RE-Introduction, I'm ba-a-ack

I finished my one and only Sprint in October 2012.  While I was only 54 years old, I was 340 lbs.  I was all set to attempt my first Olympic in 2013.  I had chosen one that my mother could watch/cheer, and then she died.  Over the weekend of the funeral a practical joke by one of my younger brothers resulted in a torn distal bicep tendon.  My season was over.  Excuses piled upon excuses, I fell off the training wagon, and my weight rocketed to my highest ever, 405 lbs.  I attempted a comeback in 2020, succumbed to severe over-training exhaustion, then quarantine and COVID.  I will readily admit that I have been miserable over the intervening years.  My general health and my knees deteriorated, and I've been having the "knee replacement talks" with my ortho.  But he won't do it until I have a BMI of 40 or less.  At the time I was 375.  I went looking online for "emergency weight loss diets" and ran across the Mayo Clinic Diet for GLP-1.  Oh yeah, by the way, I was now a T2 diabetic.  The impact of the Mayo Clinic Diet has been two-fold.  First, it has really helped me scrutinize portions and portion control.  Second, it has drastically reduced my carb intake, especially sugary stuff and simple carbs.  The results have been encouraging.  I am down to 330 lbs, a weight I have not seen since sometime in 2007 or so, when I would workout after my shift at the prison.  Another benefit is that my morning blood sugar readings have dropped significantly, down into the 100-120 range, even after reducing my Metformin by half.  On October 1st I started a very gentle walking program to re-introduce exercise into my life.  So far I have completed my walking goals for each weekday in October, despite the weather.  I have felt so good and so accomplished that I am once again considering an attempt at the local Sprint, the Lumberjack Tri, in August of next year.