In the Trenches Ii

By Richard Phillips and Brooklyn Williams

Remember, tomorrow is always a new day, and victory,
in many cases, is there for the taking.

And, in the midst of all of this,
may HOPE be your constant companion!

By telling my story, it is hoped that this book will tell people about my war, and help people who are fighting obesity, glucose control, High Blood Pressure or, perhaps something else. This may help them understand that they are not alone, and that there is hope, that tomorrow can be new day, and that victory, in many cases, is there for the taking.

If there is a central theme to this story, it is hope!
We want to take this opportunity to thank the many people who have encouraged us along the way. The power of people is simply amazing, and we are in their debt. During the early part of this journey, the encouragement played a large role in staying the course and building resolve. The temptation to go back to old habits was very strong. Our thanks go to these people, some of whom are recent advocates.

Blessings to all of you!
Gary Colby
Randy Cress
Kent Cress
Karen Shidler
Ron & Mary Ann Scher
Dean & Patsy Spear
Jaime Kinsey
Nina Lynch
Will & Nancy and Warren Pennie
Albert Leazenby
Dan and Mindy Gehle

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Jan 27, 2015
• ISBN: 9781496965387

Richard Phillips

Richard Phillips was born in Roswell, New Mexico, in 1956. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1979 and qualified as a US Army Ranger, going on to serve as an officer in the army. He earned a master’s degree in physics from the Naval Postgraduate School in 1989, completing his thesis work at Los Alamos National Laboratory. After working as a research associate at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, he returned to the army to complete his tour of duty. Richard is the author of several science fiction and fantasy series, including The Rho Agenda (The Second Ship, Immune, and Wormhole); The Rho Agenda Inception (Once Dead, Dead Wrong, and Dead Shift); The Rho Agenda Assimilation (The Kasari Nexus, The Altreian Enigma, and The Meridian Ascent); and Mark of Fire, Prophecy’s Daughter, Curse of the Chosen, and The Shattered Trident in the epic Endarian Prophecy series. Richard lives with his wife, Carol, in Phoenix, Arizona. For more information, visit www.rhoagenda.com.

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Contents

About the Authors

Introduction

My Story

History

Metabolism

Diabetes Discovered

Research

System Overload

The Trip

The Walls Of Familiarity

The Change

Stress

Out Of Balance

Time

Doctor’s Diagnosis

Prayer

Answered Prayer

A New Beginning

The Effect Of Advertising

Over-Eating

Training & Observation

Building Resolve

Who is ultimately responsible for my health?

Make It Happen

Cause & Effect

The Daily Routine.

Impartiality

Evaluate the Readings & The Meaning Of Variables

Anticipation

Prayer II

Success

The Wind In My face

Colon Status

The Anniversary(s)

Charts

Manual Charts

Staying The Course

You Get Out What You Put In.

Smiling & Laughter

Carrying the Load-Stress

Paradigm Shift

Cost vs benefit

Taking A Stand

Motivation-The Importance Of Feedback

The Good-The Bad- & The Ugly

No News Is Good News

The War

A Focus Away From Weight Management & Toward A New Discipline

Time Investment

What Kind Of Price Tag Do You Put On Your Health?

What Do you Or I Have To Lose?

The Labor Of Excessive Digestion

Avoid Eating Great Tasting Food

Allowing the Body to Seek It’s Own Weight

Doubt

Medication

Keep the Doctor Informed-Letters to My Doctor

Humbleness

Getting My/Your Life Back

A Silent Killer

The System

The Glucose System

The Controlled Glucose System

The Capable Glucose System

Awareness

Read It & Record It

Just Say No

We Don’t Need As Much As We Think

Old Habits Are Easy To Resume

Establishing Control Can Be A Painful Experience

Maintaining Control

Eating For Effect

Taking Charge

Responding

The Bank

Exercise

TOD

Self Indulgence

Variety of Foods

The Subconscious Mind

The Journey

Panning For Gold

Passing Moments

Training Wheels

Jacob & Esau:

