Charging Elephant Blog

So, we were just minding our own business and getting ready to go on to round 2 of a 3 day detox in our 12 week program. We had purchased the lemons, gearing up for the prep days and moving forward. Then out of nowhere... BAM!! I wound up in admitted in the hospital... I had just celebrated my small goal of being under 400 lbs. and it was amazing!! It all started with me ripping off my big toe nail, but not the reason why I was admitted into the hospital. To make a long story short let's just say that it was a series of unfortunate events. Friday night Linda and I saw the new Beauty and the Beast. Right after the movie I got the chills really bad and later that night I checked on my temperature, it was 100 degrees and held steady all night. I had to do a 10 hour shift on Saturday and headed to work feeling like crap. I stayed about 3 hours and then decided to go home in a lot of back pain and no energy. As I laid on our coach and after taking a nap, my fever was back and we d...

I want to take this time and thank all of our co workers at Comcast for being so supportive!!! Once and awhile they will go around with a "TREAT CART" filled with every snack treat under the sun. From candy bars to chips and so on. The other day we noticed some healthier options on this cart. IT was great to know they have our backs! So... the slump.. I am not to sure if it was a bad week or my body just wants to hold on to all this fluff. I can say I had a goal to lose 30 lbs by Birthday. I am confident that I can lose at least 2 more pounds until May 17th. So I did not lose anything at all. This week going into week four I am hitting the treadmill at work more and walking Bella at any chance I can. I just have to get under 400 lbs. I actually can't even believe that I weigh that much. It saddens me to think of wasted years. I have to thank a few more people out there too. LINDA PILKINGTON!!! She is walking bella around 2 miles most days and is as committed to this...

So yesterday Linda and I reached our 2 week milestone of being on this new lifestyle. I must admit it has been very challenging, trying to learn a new way to eat. Then on top of that is balancing life. One of most challenging parts was to detox for 5 days and only drink lemonade mixture for those days. I mentioned before about the dinner I attended and that I did my best to refuse prime rib and all my favorite dishes. I proved to myself that I can do hard things and I can be strong.  Every week we go to get weighed in, go into a sauna and then get body wrapped with this cream to help with losing weight and a bunch of other stuff I don't remember. When I started this journey I was 432 lbs. yesterday after my session at Elevated Health, I lost 28 lbs. Yes I am now only 404,  just 5 lbs. from my first goal of getting under 400 lbs. I want to mention that Linda has been my rock and my voice of reason through this all and she is getting healthy with me on this and she to has ...