Ironman Coeur d'Alene June 29th 2014: REGISTERED!!!

(10 months post op) welp, i gained weight this week. i sort of knew that this was going to happen but i was hoping it wouldn't end. this mysterious 3 lbs showed up monday and was there all week long. i didn't help that i was bed-ridden all weekend. i pulled some muscle in my neck/back sort of behind my shoulder blade. so i laid in bed all weekend and took muscle relaxers. i even took off work today. i don't think laying around helped much so i'm going to try to ride if not tomorrow then wednesday.

11 straight weeks of weight loss streak over... time to start another... that being said i signed up for my Ironman CDA 2014. it's paid for, now for the hard part...TRAINING!!! i'll keep this simple the next 6 months will be spent losing weight and weight training. i'll start swimming with the irving masters group starting in september. and i might sign up for LA fitness membership for their pool access but we'll see.

weight: 282.2 lbs

-IM CDA registered dominator

by my chiny chin chin...

(9 months 3 weeks post-op) that makes 11 straight weeks of weight loss but this week was just barely. i ate more fish and rode like every day. reduce, reduce, reduce calories is my mantra this week. keepin' it short this week.

weight: 279.8 lbs

-chiny chin chin dominator

ten weeks straight...

(9 months 2 weeks post op) that's 10 weeks in a row of weight loss!!! man, let me tell you it's been hard. i've been eating lots of fish and shrimp. i've been throwing them into everything. next thing is for me to toss in some veggies. one step at a time. i broke 2 spokes yesterday and possibly the derailleur. i was 32 miles into a 50 miler when disaster struck. spoke one broke, then spoke 2 then went into the derailleur. that's what mobile phones are for. did a two-a-day today on the mountain bike. man that's a beat down. will do another mountain bike ride in the morning before i find out the damage on the road bike.

weight: 280.6 lbs

-ten weeks down dominator

happy birthday 2me...

(9 months 1 week post op) keeping this short. this birthday challenge was riding 56 miles which is half ironman bike distance. this was after i rode 50 miles on saturday and 50 on sunday. i really wanted to know how it felt and to make myself push through. in a word... painful. but i pushed through and now i know how to make myself go beyond my limits. ironman is about a year away so i need to stay on it. most of the personal stuff i did today is on my facebook. go 'head dominator, it's ya birthday...

weight: 281.4 lbs

-birthday dominator