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I want to get punched in the face
So my journey to battle middle age and a bulging belly continues. Last summer I tried to reclaim my youth by joining a football team. It was an absurd proposition that turned into one of the most...
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I take it back
A few weeks ago I wrote a blog called “I want to get punched in the face.“ Let me just say now that, “I take it back.” I do not want to get punched in the face. Getting punched in the face hurts....
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Sweat is fat crying
If this is true, then my fat is in a deep depression. Since February 15, I’ve lost about 40 pounds. In a week, I’ll be running in a 5K. In February, when I weighed 329 at the doctor’s office, I set...
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5K Results: 1214th overall, 89th in age division, 1st in weight class*
On June 9, 2012, I ran in my first 5K. I ran as a part of Team Hope in the Susan G. Komen Quad Cities Race for the Cure. It is something that I’ve been blogging, tweeting, and status updating about a...
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Fat is not the opposite of thin
Left: This picture was taken in December, 2011. Right: Taken in June, 2012, immediately after finishing my first 5K. Fat is not the opposite of thin. At least in my way of thinking, it’s not. When I...
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#Fat2Fit Update
All my life, I’ve been on the hefty side. I was an offensive lineman in high school and college. I’ve never been a great athlete, or had an Abercrombie-like physique, but I grew up healthy and...
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Goal reached
Weight on Feb 13, 2012: 329 Goal set a few days later with Lose It!: 260 Weight on Feb 8, 2013: 259 Follow The Fat Pastor on facebook Follow on Twitter
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This is not a treadmill. This is my time machine…
“This is not a treadmill. This is my time machine. When I’m on it, I see the future. And I see me in it.” I started to say that to myself yesterday as I ran. It has become my mantra. Yesterday I...
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I’ve lost 70 pounds, but I’m still The Fat Pastor
I high-fived my doctor today. I had my annual physical. It was a year and a day after stepping on the scale at that same doctor’s office and reading that I weighed 329 pounds. Today my doctor looked...
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Fat again
So, it happened. The thing I promised wouldn’t happen happened. The thing I swore I wouldn’t become, I became. I was another short-term success story. I’ve read that as many as 80% of people who have...
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