardships he faced in life led him down a route that no one could have predicted while his family questioned his ability to grow through determination his future self proved them wrong a sandy has lost over 100 pounds since being booted out of his hospital room in 2015. he appeared on the show's doctor phil and my 600 pound life as a guest steven eventually underwent weight loss surgery but it was a long and winding route that included cheat meals tantrums and even a painkiller addiction steven married a massage therapist and moved on with his life we have complete power over our lives and the effects they produce we can take better actions to get there if we have more direction are you still on the lookout for your life's calling you won't believe what numerology can tell you about yourself