''Lost 71 kg In 2 Years'': Housing.com CEO Opens Up On His Weight-Loss Journey
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His fitness journey started in 2021 when he mistook heartburn for a heart attack during a trip to India.
Dhruv Agarwala, the CEO of the popular real estate platform Housing.com, has opened up about his inspirational weight loss journey in an interview with South China Morning Post. The tech CEO revealed how a health scare and a subsequent visit to the emergency room in a hospital prompted him to lose 71 kg of body weight in just two years.
His fitness journey started in 2021 when he mistook heartburn for a heart attack during a trip to India. At the time, he weighed 151.7 kilograms, was pre-diabetic, had been taking medications for high cholesterol and high blood pressure for four years, and had developed sleep apnea. The incident served as a wake-up call for him to take control of his health
''I kept thinking 'One day I will lose weight, one day I will become fit,' until one day I landed in a hospital emergency room. I remember that moment clearly, lying in the hospital bed, when I resolved to take charge of my health,'' he told SCMP.