Take Nothing For Granted

The Daily Log (Form)also see page 28

Breaking The Routine-The Planned Reward

Computerized Charts In Excel

The First 4 ½ Months

Achieving Balance

Summary

2014

Improved Blood Pressure

Losing Weight

Diabetes Charts

By telling my story, it is hoped that this book will tell people about my war, and help people who are fighting obesity, glucose control, High Blood Pressure or, perhaps something else. This may help them understand that they are not alone, and that there is hope, that tomorrow can be new day, and that victory, in many cases, is there for the taking.

If there is a central theme to this story, it is hope!

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We want to take this opportunity to thank the many people who have encouraged us along the way. The power of people is simply amazing, and we are in their debt. During the early part of this journey, the encouragement played a large role in staying the course and building resolve. The temptation to go back to old habits was very strong. Our thanks go to these people, some of whom are recent advocates.

Blessings to all of you!

Gary Colby

Randy Cress

Kent Cress

Karen Shidler

Ron & Mary Ann Scher

Dean & Patsy Spear

Jaime Kinsey

Nina Lynch

Will & Nancy and Warren Pennie

Albert Leazenby

Dan and Mindy Gehle

About the Authors

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I am Richard Phillips, Born in Watsonville California, raised in California in both the Redwoods and the coastal areas of San Francisco to Monterey, California. I graduated from Santa Cruz High School, Santa Cruz California, went into the Army in 1961 and was honorably discharged in 1964. I went to College at Cabrillo College and majored in Electronics. I went to Hartnell College and majored in Business Administration and graduated in 1969. I attended Monterey Peninsula College and studied Computer programming. I also took course studies at Purdue University-environmental studies/Hazardous Materials Policy and Application, Indiana University/Indianapolis-Business Law and the University of Cincinnati-project management.

My background is manufacturing with specialization in Industrial Engineering/MTM, Statistical Process Control, Production Control, Safety, Management, Management Information Systems, and Supervision. I was also responsible for Training/SPC-Management-Supervision,.

My hobbies include basketball, woodworking, gardening, fishing, music/guitar, songwriting, and photography. I also operate a close tolerance machining business.

I enjoy writing, spending time with my grandchildren, and I participate in community service through two local churches and our Local Mexico Indiana Lions Club.

My name is Brooklyn Sierra Williams, I am 20 years old. I was born in Peru, Indiana and recently graduated from North Miami High School in Denver, Indiana. I will be attending college in the near future, possibly majoring in a field involving animals. I have three cats of my own and I sometimes fill in at our local animal shelter.

I am the Office manager at R & L Phillips, Incorporated, Mexico, Indiana, and am responsible for all invoicing, Accounts Receivables, production accounting, computer maintenance, filing, office organization, wireless computer backup, EFTPS accounting, Customer data management, Standard operating Procedure maintenance, PDF File Creation and storage, EFT transfers, directory and subdirectory creation and maintenance, Outlook Express File maintenance and I am also responsible for the appearance of all our standard forms.

My interests include playing the guitar; I really enjoy the country music genre, both modern and classic. I occasionally make appearances playing my guitar at our local churches. It’s something I very much enjoy. Taylor Swift is my idol. She has been one of my biggest inspirations for wanting to learn guitar from the beginning. I also participate in community services by helping our local Mexico Indiana Lions Club at dinners and breakfasts.

Some other interests of mine include writing poetry, playing basketball, watching movies, and crocheting.

Introduction

In The Trenches

In The Trenches is a story of a war. This is a personal war. It is a clear description of many battles and the fact that I lost most of those battles in the beginning. That period of losing the war lasted for decades and there were numerous failures, before reaching some success.

The war, at least at first, was against obesity. As that war raged on for several years, two other major fights took place. As I was fighting battles against obesity, and losing, diabetes entered the picture. Then, before winning either the war against excessive weight or diabetes, another fight emerged. I developed High Blood Pressure.

