tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78855096470245911392024-03-12T22:26:14.997-04:00Body in ProgressMy weight loss journey. From Fat to Fit with no looking back.
Terri Patillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17153168030454495052noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7885509647024591139.post-45449753286206922732014-09-05T16:14:00.002-04:002014-09-05T16:14:15.764-04:00Chasing Onderland<h3 style="border-bottom-color: rgb(215, 215, 249); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #eb5a00; font-family: 'Book Antiqua', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px 0px 4px;">
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A few months ago, Onederland was a fantasy. Something unseen for 20 years. I had stopped dreaming about it. Stopped believing it even existed. I had given it up.<br />
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Now, it's a goal -- a few steps away -- a reality growing closer daily.<br />
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56 pounds. That's my reality today. It's not a huge number by any means, but not small either. It is... attainable. It's a matter of a few weeks... a few months... a few more steps in the right direction.<br />
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Yes, I do dream of Onederland again. I think of it every time I'm confronted with chocolate-frosted sugar bombs. I think of it when I choose the foods I will eat and the hours that I spend swimming and walking.<br />
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I can feel it. In my bones... in my heart and soul. It beckons. It's waiting for me. It's the cool, crisp air in October. It's the fragrance of bayberry and pine.<br />
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It demands my attention and my dedication. To ignore its call is to deny myself and my strength of will.<br />
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It won't happen tomorrow or even days after tomorrow. It will come at its own pace. I will patiently mark the time and tick off the weight.<br />
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I will do what is best and right for me. I will ignore persistent whispers of self-doubt. I will shout out that this is MY time. I will not be denied.<br />
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I may slip. I may fall. I will find my footing and get up and move forward.<br />
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I believe the hardest step is the first one taken. That's the leap of faith -- the walk in the deepest hour of the night when even the stars have stopped twinkling. Each step takes me closer to the light. From here, I can see that first shimmering rays of dawn. The sun is rising and I am so much closer than I was yesterday.<br />
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I'll keep walking toward the sun. This time, I won't be blinded by the glare. I know where I am going and why.<br />
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I choose to leave the dark night behind me. I choose to dance in the brilliance of the sunshine. </div>
Terri Patillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17153168030454495052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7885509647024591139.post-10417457514390531982014-08-22T16:49:00.001-04:002014-08-22T16:49:38.362-04:00Is This Really Me?<div id="entry_top" style="background-color: #69a2ff; color: #a50083; font-family: 'Book Antiqua', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; height: 20px;">
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Friday, August 22, 2014</h3>
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<img src="http://photos-ak.sparkpeople.com/nw/3/2/l325440341.jpg" /> <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />The above photo shows 100 pounds of fat. I need to lose 119 pounds of fat. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />That really can't be right, can it? Am I really that many pounds over weight? <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" /><img src="http://photos-ak.sparkpeople.com/nw/1/1/l1169715885.jpg" /> <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />Yes. I am. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />I know from whence it came: Ice cream, pizza, cake, chips, dips, sodas, sugar, salt, cream. <br style="line-height: 12px;" />Jamie Deen once told a group of tourists that his Mom's (Paula Deen) favourite dessert was fried butter with sour cream. I actually thought that sounded pretty tasty. <img alt="emoticon" border="0" height="42" src="http://assets3.sparkpeople.com/assets/diet/emoticons/e198.gif" width="42" /> Y*I*K*E*S. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />Sometimes, it just seems like it's too much to bear (or lose). It isn't. I ate enough to put it on -- I can work enough to take it off. I will succeed. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />"You've done it before and you can do it now. See the positive possibilities. Redirect the substantial energy of your frustration and turn it into positive, effective, unstoppable determination." <br style="line-height: 12px;" />~ Ralph Marston ~ <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />I did lose 66 pounds in 2009. I'm almost halfway there now at 32 pounds down. Time is my friend. I refuse to be on a set schedule. I will lose weight and not despair if my body's schedule differs from my desire. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />"Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what! Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.” <br style="line-height: 12px;" />~ Mark Victor Hansen ~ <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />I am determined that if life throws obstacles in my path -- then I will consider it an obstacle course and I will climb, drop, roll, crawl, swim, run, and jump until the path is clear and the course is clear. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />I will not be denied. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />"I am the master of my fate, <br style="line-height: 12px;" />I am the captain of my soul." <br style="line-height: 12px;" />~ William Ernest Henley ~</div>
