Responsibility 199, what is it?

Responsibility 199 is a belief; I believe that to be healthy and to increase my longevity I need to weigh 199 pounds or less...
Responsibility 199 is a need; I need to reduce my weight, reduce my percentage of body fat, and the elevated threat of disease my present condition presents...
Responsibility 199 is a mission; I recognize that achieving 199 will be a challenge, perhaps the hardest I have ever undertaken...
Responsibility 199 is a commitment; I acknowledge that I must commit to action, commit to change, commit to myself and those I love to achieve this mission, to increase my longevity...
Responsibility 199 is ME.

Progress in Pictures

My intent here is to post pictures of my starting appearance and then post new pictures showing my progress every time I am 10% closer to my goal weight of 199 pounds. So if I am doing my math right I'll post 11 sets of pictures by the time I succeed.




We'll call this one Picture Set One, or 0% Progress, even though it was taken nearly two weeks after I started this mission. What can I say, I forgot to (or didn't want to) snap photos on the real Day 1...

APRIL 28, 2010 - Here I am at 314 pounds, down from the 320 pounds I weighed when I started this mission 11 days ago (APR. 18, 2010). My mission is to once again weigh in at 199 pounds, or less, and then never weigh more than 199 ever again.
Responsibility 199 - Gotta Do It!!
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A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him. -David Brinkley
Um, I have had bricks thrown at me and thrown a few back. So foundation is set, now lets build something to be proud of. -Patrick
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Picture Set Two for 10% Progress (this is actually 14% progress)...
MAY 26, 2010 - Here I am at 302.5 pounds. My 10% mark was 308 pounds which I hit /passed on May 16th. Over a week later I got around to taking pictures of myself.
Responsibility 199 - Gotta Do It!!
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Failure is success if we learn from it. -Malcolm Forbes
Um, I have failed so many times at this, that I now have all I need to succeed. -Patrick
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Picture Set Three for 20% Progress (this is actually 22% progress)...
JUNE 10, 2010 - Here I am at 293 pounds. My 20% mark was 296 pounds which I hit /passed on May 16th. Over a week later I got around to taking pictures of myself. Responsibility 199 - Gotta Do It!!
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I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it. -Jonathan Winters
Um, success left the station long before me, but I will catch up to it. -Patrick
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Picture Set Four for 30% Progress (this is actually 30% progress)...
JULY 7, 2010 - Here I am at 284 pounds.
Responsibility 199 - Gotta Do It!!
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If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about it. -W. C. Fields
Um, quitting that which does not succeed is the next step towards achieving success. -Patrick
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Picture Set Five for 40% Progress (this is actually 43% progress)...
SEPT 15, 2010 - Here I am at 268 pounds.
Responsibility 199 - Gotta Do It!!
This one below is a side u side of me when I started on 4/18/2010 @ 320 lbs. and now 9/15/2010 @ 268 lbs.
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The greatest wealth is health.  -Virgil
Um, unhealthy man has more to lose where healthy man has more to spend. -Patrick
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Picture Set Six, stay tuned...