26 Month Since M.G.B.

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OK! Now it's been 26 months since my "LIFE CHANGING DAY" that's right life changing because I don't have to worry about the extra weight I use to carry, true I feel better and look better than I can ever remember. I know I've said it before but if anyone is thinking about having W.L.S. please, please, please don't pass up the chance to have a "normal" life. But let me stress that a decision to have W.L. S. only comes after a lot of prayer and thought process and yes your own piece of hell. I remember the torture of mind games I went through until I turned it over to God...then and only then I had piece of mind but yes fear sometimes entered... a matter of fact I had to pray the fear out of my head each day until about a month after W.L.S. there are so many people that are hurting because of being over weight. But you know what? there is a way to fix it and like everything else it does not come without a risk...and yes may be even you life...that's why I say you have to be in agreement with yourself and GOD and not your family...I remember my mother saying things like "you must be crazy" and "you've really gone off the deep end this time" but she now sings a different tune, things like you look and act like you feel so much better, (you try loosing 100 pounds and see if it don't change you inside and out)... So if you do well people that said all those negative things will change. Oh! some people you thought were your friends, you know I'm sure you all have them, Well! these people we were so tight with, kind of shun us now. I still don't know why but I can only pray if will change. It seems like my mind is so much clearer since I don't have that constant mind set of "I need to go on a diet" "I should not eat this" "I’ve grown out of more of my clothes" and the all famous "I've the biggest person in the room" I can focus now on more important things. not having those bad thoughts roll through my mind several times a day every day... I still have flashes of it and yes I still want to buy those weight loss programs on TV too. People that have lost their weight can relate to this also I bet. In closing I can say I just had my extensive two year lab work done and I can say I'm thankful for having the chance to have a "normal life". I finally joined a gym and they said I was only 17% body fat and was within 5 pounds of my weight...That I will take.


Thank You God!
Thank You Dr. Ruthledge
and Thank You for reading this it's my way of helping myself while helping others...


David Pemberton