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Terri Patillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17153168030454495052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7885509647024591139.post-30018733506754782272014-08-21T00:14:00.001-04:002014-08-21T00:14:20.424-04:00#ALSIceBucketChallenge<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/3c-s4nyyD3M" width="459"></iframe>Terri Patillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17153168030454495052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7885509647024591139.post-15706433447369176922014-08-18T20:57:00.000-04:002014-08-18T20:57:35.168-04:00The Cost of Obesity<h1 style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">
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Monday, August 18, 2014</h3>
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<img src="http://photos-ak.sparkpeople.com/nw/1/5/l1578922650.jpg" /> <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />I'm not just talking about the cost in terms of self-esteem, self-confidence, self-reliance, and self-control. I am talking about the monetary costs. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />The annual cost of being over-weight is $19.39 per pound. For me, at 259 pounds, that is a cost of $2307.41 per year. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />That's the cost of a Gym Membership for my entire family. 21 fill-ups for my SUV. 77 dinners at a nice seafood restaurant. 19 trips to the grocery store for a week's worth of food. 60 visits to the hair salon for a shampoo and trim. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />Of course, there are so many more things that one could count. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />I never really looked at it this way before. I suppose I just thought of the cost to my health. It really is so much more. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />I am ever grateful to see beyond the tree... and see the forest. </div>
Terri Patillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17153168030454495052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7885509647024591139.post-53758683945626736002014-08-16T17:53:00.000-04:002014-08-16T17:53:44.476-04:0032 Pounds Gone Forever!<h1 style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">
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Saturday, August 16, 2014</h3>
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Since I've gained all of this weight, I haven't wanted to be in any photos. <br style="line-height: 12px;" />I'm not going to hide myself away any longer. No, I'm not thin, but I am healthier than before. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />This is the body I made for myself with each mouthful of junk. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" /><img src="http://photos-ak.sparkpeople.com/nw/1/1/l1176093613.jpg" /> <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />This is me today -- 259 pounds. 32 pounds gone forever. I'm wearing clothes I couldn't wear 4 months ago. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" /><img src="http://photos-ak.sparkpeople.com/nw/1/8/l1815135119.jpg" /> <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />This is the body I am re-making for myself with healthy, cleaner foods. I am... a life... and body... in progress. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" /><img alt="emoticon" border="0" height="42" src="http://assets3.sparkpeople.com/assets/diet/emoticons/e362.gif" width="42" /> <img alt="emoticon" border="0" height="42" src="http://assets3.sparkpeople.com/assets/diet/emoticons/e550.gif" width="42" /> <img alt="emoticon" border="0" height="42" src="http://assets3.sparkpeople.com/assets/diet/emoticons/e311.gif" width="42" /> <img alt="emoticon" border="0" height="42" src="http://assets3.sparkpeople.com/assets/diet/emoticons/e551.gif" width="42" /> <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />"The scale can only give you a numerical reflection of your relationship with gravity. It cannot measure beauty, talent, purpose, life force, possibility, strength, or love. Don’t give the scale more power than it has earned. Take note of the number, then get off the scale and live your life." <br style="line-height: 12px;" />~ Steve Maraboli ~</div>
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I've set up a <i style="font-weight: bold;">GoFundMe </i>account: <a href="http://www.gofundme.com/d0prrs" target="_blank">Terri</a><br />
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I appreciate any and all help.<br />
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Thank you!<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">We all do it. At the mall, the park, grocery store, church, and even watching on TV. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">We watch other overweight people. And we ask ourselves: "Am I REALLY that big?" We judge ourselves against all others. I think it's just human nature. We don't want to be as *insert favourite overweight-descriptive term here* as the next guy. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Did you say fat? Obese? Chunky? Fluffy? Chubby? </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">We want to be *insert favourite perfect-weight descriptive term here*. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Did you say thin? Skinny? Boney? "Small-boned?" </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">We all wait and watch. Someone much bigger than us will walk by and we begin the examination. I do it, too. I shake my head and try to remember, I have no right to judge. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">The person I am watching -- she knows already that people stare. She doesn't know that I have been where she's been (and may be there still). She just sees me avert my eyes. Her face turns red. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">She's hurt. I've hurt her. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I know. I am, still, the recipient of those same glances. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">"How did she let herself go like that?" The unspoken question that rings loud and clear in my mind, if not my ears. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Oh friend, you do not have enough time for me to explain it. The question now is how am I changing it? But that's not the question that you'll ask of me -- and not the question I am comfortable enough to ask you. