tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24712445006716185132012-02-16T07:27:54.415-05:00THE TALE: Two nyc kids on a mission. THE MISSION: Pat wants to be thinner than his bro, participate in a century ride, look better in a tutu than a drag queen, and win the love of Kylie Minogue. SO FAR: Pat has endured much suffering, at the not so loving hands of Sarita (his trainer), but the results have been good. Pat (not quite half a pat yet) has lost over 70 lbs and has become a beacon of grace while kickboxing and kettlebell tossing. READERS: Please help encourage us in our mission.Sarita Wahbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15099676617898930140noreply@blogger.comBlogger221100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2471244500671618513.post-30522939642724507452008-06-18T23:52:00.011-04:002008-06-19T02:46:33.672-04:00

Its June 18th and today would have been my Dad's 84th birthday.This picture is of my mom, dad, and yours truly at one week old. Gotta love the glasses.At the end of March this year, Dad had what would be called in medical terms as a "respiratory incident". In layman's terms, his breathing had gotten weak and stopped. His care-taker, called an ambulance and paramedics performed CPR and suctioned

Pat_Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18163555596969642016noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2471244500671618513.post-86464913172266638642008-06-05T09:26:00.002-04:002008-06-05T09:28:22.503-04:00

I know that I haven't updated this blog in a couple of months. I apologize to you (all three of you reading this). But there is a very good reason. I'll have a big post soon. I promise.Pat

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Its 7:30 on Saturday morning, I'm waiting for the gym to open before I spend the weekend doing stuff that's not for me.I just saw a great motivational post I wanted to share from the dumblittleman blog:"Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness." - Edward StanleyPretty fitting....I'm off to get a quick sweat in.

Pat_Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18163555596969642016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2471244500671618513.post-57230139028905138582008-04-06T10:20:00.003-04:002008-04-06T23:22:33.636-04:00

One of the things that have been the toughest to change is my eating. I know that I'm not alone in this regard. In fact the diet industry is a zillion dollar business. I feel that I have changed my dietary habits and what I put into my system.But its still really tough. I don't cook enough and I eat out too much. I have however cut out (mostly) my drinking (really!) and the post-drinking meals

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It actually has been a little hectic for me as of late. I apologize to all four of you readers out there for not keeping up this blog as often as I should.One thing that I have learned going through this current round of craziness is that the workouts have become even more important to me. This is the only part of my day that is absolutely and equivalently for me. Its a part of the day that I

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Friday March 14 was Patrick's birthday. Of course he didnt let me know until today that he turned 36 on the day of our last training session...maybe because he thought I would have planned something especially evil for his birthday? Patrick, thats so rude...I would never do that!Anyway despite not knowing in advance that it was Pats b-day, today Pat shared with me some of his birthday surprises.

Sarita Wahbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15099676617898930140noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2471244500671618513.post-126318443115469202008-03-16T20:56:00.003-04:002008-03-16T21:02:48.524-04:00

The Wednesday and Friday workouts were.... well... sweaty...real sweaty... I know that the point of going to the gym is to physically exert yourself. And in doing so, the body is going to try to cool itself down through the process of sweating. If you don't sweat, you're probably not working hard enough.But these workouts were particularly sweaty. Wednesday is our usually break from lifting

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I was nosing around the information part of the intrawebs yesterday and had found this.It's and interview with Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals talking about his new book In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto.In the interview he talks about the lack of government regulation over the food industry and how the industry itself has taken cheap

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I'm really not used to shopping in regular places. Click here for more my past thoughts. So when the time came around for me to buy a pair of jeans from a regular clothing store, I really had no idea about where to go.I'm not a shopper....What can I say? And even though there is a mall in Manhattan, as well as Manhattan island itself turning into a gigantic mall, the thought never occurred in my

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Something was puzzling me about this weeks workouts. Each one seemed to fly rather quickly. It didn't feel like an hour even though I know that we had worked for an hour. As much as we have "fun" during the hour, Sarita keeps me in line and we don't seem to stand around taking breaks as long as I see other trainers and clients (at least, I think we don't).I think that I'm working hard. The

