On Sunday, I biked to work. While I didn’t actually go into to work, since it was Sunday, I did bike from my house to the building I work at and back. We took a little detour through downtown St. Paul and ended up riding 24 miles.

I got a new bike a week ago today and I put over 60 miles on it in the first week. That’s pretty awesome.

Lots of updates! I’ve lost a total of 20 pounds. And it has only taken me a year and a half. Slow and steady, right?

Finished the documentaries.

Totally forgot to mention that we went to New Orleans and visited two different friends. That was sweet.

I have no idea how far I’ve biked/swim/run since I last updated. I have about 55 miles on my current bike and I don’t think I even had it the last time I updated. So I added a 60 miles, but I think I’ve gone a lot further than that. Hoping for six on Thursday and 25 on Sunday.

Music: saw Devo the other day. That was cool. Thinking I’m going to settle on Prokofiev as my composer to learn all about.

Clearly not going to make a lot of my goals, but I’m going to keep trying. My life just has changed so much in the last year and a half. I still love camping and backpacking, but this triathlon has taken over my life. It is what I do almost every day.

Check out my tri blog, I actually update it from time to time: www.fatswimbikerun.blogspot.com

Miles are adding up fast now that I’m running, biking and swimming.  I ran two miles today. On Monday I ran 1.5 miles and biked 5.3 miles. Tomorrow I plan to bike to work and back home and swim too.

This triathlon training starts for real on Saturday.  Six days a week of exercise. Intense. But I’m hoping by the end of the summer I will be much closer to that 1000 mile mark. Follow my other blog if you want to see my progress.

I have now seen 49 documentaries toward my goal of 50. Only one more to go.  I’ve watched four in the last week.

Today I watched Pageant which followed five men as they competed in the Miss Gay America pageant. And Miss Gay America is more hardcore and just as ridiculous as Miss America.  They have an interview, an evening gown, two different talent competitions, and a question on stage categories.  It was a really cool look at the men who compete and the pageant itself.

Thursday I watched Crossing the Line a documentary about James Dresnok who crossed the DMZ into North Korea in the 1960s and became a defector.  Basically the guy had nothing going for him on the American side, so he crossed over and was made a star.  I am totally fascinated with North Korea and the bizarre hold the military has on its people. It was a good documentary.

Art & Copy is a cool look into advertising. It looks at some of the huge, big campaigns that we all know and love (or hate) and the people behind them. Apple, Nike, and Got Milk? are just some of the campaigns the documentary looks at. It is a very slick film itself and fun to watch.

I’d recommend each of these films, for different reasons. I also saw Romantico, but it wasn’t that great. It has gotten positive reviews, and it is on a subject I care a lot about (immigration), but I found it pretty boring.

CJ and I went to see a choral concert put on by the Bemidji Alumni Choir tonight.

It was really good. Well, except for the teenagers who wouldn’t shut up behind us. And the woman who’s cell phone went off. The singers were great and the music choices were very good.

Also, you will notice to your right, I’m up over 200 miles finally for self-propelling myself and have finished both my beer and wine goals.  I’m really behind on some of my goals though, like making gifts for my friends’ babies and getting something into the State Fair. I need to get crackin’.

Due to blogger being a jerk, I had to move this blog into WordPress. So far, so good. I got the content moved over, but I clearly have a lot of work left to do. So, expect to see changes over the next week or so as I try and get it all worked out.

Today I wrote my City Council Member regarding allowing street food in Minneapolis.

Currently, St. Paul and most other US cities allow vendors to sell food on the street if they are properly licensed.   Actually, most cities in the world allow this. Minneapolis does not. It is barbaric and wrong.

Today there was a special meeting to allow street food in Minneapolis and I am really, really for it. Currently we can get some awesome food from trucks at Farmers’ Markets, but I want to see them downtown on the Mall, in Uptown at bar close, and at the lakes on sunny weekend days.

Mobile vending is a great way for immigrants and low income people to get their foot into the business owning door.  With low upfront costs, women and other people who have a hard time getting credit have an opportunity to start their own business.

Plus, street food is tasty. A win for all.

I’m finally getting miles in.  Right now I’m swimming at least twice a week, almost a mile each time.  I’m also running three times a week, which is about 1.5 miles each time. And next week the mileage increases.  I think it is almost time to get the bike out too, so expect those miles to just stack up.

First, I changed the run/bike/etc 1000 miles item to include swimming. I’ve been swimming three times a week, over half a mile each time, and the miles are adding up.

Second, I’ve got a new blog!!!

I’ve decided to sign up for a triathlon in August. This will follow me training as an overweight athlete.  I’m really psyched about both the blog and the idea of a triathlon.

I’m also started running again, so that will start putting the miles on.

And we’ve got an out of state trip coming up, so that will be a goal or two.

Things are moving.

I was doing good. I was doing really good. I was swimming three days a week. I was eating well. It was great.

Then it was my birthday and I slipped a little. I ate out a little too much. I drank a little too much. I missed the gym.

Then CJ ended up in the hospital and the whole thing blew up. I’m an emotional eater and I was stressed. I ate. I drank. I ate at McDonald’s. Twice. I missed the gym.

We still don’t know what is wrong with CJ and I’m still worried. But he’s fine. He’s got energy that I don’t have. He also got four units of blood to get him there…

So, I’m back on. I went swimming yesterday and did only half a workout, but that is better than nothing. I started tracking my points again this morning. I started drinking tea again.

I think as long as CJ doesn’t end up in the hospital again, I’ll be okay for awhile.