The Fight: Dinner at a Restuarant

Friday, March 27, 2009

Dinner at a Restuarant

Last night we took Shayne and Tristain out for their birthdays, 18 and 25, amazing... Anyways, we went to Mizu, the Japanese Restaurant where they cook right there in front of you. Lisa and I shared a meal and to be honest I was not sure how it was going to go. Will I eat to much, not enough? It turned out great, the cook would put stuff on my plate and on Lisa's and I would then put stuff on Lisa's plate too. I ate enough and was satisfied, and Lisa had food left on her plate. It was our first venture out like that, kind of a trial run for next week when we are in Canada on vacation. Eating out, how will it work? It will work just great, and, this morning I dropped 3 pounds which means I am into the 300 single digits now, 308!

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AnonymousMarch 28, 2009 at 2:02 PM
Pat and Lisa, You two are awesome! Blessings to you always. We hold you up in prayer and know you will be successful. We love you both!
Love,
Art and Cathy
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KellyMarch 30, 2009 at 11:39 AM
Pat, thanks so much for sharing your journey with honesty and vulnerability. I continue to lift you up in prayer and to celebrate every step of your journey.
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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

Friday, March 27, 2009

Dinner at a Restuarant

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