WOWZERS its been a while

Wow, I said I would keep this blog up as best as possible. I guess I failed at that didn't I. But you know it was really good to have started it. I came back and looked at all this the other day and throuht WOW. Look where I was and look what I have done and it picked up my spirits.

Well 2010 is now behind me. Looking back I was angry with myself through the winter last year and really angry with my weight and who I had become for many years. 2010 was the year I took some figging control of myself physically. I peaked weight at 279 lbs a while back. I brought it down to the 255 range for a bit mostly due to stress when I was in between jobs. Once I started work I easily got right back up to my normal 265-268 lb range where I was comfortable with.

Lately I have been stuck on a large Plateau for weight loss. I can't seem to loose anymore and by all measurments and all means I am still morbidly OBESE if you follow BMI scale. Frankly I don't I think it is a Farce and it needs to go or be revised. I am still overweight and I am still working out like 6 days a week. It is winter here and I don't work out as long or as hard some days. And Playstation gets the better part of me here and there too. So does fast food the odd time. But it quickly reminds me that it no longer agrees with my system.

Long story short I am now 215-217lbs and I seem to be stuck there and upset with myself and not being able to get to my goal of under 200 lbs. Funny because my old Goal was to be 220 lbs and I would be AMAZED with myself. Funny I was not so amazed as of late. And I have tried every trick I know food wise, working out wise etc in the last 4 weeks but STILL step on the scale every week to see the same thing. And it has been upsetting after seeing so much progress every week.

Well I went back and read my blog. Funny I started out running/walking 2km was FAR to me, Swimming 600 meters was HUGE to me and biking 50km in one day was AMAZING.

Thanks to my friend... She knows who she is and a lot of my own personal dedication and fear of failure.

I now feel a decent run is 10km and 5km runs are my go to tool to get a "Quick" workout in. In fact I am planning on doing my first Half Marathon this year. Slowly, but I will finish it. I now go to swimming and hammer out.. YES I SAID HAMMER OUT. 2800-3000 Meter swims for a decent workout. And at mid summer 80-98km bike rides were more the NORM for a decent day.

I completed 2 Try a Tris last year and seen a HUGE improvement from my first one in June to my second one in August. I ran two 5km Races. I even endured a Knee Injury for about 3-4 weeks in there that came back from 20 years ago and football. Which I barely got in two weeks of training before my second Try a Tri.

I am now working towards doing a couple of Sprint Triathlons, Half Marathon and some running races locally. I have a lot to do in order to improve my running. I am not fast but I am getting the job done.

I was able to pay back a bit of homage by helping my friend run a learn to run clinic.. a Couch to 5k plan sort of. It helped it was ME AND SEVERAL WOMEN... hehehe. But in all honesty I gained way more from doing this then anything else this year. I gained a bit of respect for helping a friend. I had several women talk to me that were impressed with what I accomplished so far. I Helped a Girl run her first 5k race while I was doing my first at the very same time. She was pushing hard and felt bad but I kept pace with her and stayed with her to finish the race instead of pulling ahead a little. From that I gained another person to run with. And did get to see a few people finish the race from the clinic. It by far made me feel better then any of the other accomplishments. But I sort of kept that to myself.

This year I also hope to help my friend and her sister with their new Running Group they are starting. I will do the 10K class with them as it will help me improve and get faster and build base miles for my Half marathon. I can't believe I am saying that. HALF MARATHON.

I have bought a used Cervelo Tri Bike I should have soon, So now I have a Tri specific bike, Wet suit next.

Scuba diving was my main hobby for 15 years. It has taken a back burner so my goal is to find some balance this year and get out and do some diving as well. So trying to race the beginning of the season and the end of the season with some Scuba diving in between.

I am finally going to get to the Presque Isle area of Michigan for a bunch of 200' deep shipwrecks I have tried to dive and weather and other things have cancelled the trips. Money last year held me back. This year I am going to dive on some EPIC amazing shipwrecks.

BALANCE,WORKING OUT, TIME MANAGEMENT,FRIENDSHIPS, HOBBIES AND RELATIONSHIPS IN GENERAL ARE TOUGH AND TAKE SOME STRAIN THROUGH ALL OF THIS.

But I am investing in myself and my future. Sitting still being Fat and doing nothing might have felt good, gave me more time with friends, family hobbies right now. But it would have just robbed it from me later in life. I hope these current choices take away some time now but leave me with much more time later in life with all of these people in my life. I lost my father in his mid 50's because he was more focused current time and made a lot of poor choices with his health in the past. I have learned a lot from him and although he created many rough years for me in my life while around. I respect the man more today then I did while he was alive and I continue to learn from him every day and miss him more every week that goes by.

I am Getting healthy and challanging myself so I can be here a long time and make an impact on others.