Alyana Asistio shares struggle with her fluctuating weight due to hypothyroidism
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Alyana Asistio: “There would also be days when I couldn't even breathe.”
Former The Seed of Love actress and celebrity chef Alyana Asistio opened up about her health and struggles with weight gain.
The daughter of actress Nadia Montenegro took to Instagram on Tuesday, August 6, and told her followers that she's been struggling with hypothyroidism.
According to my.clevelandclinic.org, hypothyroidism, is a condition "where the thyroid doesn't create and release enough thyroid hormone into your bloodstream" which causes the metabolism of a person to slow down. Symptoms include low body temperature, anemia, and evevn heart failure.
The thyroid is responsible for regulating one's body temperature, controlling the heart rate, and metabolism.
Alyana wrote, “Hypothyroidism was one of the hardest things I had to embrace. It was something I wasn't in control of. I got depressed the first time I felt something was different inside and even outside of me. My body would be so thin for one week, and the next week I would bloat again, and vice versa. There would be days when I would work out with high intensity, and there would also be days when I couldn't even breathe and could barely reach 1 km when usually I could do 3 km in 15 minutes.”
She was also brave enough to admit that she is also insecure of her body.
“I have always been insecure about my body. I have always been scared of people asking me why I gained weight or saying, 'Ano nagyari sa'yo, ang taba mo ngayon.' I would always just tell them, 'Hehe, chef po kasi ako sa restaurant ko,' instead of sharing the whole history of why I can't get back to the body I used to have. But don't get me wrong--I work out every single day.” Alyana stated.
The celebrity chef added, “I miss acting so much that it hurts me deeply that I can't do it anymore because of my weight. One of the reasons I'm trying to lose weight again is because of how much I miss doing series and even movies. Today, I promised myself to do my best to regain my motivation.”
“Thank you, Lord, for always teaching me things I don't understand. Thank you for turning the bad things into good. Thank you for being beside me despite the crazy roller coaster of my emotions and what I'm feeling every single day.”
MEANWHILE, TAKE A LOOK AT NADIA MONTENEGRO'S SEVEN BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS:
