The Fight: My First Meal

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

My First Meal

Tonight I ate my first meal......... Fish, yep, it was cod and it was so good..... (dreamy stare off into the night sky) It was a little odd I have to admit. I ate this little bitty piece of fish and I was totally satisfied, I was not full, I was just fine but my head kept telling me that I should eat more. I just couldn't get my mind around how I could be satisfied by this little bitty piece of fish, it was weird. I think it is going to take a little bit to get used to but that's ok, it's cool.

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AnonymousMarch 5, 2009 at 12:31 AM
Hi Pat!

Wow, have been keeping up w/your blogging and you are doing just amazing, 60 lbs? WOW! Keep up the good work and stay strong!
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UnknownMarch 5, 2009 at 9:48 AM
Way to go Pat - keep it up - isn't it interesting what our minds tell us is true yet isn't necessarily so?
Blessings - Brian J.
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AnonymousMarch 5, 2009 at 6:06 PM
60 pounds Pat, that's awesome! Great job. I'm glad you are finally able to eat. Love ya, Jess
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supergonsfamMarch 7, 2009 at 8:13 PM
Totally awesome! I am so proud of you. Keep up the good work and remember that when you feel weak God is your strength. The biggest thing that I've learned through all the hell I've been through is that God's grace is enough to get you through everything. When you mess up one day then He's right by your side helping you the next. It gets me awestruck thinking about His goodness.
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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.

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Wednesday, March 4, 2009

My First Meal

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