SHOULDERS SHOULDERS AND MORE SHOULDERS

Ok folks. Most of you all know about this nagging shoulder injury. I have not been in the pool since last september. Every time I think i am better rotator cuff tendonitis keeps coming back. I had an MRI last week. Slight labrum tear but no significant rotator cuff damage. Good news...yes. BUT.....I got another shot in the joint. If it doesnt go away this time, then i will have to go in for a shoulder spring cleaning. Overall the news is good but I JUST WANNA GET IN THE DAMN POOL.....

Thinking about doing a 1/2 marathon this may.....maybe.....

Been spinning and running intervals on the treadmill. Miss the pool very much.

I guess the man upstairs has other plans for me. We'll see.

Everything else is ok. May have good house selling news soon...keep your fingers crossed.

Bob

Running and intervals and life

Hey all,

Hope everyone is knee deep in tri-training....spring Tri's are on the horizon:)

I get a shoulder MRI on Friday. Hoping it will not require surgery.

Ran intervals at Long Beach yesterday. I think it was my best time yet. Been on the downswing with weight so maybe its making a difference. Also the cold and wind was a big motivator to get my tired, sweaty butt back to the warm car.

I watched the Bucket List yesterday. I liked it a lot. Here are some of the things on my Bucket list:

1. Iron man finisher
2. NYC marathon finisher
3. learn to surf
4. Hike the Appalachian trail
5. Get a boat
6. see a sunset or sunrise in every country in the world
7. climb a mountain(really big one)
8. Ride motorcycle cross country
9. skydive(if they make parachutes that can hold a tank, they can make one that holds me)
10. Play bass on a stage again

More to come:)

Bob

2008

IS MY YEAR!!!

2007: Well...overall its been a good year. I think the struggles were equal to the Highlights.

Highs:

• Lost over 50 lbs
• learned to swim
• 2 (count'em) 2 triathlons completed
• Became friends with many in tri-blog land (especially Tea and Duane)
• Over 80 days of abstinence from compulsive overeating
• sobriety....yep folks no more booze either
• sanity...yes folks I feel better than i have in a long long time....

Lows

• Divorce after 6 years of marriage
• selling house
• hit my bottom....(atlthough i think its the best thing that happened to me)
• injuries (shoulder/knee/back) seems neverending....

This year i would like to keep taking life 1 day at a time. I would love to be able to compete again this summer but we will see what life brings. I have to give other isssues a higher priority for now. This whole divorce thing is just temporary and the selling the house thing will pass too.

I continue to work on ME. I am building a better Bob.

Like the 6 million dollar man...i am going to be better, stronger, and faster:)

Bob

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