Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead Page #10

- I'm trying mate.

You look great!

Trying.

Hey the girls

will come on you, hear me?

Doing my best mate.

When I started this journey,

I thought it was

all about the juice fast.

But as I now know,

that was only the beginning.

For the most part,

it's been about maintaining

a balanced lifestyle.

One thing I know for sure:

if I go back to my old ways,

I'll end up back where

I started in no time.

So, the choice is mine.

I'm under 300!

Yeah!

Before all this, yeah, I was

probably like the rest of

the American people out here

who had bad eating habits,

but I'm taking

full responsibility for my life.

It was my life,

I almost ruined it,

now I need to repair it.

That Phil at 430 pounds was real dark and just didnt care.

Well he's died.

That Phil has gone.

Now I'm feeling much better,

I'm getting clearer.

I'm starting to realize a

lot of things, and you know,

working my way through them.

The food is in itself too,

is also making me feel better.

I'm feeling so much better then

I did at the end of June.

So were down here

on Manly Beach.

I used to come here

as a little kid,

my dad and my brother,

park the car up here,

roll out down,

straight into the surf.

Get bashed by a few waves.

It's terrific!

And afterwards,

wed head up to an

ice cream shop just up here,

and I'd have a double chocolate

ice cream cone,

and all was good in the world.

Boy, those were the days.

We fast-forward 35 years,

and I've been on a journey.

An expanding one,

and right now,

a contracting one.

I'm very proud.

He did an excellent job.

He's lost the weight,

I hope he continues...

Ready, set, go!

Once the weight started coming

off and he started to see

that he was doing this,

his demeanor changed,

his attitude changed,

and the lower he got,

I think the better he felt.

You're getting better.

As far as me doing it?

No.

I heard you spent the weekend

at grandpa's place?

- I bring my BB gun.

- Cool.

I feel great since the fast.

I don't have

the migraines any more,

so that is a big, huge plus.

Even if I'm not fasting,

I still have to have the juicing

because of the nutrients in it.

It's just a normal part of my

everyday life now.

I feel like

I'm 21 years old again.

Show you how to do

this Wii thing.

Show me this Wii Fit.

See if you can keep up

with the old fat guy.

Swivel, swivel.

Keep swiveling.

Put some action into it.

Come on.

I'm working on it.

Wanna see ski jump?

Ski jump's cool.

Dad loves playing golf,

and finally after eight years,

Joe and Dad are back on the

golf course playing together

and I think thats fantastic.

Ah yes!

- Good shot!

- Right in the middle.

- Beauty mate.

- Good shot, eh?

- Thanks, Dad.

- Good on ya mate.

Skoal and L'Chaim,

all that stuff.

To your health.

He's got me to see the...

the changes in him

can help change me.

So we're going

to try to change me.

That was a pretty good batch.

Better than this morning.

I wonder what I did different.

I dunno.

I peeled the lemon.

That's what it was.

I'm proud

that he's gotten this far

and hopefully

he'll be proud of me.

I've gone from someone who knew,

to someone who would do.

And, that's just helped my journey,

my journey along,

and I'm hoping that

I'm gonna stick around here

a bit longer.

And as for my journey, well,

it ain't over yet.

Got a long way to go,

I hope.

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