New York City, here I come!!!

If you’ve been around here for a while, you know that my weight loss, fitness, and overall improvement of my health journey began in January.

It started with the Lose to Win program at the Y.

That was 12 weeks long.

Then there was a follow up program to that, called Keep Winning.

That ended yesterday.

I lost 24 pounds in the Lose to Win program.

I lost another 8 in Keep Winning.

So I’m down 32 pounds.

I shaved 5 inches off my waist during Lose to Win.

I got rid of another 2 1/2 inches during Keep Winning.

Day 1

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Day 1

Day 149

I had a Keep Winning goal that I kept to myself. I won’t know if I achieved it until we get the final results.

But think I might have done it.

And if I didn’t, I came pretty close.

Now that Keep Winning is over, it’s time for a new goal.

So I registered for the New York City Triathalon through Team in Training.

You know that I was a swimmer.

But,

ironically,

I have a pretty major fear of swimming in open water.

The ocean scares me.

I’m fine if I can touch the bottom.

But once it’s over my head,

well,

I kind of panic.

Last year I did 3 triathalons.

Those helped me to deal with the ocean fear.

So I figured I’d kick it up a notch.

And swim in the Hudson River.

Which scares the living shit out of me.

I’m terrified.

You may know that I had a brother who died from Leukemia.

If not,

please read this post.

If he could endure what he did,

well,

then I can swim in a fucking river.

I’m doing this for him.

Please make a donation to support me.

The money I raise will go toward finding a cure for blood cancers.

I need to raise $2950 by July 14th.

If everyone who reads this just donated $5, I would reach my goal.

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