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">So we avert our eyes and go our own way -- both of us more the miserable for it. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">It's sad, isn't it, that we aren't able to just accept ourselves and others for what we are inside. That fragile outer shell has come to have more value. So much so, that we are afraid to approach those whose outer shell isn't "perfect". </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I've noticed that often a group of girlfriends will often have ONE "fat friend". The person to finish off the appetizers... eat the rest of the entree or dessert. The friend who laughs at the fat jokes... and watches her skinny pals dance with the cute guys as she watches the handbags and drinks. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I've been that fat friend. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">We watch on television, too. It's all set up for us. #My600PoundLife, Heavy, Biggest Loser, My Weight is Killing Me. There are even more. Some are designed to make us believe that the ONLY way to lose is surgery. Some make us believe that we've got to deprive ourselves of family, friends, and home to be successful. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">We watch and think "I'm glad that not's me". Even if it is. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I was watching #My600PoundLife just 107 days ago. (Yes, I know EXACTLY which day). I said, "I can't imagine what that must be like". </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">My darling Mike replied, "I don't know why not. You're halfway there.". </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">*stunned silence* </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">It hit me so hard. He was right. I was halfway to 600 pounds. I was eating myself into an early grave. High Blood Pressure, Pre-Diabetes, High Cholesterol, stress, fat, migraines, sleep apnea. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">What didn't I have? My health. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I came back to Spark People the VERY next day. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Yet... I'm still watching these shows. Well, except for Biggest Loser -- that's the WORST show for the overweight on television. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I suppose I watch because it motivates me to keep putting one foot in front of another. It makes me know that I CAN lose this weight. Even though I have not gone the surgery path, I know that those who do must keep moving, eating properly, and changing their lives from the inside out. I do, too. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Even so, I still cast those sideways glances. I wonder... what are you doing for yourself? I want to tell them my story -- let them know that they, too, can get healthy. I don't say anything, however, because I don't KNOW what they are doing. They may be 100 pounds less than before. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">We don't talk about it. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I still receive those same glances from others. They, too, must wonder what I'm doing to myself. They have no way of knowing that I've lost 31 pounds or that I swim 3 times a week. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">These glancing blows... the near-misses... they are all part of a larger struggle. The struggle to accept ourselves and others without questions. I still struggle daily. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I have not accepted the fact that I am morbidly obese -- even though I say it -- I still cannot believe it. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">When you see me... at the park or mall or swimming pool... just know that I am not looking down on you, either. Like you, I just want to make a better me. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">It's not pity that you see in my eyes, it's admiration. You're out there and you're living your life. I think you are awesome. </span>Terri Patillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17153168030454495052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7885509647024591139.post-52620365621584930572014-08-08T11:00:00.000-04:002014-08-08T11:00:10.809-04:00TALK IT OUT!<br />
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<br style="line-height: 12px;" />The longer I am on this journey, the more I believe that you must talk it out. <br style="line-height: 12px;" />By that, I mean that you must share your experiences. Write it down, journal it, blog it... talk about it with friends, relatives, anyone who will lend an ear. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />This is not something easily done alone. We need support. We need encouragement. We need feedback and advice. Yes, we even need constructive criticism. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />It's the hiding away that's caused many of us to gain this weight. We stopped talking about it. We stopped doing anything about it. We shut down and tried to hide from it. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />Those days must come to a stop. We have to learn to admit it, confront it, fight it, and beat it. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />Do you read a lot of weight loss / healthy lifestyle blogs? Do you comment on them? Do you offer your support and advice? <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />Has it helped you to lose weight? Has it motivated and inspired you? <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />Do you send links to your blog to your friends and family and invite them to cheer you on? <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />This can be such a lonely undertaking -- losing weight. While people who have never experienced being overweight cannot understand the struggle, they CAN participate in the journey -- if we let them. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />I hope that I am supportive of others on this journey. I hope that my comments are seen as positive, productive, and caring. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />We can share the joys and triumphs... offer a shoulder... shed a sympathetic tear. Together, we can succeed. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />I wish you all the very best of success on your journey.</div>
