The Fight: Almost to 100

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Almost to 100

3 more pounds to go and I will have lost 100 pounds. Wow, that is almost hard for me to even imagine. It is amazing how good I feel after shedding 97 pounds! I get asked all the time, "Do you have more energy?" "Do you feel lighter on your feet?" Shoot, that much weight is hard to imagine. Yes, I have more energy, I don't think I "feel" lighter on my feet but I do feel different. I walk up stairs and I am not winded, I teach for a few hours and my joints do not hurt from being on my feet for so long. It was a $15000.00 investment and do you know what the cool thing is? We put that on the credit card and we now owe $1000.00. God has been so faithful. I will let you know when I hit 100 and we can all celebrate together!!!

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AnonymousApril 30, 2009 at 10:23 AM
Wow Pat, You are looking great! I
m so proud of you. Keep up the good work.
Aunt judy
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Robin (King) WebberleyMay 1, 2009 at 7:33 AM
That is so awesome! I am really proud of you. Thanks a lot for including us in this journey too. I love your vulnerability and "realness". So many people can relate. Keep up the good work. God will continue to do some great things in you as you journey, not only the obvious outer things, but little inner things too. I'm sure you've already experienced a few! Keep it up...I mean down...oh, you know what I mean!
Robin
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UnknownMay 3, 2009 at 7:41 AM
Waycool! You look great... You also look HAPPIER! HALLELUJAH!
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KellyMay 5, 2009 at 11:37 AM
Great job, Pat. It is wonderful to hear the positive impact this is having on you physically. More energy and less pain is wonderful, wonderful.
How is this weight loss changing your internal landscape?
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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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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Almost to 100

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