I was approaching 300 pounds. I was miserable. I ate McDonald’s food three times a week. I hated a lot of things, including my job. I needed something. A catalyst. Something to lift me up. That was over a year ago. I’ve come far. I’m almost closer to 200 than 300. It’s a long process. [...]
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May 2011
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Feeling Alive
By dfl on May 25, 2011
After my first session, we moved locations to Franconia Park in Harleysville. I had learned the meaning of DDIP from an inside location, but now I was going to be training outside. Something I dreaded. Not that training outside is bad. But it’s hard. And dealing with something that was hard was something I was [...]
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Our First Graduation
By dfl on May 19, 2011
Our first graduation was at GMC (www.gmc.edu) on a Friday. Melissa was still recovering from surgery, but she went with me to join in the raucous good time. Both platoons (and the nighties) all got together and basically celebrated the past 8 weeks as a unit, celebrating what we’d accomplished and looking at how far [...]
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Moving along…
By dfl on May 15, 2011
After Melissa had her surgery, we were in a world of hurt. She was off work, depressed, sad. Little did we know that the group of people we had recently friended were more than willing to help us. Dinners, visitations, hanging out….they were a group of people we had known for roughly 6 weeks, but [...]
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An interruption…
By dfl on May 6, 2011
I’ve been working on some stuff to tell my DDIP story, but this morning is too much to NOT talk abot what went on. My post to the DDIP collective website…. Everyone should understand that we are a part of something. Sometimes all the love spawns animosity, and can manifest itself in a friendly competition. [...]
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