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Terri Patillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17153168030454495052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7885509647024591139.post-11804295301829444132014-08-06T18:51:00.000-04:002014-08-06T18:51:12.566-04:00100 DAYS OF SPARK PEOPLE<div id="entry_top" style="background-color: #f5b5ff; color: #143aff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; height: 20px;">
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<img src="http://photos-ak.sparkpeople.com/nw/1/5/l1502933661.jpg" /> <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />"Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin." <br style="line-height: 12px;" />~ Blessed Mother Teresa ~ <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />Today marks my 100th day back at Spark People. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />I have made a few... changes... <img alt="emoticon" border="0" height="42" src="http://assets3.sparkpeople.com/assets/diet/emoticons/e41.gif" width="42" /> <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />WEIGHT: <br style="line-height: 12px;" />Starting Weight: 291 <br style="line-height: 12px;" />Current Weight: 261 <br style="line-height: 12px;" />1st Goal Weight: 250 <br style="line-height: 12px;" />Mid-Term Goal: 199 (*ONE*derland) <br style="line-height: 12px;" />Final Goal Weight: 140 <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />WEIGHT LOST: 30 pounds <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />START SIZE: 3X <br style="line-height: 12px;" />CURRENT SIZE: 1X <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />INCHES LOST: <br style="line-height: 12px;" />1.5 Thighs <br style="line-height: 12px;" />2.75 Biceps <br style="line-height: 12px;" />5 Bust <br style="line-height: 12px;" />4.75 Waist <br style="line-height: 12px;" />3 Hips <br style="line-height: 12px;" />1.5 Neck <br style="line-height: 12px;" />3.5 Upper Arm <br style="line-height: 12px;" />.3 Waist to Hip Ratio <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />ENERGY LEVEL: HIGH <br style="line-height: 12px;" />SLEEP LEVEL: HIGH <br style="line-height: 12px;" />STRESS LEVEL: LOW <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />I'm getting at least 3 fruits / veggies per day. I'm exercising at least 3X per week! Tracking weight, nutrition, food, and water daily. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />Drinking water -- at least 80 ounces per day. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />100 Days without sodas, teas, coffee, or carbonated beverages. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />100 Days of no candy, cookies, cake, pie. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />100 Days of feeling re-energized, calm, happy, motivated, determined, strong, and empowered. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />100 Days of compassion, support, advice, and friendship from Spark People members, for which I am forever grateful.</div>
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The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it. <br style="line-height: 12px;" />~ Woodrow Wilson ~ <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" /><img alt="emoticon" border="0" height="42" src="http://assets3.sparkpeople.com/assets/diet/emoticons/e237.gif" width="42" /> <img alt="emoticon" border="0" height="42" src="http://assets3.sparkpeople.com/assets/diet/emoticons/e237.gif" width="42" /> <img alt="emoticon" border="0" height="42" src="http://assets3.sparkpeople.com/assets/diet/emoticons/e237.gif" width="42" /> <img alt="emoticon" border="0" height="42" src="http://assets3.sparkpeople.com/assets/diet/emoticons/e237.gif" width="42" /> <img alt="emoticon" border="0" height="42" src="http://assets3.sparkpeople.com/assets/diet/emoticons/e237.gif" width="42" /> <img alt="emoticon" border="0" height="42" src="http://assets3.sparkpeople.com/assets/diet/emoticons/e237.gif" width="42" /> <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />I spent three hours in the pool yesterday. I was loathe to get out! I managed a couple of achievements, too. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />Swam 6 laps (Breast Stroke) without the noodle. I did cheat and use my arms, though... <img alt="emoticon" border="0" height="42" src="http://assets3.sparkpeople.com/assets/diet/emoticons/e211.gif" width="42" /> <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />Did a lot of water-walking / marching and arm exercises with the foam barbell.<br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />No weight loss -- but I really feel the toning and strengthening. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" /><img src="http://photos-ak.sparkpeople.com/nw/7/9/l79009632.jpg" /> <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" /><img src="http://photos-ak.sparkpeople.com/nw/7/7/l772895424.jpg" /> <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" /><img src="http://photos-ak.sparkpeople.com/nw/3/4/l3443300.jpg" /> <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" /><img src="http://photos-ak.sparkpeople.com/nw/1/2/l1251996329.jpg" /></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I am at 90 days back at Spark People! </span><img alt="emoticon" border="0" height="42" id="emoticon" src="http://assets3.sparkpeople.com/assets/diet/emoticons/e252.gif" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; position: relative;" width="42" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">My accomplishments to date: </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">1. 