Two years from couch potato to olympic distance triathlete

TriNoob · August 2014

Congrats! Tris are addictive...you won't be able to stop.

Mommy23js · August 2014

Such an awesome story!! ONe thing I loved about your post besides that fact that you could make a post like this, was that you started with some weight and HR numbers, and then never referred to them again. YOu only talk about all the new things you could try and succeed in--that's really what fitness is all about. Great job--congrats!!!

brandiuntz · August 2014

Excellent!! You are awesome. Oh, love the reference to "how little I knew". My early workouts were much the same.

skinnyinnotime · August 2014

This is briliant, you turned your life around 100%, congrats man!!

stumblinthrulife · August 2014

Such an awesome story!! ONe thing I loved about your post besides that fact that you could make a post like this, was that you started with some weight and HR numbers, and then never referred to them again. YOu only talk about all the new things you could try and succeed in--that's really what fitness is all about. Great job--congrats!!!

Things like weight have definitely become secondary to performance numbers and general enjoyment of life.

But I'd be lying if I said I didn't still track them.

For those that enjoy them -

I'm around 165lb now, having gone down to 155 and bulked up a little during training. My body fat percentage is in the mid to high teens, though I don't know an accurate figure. My cholesterol is in the low 100s. My resting heart rate is in the 50s, and actually dipped as low as 47 when my training peaked.

thinbi · August 2014

Beautiful story. Thanks for sharing it.

kelly_e_montana · August 2014

Thanks for sharing your story! I have a similar one (March 2012--weighed 235, couldn't walk easily, let alone run a mile), did 30 Day Shred, Couch 2 5K and have been doing Crossfit competitively & 5K trail races and am competing in my first powerlifting contest in November. I'm not really IIFYM though; doesn't work for me since I'm in ED recovery and I have learned which foods are just super triggering. But, for the most part, it works well! I didn't start out tracking either and I don't most of the time.

I think the basic point here is that not only can you not give up on yourself, you can transform yourself into something amazing, beyond what you think you are capable of with confidence, a plan, and COMMITMENT. I love your story. Thanks and many blessings for the future.

AND YESSSSSS!!!! ON SWITCHING THE FOCUS FROM WEIGHT TO PERFORMANCE.:drinker: