from 200 pounds to morbid obesity, his mug shots tell the story of his exponential weight gain. my self-esteem out there in the free had plummeted. i d stopped giving a care about everything. i was drinking anywhere from a bottle to a bottle and a half of jack a day. i started eating and eating as a comfort. but there was one person at the jail that would have a profound effect on phillip s life. hop up here and see where you are at here today. dr. hubert downstairs is the one that got me to change. look at this. excellent. have a seat up on the bench. he told me that he saw something better in me. howard hubert is a board certified physician s assistant at bear county jail. sean phillips is one of my favorite cases to talk about. sean came through the door weighing 437 pound. i said do you went to get the diabetes and blood pressure under control? he said of course.
have led to heartache. our father, who art in heaven. others have sought more productive paths inside the jail. give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses. when he first arrived here, shawn phillips weighed 437 pounds and says he was slowly killing himself with food. after medical staff put him on a diet and exercise program, he says he lost 175 pounds. but phillips still carries a heavy weight. he s awaiting trial for murder. he is accused of seeking vigilante justice against a man he believes sexually assaulted a close relative, a young girl. phillips admits that he and three accomplices drove the man to a remote wilderness area and began beating him. i m not going to mince words. i beat the crap out of the guy. and i m not going to lie about it. we beat him up in a field.
one that got me to change. look at this. excellent. have a seat up on the bench. he told me that he saw something better in me. howard hubert is a board certified physician s assistant at bexar county jail. shawn phillips is one of my favorite cases to talk about. shawn came through the door weighing 437 pounds. i said do you went to get the diabetes and blood pressure under control? he said of course. i said, all right, here s the plan. i m going to put you on an 1,800 calorie a day diabetic diet, taper your diabetes meds blood pressure meds. as time goes on, if you exercise a lot, we ll take the medications away. out in the free world, he was consuming anywhere from 5,000, 6,000, maybe even 7,000 calories a day. here in the jail we can control diet a whole lot. i m on diet tray. i don t get as much of a portion as everybody else does. they steam a lot of my stuff. sometimes they steam them to death.
so, there is a whole different terrain, you can widen up to. all up to you to choose the path. that s what the whole song was about. some of the chosen paths of the 3500 men and women have led to heartache. others have sought more productive paths inside the jail. give us this day our daily bread. forgive us our trespasses. sean phillips weighed 437 pound and says he was slowly killing himself with food. after medical staff put him on a diet and exercise program, he says he lost 175 pounds. but phillips still carries a heavy weight. he is awaiting trial for murder. he is accused of seeking vigilante justice against a man he believes sexually assaulted a close relative, a young girl. phillips admit he and three accomplices drove the man to a remote wilderness area and began
one thing that actually saved his life. i was literally, when i came in here, pretty much knocking at death s door. phillips is currently awaiting trial on a murder charge to which he has pled not guilty. when he was first booked into the jail, the 5 10 inmate weighed 437 pounds. i was a type 2 diabetic. i was taking insulin twice a day. i couldn t even walk half a block without almost having a heart attack. but in the year and a half he has been here, phillips has reduced his weight by almost 1/3. i was 437 when i came in. i am now 265 pounds. phillips has had several prior convictions for burglary and theft. these are some of the previous photos of mr. phillips that we have. 2001, 2003.