30 pounds down </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">2. Down one pants size (3X to 2X) And maybe even two... </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">3. Exercising / swimming 3X per week </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">4. Lost 4 1/2 inches </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">5. Blood Pressure is low enough that Doctor has halved my dosages </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">6. Energy levels are high </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">7. No soda / tea / coffee for 90 days </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">8. No longer considered "pre-diabetic" </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">9. Preparing to walk in a 5K in October </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Last but more importantly, I AM HAPPY! </span><img alt="emoticon" border="0" height="42" id="emoticon" src="http://assets3.sparkpeople.com/assets/diet/emoticons/e334.gif" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; position: relative;" width="42" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Spark People, Friends, I LOVE YOU! </span><img alt="emoticon" border="0" height="42" id="emoticon" src="http://assets3.sparkpeople.com/assets/diet/emoticons/e129.gif" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; position: relative;" width="42" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> </span>Terri Patillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17153168030454495052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7885509647024591139.post-64384707902291794922014-07-23T17:55:00.000-04:002014-07-23T17:55:04.746-04:00MISCELLANEOUS!<div id="entry_top" style="background-color: #f5b5ff; color: #143aff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; height: 20px;">
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Never go backward. Attempt, and do it with all your might. Determination is power. <br style="line-height: 12px;" />~ Charles Simmons ~ <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />The following video is about a program (in France) to stop wasting produce. I LOVE it and hope that US food stores will follow suit! <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" /><span class="journal_edit"><a href="http://youtu.be/p2nSECWq_PE" rel="nofollow" style="color: #6384bd; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11px; opacity: 1;" target="_blank">youtu.be/p2nSECWq_PE </a></span><br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />The Color Vibe is a 5K Run / Walk. <img alt="emoticon" border="0" height="42" src="http://assets3.sparkpeople.com/assets/diet/emoticons/e311.gif" width="42" /> It will be in Savannah in October and I AM going to walk!!! <img alt="emoticon" border="0" height="42" src="http://assets3.sparkpeople.com/assets/diet/emoticons/e311.gif" width="42" /> I KNOW that I can do it! <img alt="emoticon" border="0" height="42" src="http://assets3.sparkpeople.com/assets/diet/emoticons/e311.gif" width="42" /> I WANT to do it!<img alt="emoticon" border="0" height="42" src="http://assets3.sparkpeople.com/assets/diet/emoticons/e311.gif" width="42" /> I WILL do it! <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" /><span class="journal_edit"><a href="http://www.thecolorvibe.com/savannah.php" rel="nofollow" style="color: #6384bd; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11px; opacity: 1;" target="_blank">www.thecolorvibe.com/savannah.php </a></span><br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />Check their website -- <span class="journal_edit"><a href="http://www.thecolorvibe.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #6384bd; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11px; opacity: 1;" target="_blank">www.thecolorvibe.com </a></span>-- and see if there is one near you! <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />I am hoping to get some pool time tonight. I swam for 90 minutes last night. It really relaxes me and I sleep so well afterwards. <img alt="emoticon" border="0" height="42" src="http://assets3.sparkpeople.com/assets/diet/emoticons/e237.gif" width="42" /> <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" /><img src="http://photos-ak.sparkpeople.com/nw/1/8/l1841263245.jpg" /> <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />I can honestly FEEL myself toning up. My size 3X pants are so loose they are falling off. <img alt="emoticon" border="0" height="42" src="http://assets3.sparkpeople.com/assets/diet/emoticons/e9.gif" width="42" /> That's a lovely feeling. I'll be buying new pants soon... maybe... a size 1X this time? <img alt="emoticon" border="0" height="42" src="http://assets3.sparkpeople.com/assets/diet/emoticons/e7.gif" width="42" /> <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />In the meantime, I'm using my barbells for strengthening / toning my arms.<img alt="emoticon" border="0" height="42" src="http://assets3.sparkpeople.com/assets/diet/emoticons/e34.gif" width="42" /> Progress is slow, but I persist! <img alt="emoticon" border="0" height="42" src="http://assets3.sparkpeople.com/assets/diet/emoticons/e362.gif" width="42" /> <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />Chasing *ONE*derland is quite the adventure. I can see it getting ever closer. Sometimes, it's faster and farther ahead, but it never goes out of my sight. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />I'm making up ground... and it is not so elusive as it was a few months ago.<img alt="emoticon" border="0" height="42" src="http://assets3.sparkpeople.com/assets/diet/emoticons/e47.gif" width="42" /> </div>
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Sunday, July 20, 2014</h3>
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So, my darn scale is being a witch. That's okay, I'm steady exercising and losing INCHES! Yes, that's right! <img alt="emoticon" border="0" height="42" src="http://assets3.sparkpeople.com/assets/diet/emoticons/e7.gif" width="42" /> I've lost a total of 4 1/2 inches since July 3rd! <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" /><img alt="emoticon" border="0" height="42" src="http://assets3.sparkpeople.com/assets/diet/emoticons/e244.gif" width="42" /> Go me! <img alt="emoticon" border="0" height="42" src="http://assets3.sparkpeople.com/assets/diet/emoticons/e244.gif" width="42" /> <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />I am learning that after you begin an exercise program, you will likely gain a few pounds due to water retention. Your muscles are storing and burning fat for fuel. After 4 to 6 weeks, there is a breakthrough, and the scale will begin to move downward once again. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />I can live with that! <img alt="emoticon" border="0" height="42" src="http://assets3.sparkpeople.com/assets/diet/emoticons/e185.gif" width="42" /> <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />I am so enjoying this... the swimming... the workouts... the sheer joy of being alive and moving. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />Why did I wait so darn long? <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />These are the bracelets on my right wrist. They used to be quite tight. Not anymore! <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" /><img src="http://photos-ak.sparkpeople.com/nw/8/2/l820614973.jpg" /></div>
