Merry Xmas

Hey Everyone in tri-blog-land.

Things are going ok. I have not been back to the doctor but my shoulder and my knee have been ok. Not great but ok. So I will take it as progress. I started spinning on Sunday(15minutes) and today (15 minutes and felt pretty good.

I miss my bike.

I am getting the urge to go back to the pool again. I may go check it out in a week or 2.

Thanks to everyone for the kind words and support throughout this crazy-ass year. I am very grateful. I have been going over the last year and shit....I DID 2 TRIATHLONS!!!!! Now if i was ever feeling bad about my situation...just that alone is enough to shut my lame ass up:)

Oh and I promised my friend, Janet, that we would do the LI 1/2 marathon this year...so here goes...its on my blog...I gotta do it:)

And let me say...I cannot wait to put this year behind me.

Damn gimpy shoulder

Hey all. Hope everyone is doing well.

I am good. I have been back on my food plan. Lost about 13lbs since the last weighing(a month ago).

My offseason tri program is on hold indefinitely. My shoulder is becoming a HUGE problem. Had a cortisone shot...did no exercise for a few weeks and it still hurts. Probably an MRI in my near future. The xray shows a bone spur in the joint so that could be it.....well i guess we will see. I will focus on losing weight and all the other craziness in my life right now.

Tina and I are separated and living in the same house. Weird. Hurts. But due to financial constraints, neither one of us can move out. House is going on the market and hopefully we can sell it in a reasonable amount of time. I will miss my house....I did a lot of the work myself and I am proud of it. It's a weird situation for sure. Part of me wants the freedom (both financially and physically) but part of me wants not change.....I dont know....

Peace out

Bob

Working my way back....

Hey Folks,

Things are actually going pretty well. Tina and I are getting separated. I am still working on me, the inside parts.....I have been working my food plan for about 15 days now. My head feels pretty good cause i have been talking with a professional.....very good...I highly recommend it. I have not been training at all lately and really don't expect to for another few weeks. The reconstruction of bob has begun and I need to work on the foundation before I can work on anything else.

We are selling the house. And I am moving into another bedroom. I have been working on clearing out this bedroom(formerly storage). My shoulder is sore from lifting the boxes but we will see how it feels in a week or 2 when I go back swimming. Cleaning up boxes from your past is kind of like the cleaning i am doing with my head.....its sucks to do but ultimately it helps you later.

I have not weighed myself in a few weeks on purpose. My focus is not on the food its on my head. I am following a simple food plan. 3 meals a day nothing in between and 1 day at at time. The meals are balanced: protein, carbs, and fat. That's it. I have a few red-light foods:

nacho chips, taco bell, cheese and crackers, any kind of dip.

So for now i will avoid any of these foods until my head gets a little clearer.


Thanks to all my peeps for all the kind words....i will check in again soon:)

Bob

hi-deeee hi-deeeee hoooooo

Hey everyone. I just wanted to say HI. As you all know i have had some trials and tribulations in my personal life. All I can say is i am working on it. I am calling this PROJECT BOB: THE RECONSTRUCTION. I am in the process of reconstructing me. I am tearing a lot of crap down and throwing it out and I am going to build ME back up. Been some low points this past few weeks but I think mentally i am coming into a clearing. SOOOOOOOOOO

I am going to try to get back to the pool this week. Test out the bum shoulder and see if its ready for some swim-fun.

I also have been itching to get out on the bike again. I did that 50 miler a few weeks ago and i have done zero riding since.

Congrats to TEA on a marathon well done!!!!

On the weight front, I put on a few more pounds but I am back working the program. What else is there to do when everything goes to shit but pick yourself up and start again:)

Peace love and sooooouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuullllll

Getting back to what is IMPORTANT

ME

That is what is important. If I don't take care of myself, then I will not be able to handle everything else. Sooooo today I am going to focus on taking care of myself.

I went to the gym. Ran for a little while...intervals....not too long but I will build on it. Then abs...

Work has been pretty crazy and so has home so I need to make sure that I am taking care of numero uno:)

5-0 thats right 50, and I dont mean the artist

50 miles

That's right folks....biked 50 miles today. I know some of you its like a walk in the park but i never biked this far.....IT WAS GREAT....

Started out a 6am with some friends(4 to be exact). It was dark and chilly (50) but clear and the wind didn't seem that bad. I have to say that biking into the sunrise is amazing. I don't have too much technical data on this one cause i didn't think i was going to make it last night. But the biking gods shined down and i woke up on time...hehehe

The first 35 was great....felt great and then i hit the wall. The last 10 or 15 was tough. Painful and tough. I was alone cause we all spread out. I was not fast enough for the 2 fast guys and i wasn't slow enough for the 2 in the back. I was pretty happy cause i just kept telling myself that I can do this. Just keep putting the hammers down and i made it.

It took about 4 hours(including some rest stops).

And just one shout out:

GO TEA GO.....

and now its time to watch some FOOTBALLLLLLLLLL

And now for the quickest reversal of all time

So I posted yesterday before we went out for drinks and some dinner. We get to the restaurant and we started talking. I have to say the last few days have been weird. She has been trying to be the loving old Tina but I still feel like part of her still wants to be something else. I am sitting at a bar in this restaurant and the answer comes....its over. Not in the sense of hatred and nastiness that usually comes with breakups but the love one has for another person to let them go and explore the world in the way that they need to. I will not hold her back and she will not hold me back.

thats all....i am a little scared cause i dont know what is next but i will do what i do in triathlon when the going gets rough....just put 1 foot in front of the other......and it will get better....