The Fight: Look Only If You Want

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Look Only If You Want

The thing about this blog, I have had to be pretty honest. You see, I teach people how to deal with bad images in their minds because of what they see in their job. Believe me, we see some pretty bad stuff. Now, if you decide to look, I am going to subject you to “some pretty bad stuff”. So if you want to see my newest Biggest Loser Pose scroll down and look under the Daily Weight Lose Chart.

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AnonymousFebruary 18, 2009 at 3:17 PM
Pat
You can do it just a few short days and you'll be able to go to the next step in your journey...solids! we are so proud of you, You are an inspiration to all of us. Llike you I too have have long off and on joournies with weight losses and gains. You are giving me hope, Pat! Keep up the good work.
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Chaplain AlFebruary 19, 2009 at 8:17 AM
Pat, Good Morning, just got caught up on your blog. Bless you my brother for the strength of the Lord is with you to win the prize of the race you are running. Victory is already complete in Jesus and the journey is an adventure that only gets more exciting every day.
Love ya! Bro!
Chaplain Al
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Your encouraging words mean the world to me. Thank you for sharing your heart. ~ Pat

My Story

Here is what I have come to finally admit, I am addicted to food. I am starting this journey weighing more then I ever had before, 391. Yep three hundred and ninty one pounds. You can check out my best Biggest Loser pose in the pictures. I alway knew I was big but like some people who look in the mirror and say, "I am fat." I can look in the mirror and not see how big I really am. I have dieted off and on so many time. I have lost 50 pounds, 60 pounds, 80 pounds, 30 and 40 pounds and just like most everyone I gained it all back and more. For the last year or so with the help of my wife Lisa, I have been considering getting the lap band surgery. I remember the free seminar we went to, "No way!". Surgery was to drastic and not for me. But I was challenged about my weight and lost 70 pounds with Isagenix. I gained 80 or so back. A couple of months ago Lisa and I decided it was time to do something drastic. Something had to change. I was diagnosed with diabetes, I have to use a C-PAP machine at night because I have sever sleep apnea, and I am taking medicine to control my cholesterol. I started talking to people I know who have had the Lap Band surgery. It worked and they loved it. More research and I decided that this was something that I needed to do. Something has to change.

The process. Two weeks before the surgery you start a liquid diet. The liquid diet continues for four weeks after to let your system adapt to the change that has been made. After the surgery my stomach will be the size of an egg. This means that my whole outlook on food has to change. As I said, I am addicted to food. My liquid diet is actually a fast and my prayer is that God will break the addiction in my life. When thus fast period is over I will not see food as the center of all that I do but a peripheral in my life. I won't stop at fast food places just because I can and want to. I don't want to ever have to fight that desire again. After the four week liquid diet I can start soft foods and then regular foods but my meal size will be 2 to 4oz. But with a new outlook on food, eating that little won't be a big deal.

The Fight

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Look Only If You Want

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