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Saturday, July 12, 2014</h3>
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I am now OFFICIALLY 30 pounds down from 291! <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />I began this journey at a BMI of 51.5 -- I'm now at 46.2 -- a full 5 points down. I still have 7 points to lose to reach the "severely obese" stage. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />I frankly don't see myself as "morbidly obese" but I recognize that it's not based on appearance but WEIGHT. I still have 121 pounds to lose to reach my goal. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />Reach it, I will. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /></div>
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<br style="line-height: 12px;" />I went for my 6 month check-up yesterday and received great news. My BP is low enough now that my Doc halved my BP meds. He's pleased with my weight loss and is halving my Metformin dosage. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />He said if I lose 30 pounds by January, he will likely take me OFF of the Metformin and halve my Lovastatin (Cholesterol med) as well. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />I am so happy! Very positive reinforcement indeed! <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />This evening... I am going to try on a pair of size 1X jeans. I don't think they will fit quite yet, but I am interested in seeing how close I am. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />Of course, it is a goal to leave the PLUS sizes behind me. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />I have another goal: to be able to COMFORTABLY cross my legs while seated. All of us who are very overweight know that crossing one's legs becomes impossible. It just does. I want to be able to do that again (without thinking about it). <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />Funny... the things that you want to do once you've gotten too big to do them. We all go through it -- it's akin to mourning. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />However, we CAN get those things back. We just have to work at it. It IS worth the time, effort, and energy. WE are worth it. </div>
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<img src="http://photos-ak.sparkpeople.com/nw/1/6/l1648554646.jpg" /> <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />As of today, it's a 29 pound loss for me, but I wanted to see what 30 pounds of fat looks like. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />Wow. Was I really carrying that much fat? And do I still have 120 pounds of that horrible stuff to lose? <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />Yes. Yes, I do. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" /><img src="http://photos-ak.sparkpeople.com/nw/1/8/l1881541132.jpg" /> <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />Just imagine 120 pounds of fat -- what is doing to my heart, lungs, kidneys, pancreas, etc. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />This is what motivates me to keep working, every day, to lose this weight and get healthier. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />I CHOOSE to move forward. I CHOOSE to walk and swim. I CHOOSE to demand a healthier me. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />I CHOOSE to eat better and to leave the fatty, sugary, sodium-laced processed foods behind. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />I CHOOSE LIFE! </div>
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I do want to crow a bit: I got in three days of swimming (90+ minutes each time) this week! </div>
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Terri Patillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17153168030454495052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7885509647024591139.post-1842035925435494422014-07-07T22:37:00.000-04:002014-07-07T22:37:24.473-04:0070 DAYS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">70 Says since: </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I re-joined Spark People </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I've had a soda </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I've gained weight </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I've felt like giving up </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I've 'splurged' (gorged) at a meal </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I've had to buy larger clothing </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I've despaired </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">70 Days of feeling: </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Strong </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Empowered </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Successful </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Energized </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Motivated </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Inspired </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Peaceful </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Determined </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Positive </span>Terri Patillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17153168030454495052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7885509647024591139.post-64445304381110645882014-07-05T18:17:00.002-04:002014-07-05T18:17:22.156-04:0010% GOAL REACHED!<h3 style="border-bottom-color: rgb(215, 215, 249); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #eb5a00; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px 0px 4px;">
Saturday, July 05, 2014</h3>
