"Sometimes when we are generous in small, barely detectable ways it can change someone else's life forever." – Margaret Cho

Summer is really here! And although I am glad it's not winter (really really glad) I am not quite thrilled that it is summer, either. I think the reason is because we didn't have a Spring. We don't seem to have Spring anymore. There is no real transitional season. It goes from COLD to HOT virtually overnight. Also, I am really, really out of shape...again! Argh!

THE GOOD NEWS: I am doing something about it - at last!

I started today with a new trainer at Good Life. Not my favourite club, but I've been a member for 12-years (mostly for the free parking privileges at ManuLife) and it is cheaper and the trainers are cheaper than The Yorkville Club - and it's still a recession...lol!

So here are my opening stats...drum roll (double argh):

Weight: 226 lbs (oh my god...how the fuck did that happen)
Body Fat: 28.4% (yuck)
Bicep: 14.5 inches (ok...just tighten/tone)
Chest: 42 inches (smaller please and tigthen/tone)
Waist: 43.5 inches (W H A T....omg....no....please!)
Buttocks: 45.5 inches :(
Right thigh: 24.5 inches (crap...that's as big as some people's waists)
Right calf: 16.5 inches (huge)

So...there you have it! The honest to God's truth...whether I like it or not. AND...that is my baseline from which to develop.

MY GOALS:

RACES:
- Run the Honda Indy 2.8 on 9th July
- the Acura 10-miler on 19th July
- the Beaches Jazz Fest Tune-up 10k on 26th July
- and more building up to the Scotiabank Marathon on 27th September

I also want to do some Tri-Tri's and Sprints and maybe a full Triathlon by the end of September.

And then I want to climb Mount Kilimanjaro and run the Great Wall of China Marathon.

That's all within the next year...and some more things too!

SO...next I have to take "before" pictures and post them....yikes! And show up tomorrow at 7am for first 'full' training session. My plan is to train Monday/Wednesday/Friday @ gym for 1-hour with 30-minutes of running to warm up. Then on Tuesday/Thursday to bike for 30-45 minutes and swim for 15+ minutes! Then on Saturday's I want to ride the bike on the road and Sunday to run on the road - preferrably with the Running Room High Park group for my long run! I think that will create a difference pretty quickly.

For food I am drinking 5 20 oz bottles of water per day. Plus taking a multivitmain + SMS w/ Chondroiton & Glucosamine + an immunity booster. I will probably play around with this too.

I want to try Barley Max green drink (substituting for Greens + -- someone is telling me it is better) and perhaps start juicing again.

As well, I am going to have a breakfast routine as follows:

Upon waking (5am) and before exercise:

- bowl of organic steel cut oatmeal with organic skim milk yogurt

After exercise:

- 250 ml of chocolate milk + 1 hardboiled egg + banana

I will figure out the rest of my meals soon...probably salads and chicken for lunch and some healthy snacks...and not quite sure about dinner!

GOOOD start...keep you all posted!

S :)