The fight against diabetes lasted for years. It was that battle that brought things to a head and actually put me in a state of desperation. It was this battle, diabetes, which led to the writing of this book. Glucose was the first thing that was documented in this book.

This story is going to attempt to bring understanding about what caused my failures and what was done to reach success. It is also going to reveal that I did not have a real measure of success, until after I reached a point of desperation and reached out to GOD. This story is going to expose a change from the first few sentences you just read. Notice the I’s.

Throughout the period of failures, there were 3 things that became evident:

The first thing was the emphasis on I. I decided. I did. I suffered the consequences. In short, I relied upon my own wisdom, which was, and is, very limited, to choose how I would deal with my battle, rather than rely upon the guidance of those who were seasoned veterans on the war against obesity. I wanted to have my cake and eat it too. Seems appropriate, doesn’t it!

The second thing that became obvious, after a lot of time passed, was that I did NOT understand. Had I understood, maybe I would have listened.

Finally, the last thing being that I did NOT listen.

If you are at a place in your life where you have reached a point of desperation, this process may be for you.

How can you be miserable and not know it? That will also be explained.

There is going to be an emphasis on certain fundamentals that are crucial to my continuing success. These fundamentals are:

Prayer

Humbleness

Building resolve

Identifying balance

Keep the doctor informed

Understanding advertisements

Anticipation

Getting out what you put in

Smiling and laughter

Stress

Time investment

Doubt

Awareness

Taking charge

Exercise

Feedback

Understanding

Results

Motivation

Success

Patience

Staying the course

Cause and effect

Desperation

Self control

Cost vs. Benefit

Panning for GOLD

Listening

System overload

Breaking The Routine-The Planned Reward

We will talk about The Daily Routine, which embraces the new direction of my life. It covers a (9) nine year period that began on July 15th, 2005 and continues to this day. A lot of the references or topics are entered at different times, during this (9) nine year period.

The variety of headings helps to reinforce concepts and fundamentals which are vital to this process.

By telling my story, it is hoped that this book will tell people about my war, and help people who are fighting obesity, glucose control, High Blood Pressure or, perhaps something else. This may help them understand that they are not alone, and that there is Hope, that tomorrow can be new day, and that victory, in many cases, is there for the taking.

If there is a central theme to this story, it is Hope!

My Story

I am not a Medical Professional.

My name is Richard Phillips. This is my story. I was obese for many years. After losing a substantial amount of weight, and keeping it off, many acquaintances and friends suggested that I write a book. This is a novel, pardon the pun, approach to weight management, and does not promote a specific diet. It is a process, not a diet. I refer to it as The Daily Routine &/or"Eating For Effect."

The Daily Routine, which plays a large role in managing my weight, glucose, and blood pressure, will be described, soon. But, before I address that process, I want to provide some background information.

History

In the Trenches is a story of many failures, before success. It is a story about a personal war with myself. It is a story about a person who fought obesity for about 25 years (and lost most of the time) and then diabetes, type 2 for about (7) years, before discovering something that would have a life changing effect. I call it answered prayer.

Years ago, in the seventies, weight began to accumulate. I had weighed about 185 pounds in 1973. I was 31 and had become a manufacturing supervisor, specializing in manufacturing administration and industrial engineering-(MTM). I had been at 185 pounds for several years, with minor fluctuations. This was my normal weight. As I rose through the ranks of management, I spent more time planning, and less time directing. Consequently, my physical activity on the job lessened. I decided to supplement my lack of activity with a weekly regimen at the local YMCA, three times a week. This went on for a few years.

As I continued to rise in management, to the position of ‘Plant Manager’, my responsibilities increased. As a result, I spent more time on the job. I became less physically active, and finally scheduled no time for the YMCA. In my forties, I began to get too heavy, and would