Man Spends More Than 5K Yuan a Month on Food Delivery App
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A man in Xi'an, Xiao Lee, got hooked up with takeouts because he is too lazy to cook. The convenience of ordering takeouts was a blessing and a curse at the same time, because not only did he gain too much weight, it almost killed him.
Chicken breasts, fried chicken, beef noodles, rice, etc. Xiao Lee was not getting enough of takeouts. At the height of his ordering spree, that is in march this year, he spent 5,578.18 yuan a month on takeouts only.
The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University doctor who is treating Xiao Lee said "I really never expected that someone would spend so much money on food, not to say ordering that much takeouts in a month."
From his takeout app wallet, reporters noticed that Xiao Lee orders five to six meals a day. They also learned that his bills averaged at 5,000 yuan a month just for takeout meals only. After several months of eating takeouts, he became fatter and fatter.
His job also involves sitting down for a long time, this also contributed to his body weight problems. At 1.8 meters tall, he weighed 190 Kgs which is already way too fat.
He started noticing that he gets too tired when he walk just for a few steps, his waist would hurt so bad and he will be too tired to breathe.
The doctor said: "Xiao Li's limbs are OK, but his abdominal circumference is too large, his belly budge is too obvious that he can't see his legs and feet when he stands up."
When measuring his abdominal circumference, a 150 cms tape measure was not enough, they had to use two of them. At 167 cms, his abdominal circumference is longer than the height of the doctor!
Another problem that Xiao Lee was facing is sleep, he gets blocked and often wakes up in the middle of a sleep. Doctors described this as a very serious obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, it is usually caused by obesity and he has been sleeping with a ventilator for two years.
His life became so inconvenient, not only because of diseases and other ailments but also his normal life such as buying clothes. He can only wear clothes size 9XL, which is the largest in the online shopping platforms. It's impossible for him to wash his lower parts of the body when taking a bath. He also has to book several seats when taking a high-speed rail or flight, and he also needs an extended version of the seat belt.
Xiao Lee had participated in weight loss training camps, but they don't seem to work for him. The trip to a doctor was his last and perhaps best option.
Doctors performed a sleeve gastrectomy in order to reduce the volume of his stomach, thus making him eat less. After the operation, Xiao Lee quickly began loosing weight. For now, hypertension and other ailments have disappeared. And at the same time, he is now saving a huge chunk of the 5K yuan a month on takeaway expenses.
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