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February 8th, 2006 | Issue 51 |
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"In four months, I lost 109 pounds.
Pritikin saved my life!"
Rob Lilly had never had a serious weight problem. In high school in Milwaukee, he was a championship singles tennis player. In his 20s, he went to the Pritikin Longevity Center strictly for prevention (“I was a healthy, lean 165 pounds”), and for the next two decades, he never gained more than 20 pounds at a time and “always took it right off.”
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Nosedive
But four years ago, life twisted and turned – and took a nosedive. First, there was the separation and divorce. Then, “I did that sort of mid-life dumb thing that men do and ran around with young women in their early 20s.” Then, he hit some kind of wall. “Depression? Missing my kids, my family unit? Running five Wendy’s Restaurants? Probably all of the above.”
In three years, from ages 46 to 49, Rob ballooned to 305 pounds. “It was awful. I had so much pain in my legs that I couldn’t move. I lost all my energy. I couldn’t do anything more than sit in a reclining chair day and night, eating, watching TV.”
“I just stopped caring…”
What’s worse, Rob didn’t want to move. “I just stopped caring about taking care of myself.”
Until one afternoon, about six months ago. “Caroline, my 14-year-old daughter, came up to me with the dog on a leash and asked, ‘Daddy, wanna come with me to take ThomasJones for a walk?’
“I replied, ‘No, I’m tired, honey. Let’s do it later.’
“Well, she gave me this look – it was so sad. We both knew there wasn’t going to be any ‘later.’ It was at that moment that I realized I was not participating in her life anymore – or the life of my 19-year-old son Joey. I was a shadow of myself – not here, not in this world – for either of them. I realized I had to do something – now.”
Immediately, Rob called Pritikin. He arrived at the Center on Turnberry Isle, Florida, in mid August, expecting to stay at least two months “so that I could imbed healthy habits into my constitution. And I wanted to lose enough weight – maybe 20 or 30 pounds – to get me motivated.”
109 pounds lighter
Rob’s been at Pritikin for nearly four months now, and has so far shed 109 pounds, falling from 305 pounds to 200. He arrived at Pritikin barely able to walk. He’s now running 10 to 15 miles daily.
“It’s been miraculous for me,” he says, awed. “Pritikin really has saved my life. Being here has turned around my whole attitude. I enjoy life again.”
Pritikin Perspective talked to Rob in early December, just before he hit his “century mark” loss of 100 pounds. Here are excerpts of that most inspiring interview: ...
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