May 2, 2010 - Day 0

I am blogging because my doctor said it will help me to be held accountable to my health. Here I am 360 pounds and that is the root of all my evil. The cause of all my unhealth. Its funny, I have always held that if i could just lose weight, I would graduate school, make more money, have more friends, etc. Maybe I will, maybe I won't. The point is that the things I want are up to me to go and get whether fat or thin, healthy or not.

This blog is going to be about my journey to my goal. Now on FB I aimed for running a full Tri. Reality has opened my eyes and MAYBE it can happen, but I do not want to set myself up to fail. So, in November, Nevada hosts the Silverman triathlon which includes a half-Ironman which is a 1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike and a 13.1 mile run. This is my goal, to run this Tri. i will blog more about how I am going to do it, but needless to say, the first 6-8 months will be focused on getting y body ready to train for it.

I have to learn to be happy in my own skin, so I did the unthinkable, I shaved my goatee and took my before pic, so be prepared, below is the most horrific picture i have EVER allowed to be published. But its for a good cause. If I can go from being diabetic, asthmatic, heart diseased 360 pound coach potato to a triathlete in a little more than a year, anyone can and this will be my journey blog.

***warning - if you recently ate, have a weak stomach or bladder problems, please do not look at the picture of Michael the Hutt below:

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