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My first major goal was to lose 10% of my beginning weight of 291 pounds. I reached that goal this morning!!!<br /><br />10% of 291 = 29.1 pounds<br />291 - 29 = 262!<br /><br />This morning my scale was a solid 262!<br /><br />WOO HOO! I am re-energized! <img alt="emoticon" border="0" height="42" id="emoticon" src="http://assets3.sparkpeople.com/assets/diet/emoticons/e521.gif" style="position: relative;" width="42" /> <img alt="emoticon" border="0" height="42" id="emoticon" src="http://assets3.sparkpeople.com/assets/diet/emoticons/e521.gif" style="position: relative;" width="42" /> <img alt="emoticon" border="0" height="42" id="emoticon" src="http://assets3.sparkpeople.com/assets/diet/emoticons/e521.gif" style="position: relative;" width="42" /><br /><br />Now, for the NEXT 10% Goal:<br /><br />10% of 262 = 26.2 or 236 pounds. <img alt="emoticon" border="0" height="42" id="emoticon" src="http://assets3.sparkpeople.com/assets/diet/emoticons/e386.gif" style="position: relative;" width="42" /><br /></div>
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I've also dropped my BMI from a DANGEROUSLY High 51.5 down to a still-high, but less deadly, 46.4. That's 5 points. Doesn't sound like much -- but it's important to keep lowering that number. </div>
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Yes... at 5' 3", I was considered Super Obese. Now, it's Morbid Obesity. I am on my way to 39 -- which will take me OUT of the Morbid range and into Severely Obese. </div>
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Do I like those terms? No, I don't. However, it is what it is and only I can change that. </div>
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Terri Patillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17153168030454495052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7885509647024591139.post-14293149252374605182014-06-30T14:36:00.000-04:002014-06-30T14:36:34.565-04:00An Open Letter to Restaurants<h1 style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">
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Monday, June 30, 2014</h3>
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I am not Size 10. I am, at this moment, a Size 2X (18/20). <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />What does that have to do with you and your restaurant, you ask? Everything.<br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />You see, I like to go out sometimes with family and friends and have a meal. I DON'T like having to ask for a table because your booths are so poorly placed and spaced that I can't fit in them. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />What? You say it's MY problem because I'm too fat. Golly? I packed 264 pounds on a 5' 3" frame? I had no idea... <img alt="emoticon" border="0" height="42" src="http://assets3.sparkpeople.com/assets/diet/emoticons/e198.gif" width="42" /> What was I thinking?? I'll just go on a diet right now! <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />Please. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />Make some damn room! When my 5' 10", 176 pound husband has trouble sliding in... what's your excuse then? <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />Is it really too much to ask that the booths accommodate everyone that wants to eat at your establishment? If you don't want plus-sized customers, just post it on the door. I can find another place to eat. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />Perhaps, you enjoy our embarrassment? It's gives you a thrill to look concerned and sympathetic and ask, "Would you prefer a table"? It leads to the hostess claiming that she "has a cousin who's obese" and she can't fit, either. Yeah... I've heard that story a thousand times. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />Oh well, it does lead to what we "fatties" call a Non-Scale Victory: I fit into a booth today! Yea me! <img alt="emoticon" border="0" height="42" src="http://assets3.sparkpeople.com/assets/diet/emoticons/e224.gif" width="42" /> <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />Gosh, do I sound bitter and frustrated??? <img alt="emoticon" border="0" height="42" src="http://assets3.sparkpeople.com/assets/diet/emoticons/e234.gif" width="42" /> <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />What about those people who are larger than me? Do you know, do you care, how humiliating it is for them? None of us woke up one morning and decided to become obese. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />NOT. ONE. OF. US. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />It happened and we pay for it daily. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />Your scrunched up booths do nothing but enforce the stereotype that only those of certain sizes are taken into consideration when designing eating establishments. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />To top is off... booths are generally made with padded, comfortable seats. Tables are not. Booths encourage closeness, intimacy, and lingering over a meal. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />Tables are designed to get the customer in and out quickly. There is distance so conversation is at a minimum. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />Ask me how I feel about that. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" /><img src="http://photos-ak.sparkpeople.com/nw/7/5/l755967296.jpg" /></div>
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Sunday, June 29, 2014</h3>
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<img src="http://photos-ak.sparkpeople.com/nw/3/1/l310839893.jpg" /> <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />Swam <img alt="emoticon" border="0" height="42" src="http://assets3.sparkpeople.com/assets/diet/emoticons/e237.gif" width="42" /> for 90 Minutes today (with my fur-pal Gracie) and Mike. Lots of fun! <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />Scale Victory: Down 4 pounds! I'm at 264 and just 2 pounds from having lost 10% of my starting weight of 291 (29.1 pounds). <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />Non-Scale Victories: <br style="line-height: 12px;" />1. Wearing my rings again! <img alt="emoticon" border="0" height="42" src="http://assets3.sparkpeople.com/assets/diet/emoticons/e337.gif" width="42" /> <br style="line-height: 12px;" />2. Wearing several pieces of clothing that were too small just 2 months ago!