one year later...

(ONE YEAR POST-OP) i will simply say i have lost 91 lbs. i will also say that after i have ridden 102 miles that i have a ways to go for my Ironman. so from now on i won't be posting my post-op. i will however will be posting "days to Ironman" which now stands at 292 days... to quote Mark Cuban "we ain't done yet"

weight: 261.8 lbs

-one year later dominator

one week left...

(51 weeks post-op) i felt strong this weekend. i did the fastest 50 miles so far. i'm a long way from laying down 19.4 mph for 75 like i did when i was in shape (7 years ago) but hey, progress is progress. i dropped almost a pound this week and my legs are super strong so i'm sure i'm over the plateau. got the hotter'n hell hundred this saturday, so i'm not riding more than hour during the week. one thing i realized was that resting...completely...isn't a good idea. i took the work week off last week only to have the most painful first hour on my 50 miler saturday morning. riding a little the day before a big event is definitely the best. that said you definitely don't want to cook yourself before either.

next week will be the anniversary of the surgery that put me back on the right path. like i tell everyone. the first 3 months were magic because you COULDN'T eat enough to gain. but after that you can. which means you have to watch what you eat and exercise... diet and exercise... just like everyone else. no big secret. if i showed most people my garmin data they'd pass out with all the miles i put in. when i put them. and how often i put them in. in other words IT AINT MAGIC. it's work!!! i'm just trying to keep it real for those that are thinking about going down this path. it's a lifelong lifestyle change.

weight: 263.4 lbs

-51 weeks dominator

(11 months 2 weeks post-op) had a 3 day weekend and rode A LOT!!! did my normal 54 miler on friday. rode with my "original" triathlete friend and her friend on saturday (that hurt) and rode the modified mad duck ride on sunday for grand total of 150 miles in 3 days.

yeah, dragging your ass up hills is MAJOR motivation to lose weight. because i was doing so much riding i decided to eat more. i shoved in a lot of protein, half of it lean, and hydrated like a mutha... that said, because i was probably calorie for calorie there wasn't much weight lost. only point 2 lbs but i'll take it.

weight: 264.2 lbs

-dominator

800 but not 900...

(11 months one week post-op) so i finished up the month of July with 800 miles. i won't be doing 900 this month :) mostly because my company moved from 2 miles from home to 15 miles. so that's from a 5 min commute to 30 mins. this will prevent me from doing 30 milers in the morning before work. well, not prevent, but seeing as how i'm close to burn out i'm NOT going to go on a 30 mile ride before work in time to be at work at 8:30 :) running will be on hold until i get closer to my ideal weight. and swimming i will fit in when i can.

the diet is coming along. my new work location makes it a haul to get to the garage so i've just been grabbing something from the building deli. they have fish and wraps so it's pretty good and good for you. protein, protein, protein is what i've shoving down the gullet and it seems to be paying off.


weight: 264.4 lbs

-NOT 900 mile dominator