motivation

Arm Rests suck! Why I hate chairs with Arm Rests.

Friday, March 7th, 2008 | Featured, Fitness Journal, Funny Life Stuff with No Comments »

For a fat guy, arm rests are probably the make or break you. You can’t make it through life without sitting. Most places you go - dr’s offices, work, movies, etc have arm rests, and if you’re big enough it can really put some grooves in the flub. At work, I unbolted the arm rests from my chair so I could be comfortable.

Fat Guy Unleashed, wrote a nifty post about being able to fit in the chairs on an airplane. Right now, I don’t think I could even buy 1 ticket and get on a plane, I may actually have to buy 2 just for me, which is quite embarrassing, and I don’t really have the month to buy the tickets anyhow - but it would be nice to be able to travel someday.

I’d also like to be able to ride scary rollercoasters again, I miss going to amusement parks. I also love Imax theatre and the only one around here that’s worth going to - has seats that I can’t fit in comfortably.

This is just one of many motivations that I have to lose weight…

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What is this blog about?

Saturday, February 2nd, 2008 | Featured with 1 Comment

This blog is about: Patrick Curl’s struggle against weight all his life. This is his one chance to make it all change.

(Written in the 3rd person…) If you are reading this on myspace, xanga, facebook, etc - please go to my blog @ http://www.patrickcurl.com

How he is going to lose: Sponsors like John Chow, will pay him an ‘amount’ per pound that he loses, or when he reaches special goals. In the case of John Chow, Patrick will earn $1/pound for the first 100 pounds, $2/pound for the second 100 pounds, and $3 per pound for the third 100 pounds. Also just people paying attention to, and offering words of encouragement can help. At the basic level, it’s about both creating motivation, but also building a support network, of friends who want him to succeed.

How you can help: Link it. Link to Patrick, and you will be helping him. Sponsor him and he will give you free advertising in return.

About Patrick: He loves music, especially Linkin’ Park and Evanescence. He’s a big Heroes fan, also likes the Office, My Name is Earl. He loves just about all movies, but Lord of the Rings will never be topped.

He is Mormon/LDS, but not voting for Mitt Romney, he is more of a Kucinich fan, followed by Edwards, but since they’re both out, Obama will have to do - there’s no way he would ever vote for Hillary.

He is married to a beautiful wife, and they have been trying to have a baby for 2 years, but that hasn’t happened as they’d like it, they are currently getting licensed for foster care, and going to adopt via fostering. They are still hoping for their Miracle baby - the doctor seems to believe highly that losing 200 lbs may solve their fertility issues.