2015 Clyde/Athena Tri-N-4- Weight Loss Mentor Group - Open

New year, New thread!

Here we go!

NAME: Phil

STORY: Worked hard for my first tri 5 years ago and did a mini-sprint and then a 70.3, then went to work as a plant manager and lost all will power and started drinking too much.  First time I am over 300 pounds ever and I am really disappointed in myself.  I thought 2014 would be my year, but things at work didn't help my working out at all and two family weddings had me working on artwork and not on health.  2015 is going to be a huge change

FAMILY STATUS: Married (26 years and still going)  2 daughters and they are both married and living many hours from home. 

CURRENT TRAINING: Doing only bike on the trainer for now with walking on the treadmill.  If I do any jogging, my knees are swollen for days at a time and I can't do much for those days.

My plans are for a 100 lbs of fat gone from my body in 2015 and that means less than 2 lbs per week on average of fat loss.  I am doing RAGBRAI again this year with my family as a vacation and my wife is doing the full route also, so we are hoping for a great workout winter.  I bought her a new trainer for Christmas and put her bike on it on the 26th while she was at work.  I don't know if I will do a tri in 2015, but that will all depend upon my weight loss.  I am not planning on anything drastic, but I am going to work out a minimum of 6 days a week and some of those will be 2 a day work outs as my work schedule will allow.  I don't want to share pictures, as I am pretty embarrassed of my current body.

Here is my bio

Name: Robin,  I am 54 yrs old (damn that is hard to type). I started tri-s when I was  48, probably as a mid-life crisis solution. I didn't want a boyfriend (since I have a perfectly trained husband) and couldn't afford a sports car. Seriously, I was over weight and needed a change. I was dropping my poundage and started running. I had mountain biked a lot previously and have always loved the water. Someone suggested a triathlon and somehow, something that I would have laughed till I cried thinking about, seemed like a possibility. I did my first 5 K and felt like a hero. I did my first sprint that year and felt like a goddess. A slow goddess, but one non-the-less. Without a goal, I struggled for a while then had a series of health issues that kept moving forward from happening. I did a couple of HM's but that was all. Got things figured out health wise and restarted real training within the bounds of my life restraints. I gained back most of the weight  in the interim, but sucked it up and did a couple more sprints and OLYs as the Old Fat Lady. My focus now is to keep moving forward, losing the poundage (30  or so pounds) and getting the training in for my first HIM this March. I was doing pretty well with that then a mid- December trip, food poisoning and the flue triple-wammed me last month at Christmas and now I am working on getting well and getting back to it. I don't want to move down to an OLY at this race, but it is my fall back spot. I wanted this to be my bucket list HIM and then not have to worry about doing one again.

I am married (20 years and counting) with two grown step-kids, a dog and cats.

FWIW: my screen name is pronounced Cay-Lee and it is a Gaelic word meaning an impromptu music gathering. Usually at a bar

Thanks for the heads up!

Welcome Amy! It sounds like you sure were hit with a semi-truck of life! Welcome back! Wow, a Hospice Social Worker. That means you are working on your wings and halo, too. Those folks are angels. I am amazed at the strength of you folks. Sounds like you have some great training going on, too,

Hi, I'd like to jump in on this!

NAME: Jen

STORY:  I've been doing triathlons for awhile, but took a 3 year hiatus and just started back up in 2014.  I joined a triathlon team (with coach) and had a goal to do (attempt) Ironman before I turn 40, so this is my last chance....

FAMILY STATUS: 38 years old, live in Fairfax, VA, single, no children (except animals).

CURRENT TRAINING:  Ramping up again after a slightly lazy off-season, swimming twice a week, biking twice a week (even tried my first winter outdoor ride!) and run/walking 3-4 times per week.

2014 RACES:  A bunch, 3 triathlons (though swim was canceled in one), open water swims - all my race reports are on my blog:  http://jengottatri.blogspot.com

2015 RACES:
- Charlottesville Half Marathon
- Kinetic Half Aqua-Bike
- Eagleman 70.3
- Swim for Life 2.4mi
- Challenge/Rev3 Poconos Half
- Ironman Maryland
 
WEIGHT LOSS:  I'm working with a nutritionist and was down 19 pounds before the holidays.. now I'm up 4 from that and hoping to get down at least 30 more over the next 6 months.

I am doing MyFitnessPal also.  I'm jenstewey on that if anyone wants to "friend" me and hold each other accountable!

Welcome! There are bunches of folks I know that are doing IM Maryland. I may have to volunteer there to meet you all. That would be fun if I can work out the travel.

Thanks Amy.  I have been there before, and was so worried about my job and making money for the family that my work hours were so long, that I let everything else go.  I am making that change, and actually started in early December, but was away from home quite a bit, so I didn't get any of my style of work outs in.