<img alt="emoticon" border="0" height="42" src="http://assets3.sparkpeople.com/assets/diet/emoticons/e204.gif" width="42" /> <br style="line-height: 12px;" />3. Fitting in restaurant booths! (Ya'll know what I'm talking about!) <img alt="emoticon" border="0" height="42" src="http://assets3.sparkpeople.com/assets/diet/emoticons/e551.gif" width="42" /> <br style="line-height: 12px;" />4. No longer embarrassed to have my photo taken! <img alt="emoticon" border="0" height="42" src="http://assets3.sparkpeople.com/assets/diet/emoticons/e388.gif" width="42" /> <br style="line-height: 12px;" />5. BUCKLING MY SEAT BELT WITHOUT AN EXTENSION!!!!!! <img alt="emoticon" border="0" height="42" src="http://assets3.sparkpeople.com/assets/diet/emoticons/e433.gif" width="42" /> <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />Best of success to all of my SP friends and fellow members -- if not for you, I wouldn't be as successful as I have been. YOU are my best <img alt="emoticon" border="0" height="42" src="http://assets3.sparkpeople.com/assets/diet/emoticons/e321.gif" width="42" /> and I love you all! <img alt="emoticon" border="0" height="42" src="http://assets3.sparkpeople.com/assets/diet/emoticons/e129.gif" width="42" /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span>Terri Patillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17153168030454495052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7885509647024591139.post-12947590675452528682014-06-24T13:45:00.001-04:002014-06-24T13:45:59.493-04:00Robert Preston - Chicken Fat<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/EFofqe26t-4" width="459"></iframe>Terri Patillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17153168030454495052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7885509647024591139.post-59634731082621458172014-06-23T18:40:00.000-04:002014-06-23T18:40:44.796-04:00Healthy Eating... Even at Mom's!<h1 style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">
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Monday, June 23, 2014</h3>
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<img src="http://photos-ak.sparkpeople.com/nw/2/7/l276669783.jpg" /> <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />Fresh green beans and small (tiny) yellow potatoes, 1 biscuit, and about 1/2 of a country steak. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />No salt, no sauce, no gravy. I do realize that it should've been twice the green beans but I knew my Mom and Hubby needed the veggies more than I did. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />The piece of steak moved aside became Mike's breakfast this morning. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />I like eating at home (or at Mom's) more than eating out these days. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />Hoping to keep my sodium levels low this week. last week was a disaster because we ate out about three times. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />I don't want to do that any more.</div>
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Sunday, June 22, 2014</h3>
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I can report a few NSVs (Non-Scale Victories): <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />My clothes are much looser. It won't long until I'm down another size. <br style="line-height: 12px;" />My rings: I can wear them comfortably and they don't make my fingers swell! <br style="line-height: 12px;" />I am not so easily winded or tired. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />All that with just a 23 pound loss. I'll happily take that! <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />These photos were taken in the same place. Same shirt. The first was taken on / about March 14th, 2014. I weighed approx. 291 lbs. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" /><img src="http://photos-ak.sparkpeople.com/nw/3/5/l352750163.jpg" /> <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />This photo was taken on June 21, 2014 at 268 lbs. <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" /><img src="http://photos-ak.sparkpeople.com/nw/4/0/l406602705.jpg" /> <br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" /><br style="line-height: 12px;" />I didn't think I'd see any difference, but I do. <img alt="emoticon" border="0" height="42" src="http://assets3.sparkpeople.com/assets/diet/emoticons/e521.gif" width="42" /></div>
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Wednesday, June 18, 2014</h3>
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I have a lot of weight to lose. It's almost overwhelming, but I will do it. I want to do it.<br />However, from 291 to 140 is 151 pounds. There's no way around it, either. No quick fixes, no miracle cures. Just hard work, healthy eating, and moving my body.<br /><br />I think breaking it down into segments may be a better way for my to look at what I have done and what I have to do.<br /><br />Here's one way:<br /><br />291 pounds at 10% Loss = 29.1 pounds to lose to reach = 262 Goal<br /><br />291 pounds at 20% Loss = 58.2 pounds to lose to reach = 233 Goal<br /><br />291 at 30% = 87.3 or 204<br /><br />291 at 40% = 116.4 or 175<br /><br />291 at 50% = 145.5 or 146<br /><br />291 at 52% = 151.3 or 140<br /><br />OR:<br /><br />Current Weight: 291 = 29.1 for 10% Loss = 262 pounds<br /><br />CW 262 = 26.2 for 10% Loss = 236 pounds<br /><br />CW 236 = 23.6 for 10% Loss = 213 pounds<br /><br />CW 213 = 21.3 for 10% Loss = 192 pounds. ONEDERLAND!<br /><br />CW 192 = 19.2 for 10% Loss = 173 pounds<br /><br />CW 173 = 17.3 for 10% Loss = 156 pounds<br /><br />CW 156 = 15.6 for 10% Loss = 140 pounds (GOAL)<br /><br />Either way you calculate it -- it won't be a few weeks or a few months. It will like take (from my CW of 268) about 64 weeks. That's 1 year and 3 months. That seems like such a long time.<br /><br />I must constantly remind myself that it took a while to gain this much weight and it will take time to lose it.<br /><br />I will not despair or weep in frustration. I WILL take each day one step forward at a time.<br /><br />Faith, determination, concentration, motivation: These are the keys to victory. I can reach my goal. I can see it -- even this far away -- it's waiting on me.<br /><br />Stay with me friends, please. I need you. Support me and cheer me on and I'll be right beside you. I believe in us. We can do this together and we are not alone.<br /><br />Let's Roll.<br /></div>
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