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Don't get me wrong. I'm happy to start running. Its been something that I have always wanted to incorporate into my regimen but I'm concerned about injuring my knees and ankles. I did feel like pushing myself.The view wasn't too bad either. (haha)The next workout _was_ better. I knew that it was good by the fact that I couldn't stop sweating until two hours after. I could feel my entire body

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Recently Patrick has decided to switch up his warm-up by adding a little bit of running to his repetoire. Since his warm-up is something that Patrick does on his own, I am generally not there to watch. However, I wanted to take a look at his gait and speed to see if any alterations needed to be made. So I decided to have him do a little bit of running during our session....So we choose a

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I know the day is almost over, but I have to shout out to my big sis' Renelle!Thanks for your motivation and all your sisterly love.Thanks for you pride in me.Happy Birthday!!!P.

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Ouch!That's what I felt this morning when I woke up. My chest, arms and abs were killing me. I would stretch my legs and felt my joints crack.Normally Tuesdays are days when I torture myself. Two days during the week I go into the gym and without Sarita cracking the whip behind me, I make sure that I torture myself on the treadmill, rotating stairs, and/or the arc-trainer.It wasn't happening

Pat_Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18163555596969642016noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2471244500671618513.post-56815933799108246572008-02-10T19:11:00.000-05:002008-02-10T23:43:33.478-05:00

I haven't bought jeans since the party in September.All my jeans before then had been at least a size 50 or above. When I first started training, I was a size 54. The largest size ever that I remember being was a size 60 or 62. When the weight started to come off during the training, I would wait for the jeans for the jeans to become really baggy and almost falling off before going out and buying

Pat_Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18163555596969642016noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2471244500671618513.post-86231837715277369162008-02-03T08:53:00.002-05:002008-02-25T23:16:27.402-05:00

First off, I'd like to thank everyone that has taken the time to make comments to these posts. Its been years since I have seen some of you. The words of encouragement are fantastic.Those words of encouragement really came in handy at the end of this week. Because of job I was working that took place in Westchester, I had to change the regularly scheduled beatings, err, I mean sessions with

Pat_Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18163555596969642016noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2471244500671618513.post-54145430877270591082008-01-28T22:08:00.000-05:002008-01-28T23:18:12.357-05:00

So today Sarita and I started doing assisted pull-ups.She warned me that I would be hurting tomorrow. Its only 10 pm and I can already feel the soreness between my shoulder blades.Heaven bless the creators of motrin!

Pat_Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18163555596969642016noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2471244500671618513.post-60970549984914528772008-01-27T14:27:00.000-05:002008-01-27T14:38:53.547-05:00

Its the maid's day off and the blog's not quite where I want it to be.The blog layout is going to be continually shifting until I find a layout that I like. But we're going to invite guests to take a look.Feel free to look and read. Please, please, please post your comments. You know that I'd have something to say....So forgive the mess and mind the furniture on the floor.P.

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Pat and I had a great session today. A little something new in the way of kickboxing, and a little improvement in the kettlebell department. Today i've discovered that Pat actually functions better when given more difficult work. This is information that I intend to use widely!More importantly, Pat weight in yesterday at 265 1/2. Thats aboout 6 lbs lower than the plateau he had been recently

Sarita Wahbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15099676617898930140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2471244500671618513.post-71382296073305861562008-01-20T17:03:00.000-05:002008-01-21T23:39:49.389-05:00

Check out the pics from when Pat reached 60lbs of weight loss

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This was me in 1997. I'm at a barbecue in Astoria for Stacey's graduation. Directly to the left of me is Mike (who still is Mike but now Stacey's husband) who has put up with me since college. I was well thrown out of college at the time of this photo and in the midst of placing 12 to 16 hour at days altar of video production.Around this time I was known at the bar across the street from the

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Pat and I are sitting in a cafe and setting up his blog. He keeps telling me that he wants a cigarette but by now he knows better than to smoke one in front of me.We've decided to start this blog because Patrick has truly made amazing gains in his health status while simultaneously losing over 70 lbs over the course of the past year. However, recently we've hit a bit of a plateau. Patrick, ever

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