Weight loss is a challenging endeavor, and Real Warri Pikin, a Nigerian comedian, has recently shared her personal journey through it. In a revealing YouTube video, she discusses how her attempts to lose weight led to multiple hospital visits.
Early Struggles and Warning Signs (2019)
Real Warri Pikin recounted an incident in 2019 during Bovi Man on Fire Warri, where she and Mr. Jollof were red carpet hosts. After their hosting duties, she attempted to greet Bovi upstairs but collapsed. She explained: "2019, I remember one time, Bovi Man on Fire Warri. Me and Mr. Jollof do red carpet host. After we finish red carpet, I say make I go upstairs go greet bros Bovi. Immediately, na so I fall. Ah ah. Na so them rush me, pour water for my face and everything, I no fit breathe. Step just to climb upstairs go greet bros na how I no fit breathe again, I just fall."
She sought medical attention, and doctors advised her to exercise, highlighting that her blood vessels were narrowing and she had cholesterol issues and excess body fat. "As I reach back house, I go hospital say "see wetin happen to me oh". They said you need to be working out, that my blood vessels dey narrow, that I still get cholesterol problem, fat too dey my body, come pack drugs give me, say make I dey waka, make I dey exercise, make I dey mind wetin I dey chop."
Despite trying to work out, she struggled with consistency and discipline in her diet. "I still try do work out that period, the thing go reduce small, sometimes e go come back again because the discipline no dey to take chop right."
The Pandemic and Worsening Health (2020)
The year 2020 brought the pandemic, and while Real Warri Pikin started working out, her dietary discipline remained inconsistent. "2020 come happen, pandemic. I started working out, sometimes I go chop better food, sometimes I go chop yeye food, because the discipline no dey." She described a cycle of healthy eating followed by indulging in traditional Nigerian dishes like akpu and pounded yam. "Na so I do work out, do do do, chop vegetable, small time again, I go swallow akpu, pounded yam, everything."
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Her health deteriorated, leading to hospital admission due to severe migraines, breathlessness, knee pain, chest pain, and cholesterol issues. "It got to a point I became so sick, they come admit me for hospital. Only me dey get serious migraine back to back, breathlessness, severe knee pain, chest go dey pain me, cholesterol."
Further Health Setbacks (2021-2022)
In 2021, during Comedy Nites with IK Osakioduwa, she experienced extreme weakness backstage and had to be transported in a wheelchair. "2021, I go do Comedy Nites with IK Osakioduwa. That particular season, I suppose perform. I come go Lagos go perform oh, I dey for backstage, they wan mic me, I no fit stand up. Eye dey turn me. I became so weak. They had to bring wheelchair because I no fit waka, na so them carry me go hospital."
By 2022, her weight had increased significantly, leading to frequent hospital visits. "2022, I became so big. In a week, I must go hospital." She recounted an incident where she was rushed to the hospital from the VIP lounge at the airport, preventing her from flying to shoot season 2 of AY's show, "Call to Bar". "Na that same time AY dey do one show called "Call to Bar", I dey season 1. They wan come shoot season 2, them book flight for me. I reach airport, I could not fly. Na from VIP Lounge dem rush me go hospital."
The Hard Truth
Real Warri Pikin openly acknowledged the difficulty of losing weight, especially when it requires changing lifelong eating habits. "Losing weight hard oh! In short, it's the hardest thing because when you grow up from when you dey chop anything you like, na for old age you wan come dey learn left hand? E dey hard na. It is such a difficult task."
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