I had my first swim lesson today. At 33 years old. Crazy, huh?

It went well. I have this guy named Bubba teaching me. Pretty old. Scruffy beard. Bit of a belly. You know typical swim coach.

Anyway the lesson went good. Bubba is an old Navy rescue diver (don’t let his looks fool you). He did a great job breaking down the things I was doing wrong (which was almost everything) and gave me some tips to help me breath (the key here is to keep blowing air out of your body while your head is under water).

Why are you taking swim classes Mike? Well, glad you asked. I’d like to do another triathlon sometime next summer (http://trifind.com).
Why’s that? I don’t know. Quit asking me stupid questions.

5 more weeks with Bubba and I shall be the next Michael Phelps (minus the medicinal marijuana).  Looking forward to it.

Why did you write this post Mike? I think of this site as my accountability group. So once I write it on here it’s official. You’ll hold me accountable, right? You bet good looking man.

I also need a road bike for the race. Gotta start saving up the cash now. Hire me to consult you on … stuff … and maybe I can get that bike sooner, ok?

A little triathlon motivation. This dude is amazing.

By the time I publish this blog post we should have a baby here. (I publish blog posts on Tuesday and I’m writing this on Friday night, yeah party animal.)

I’ve put on some “sympathy” pounds and don’t like em. Yes it was fun putting these pounds on, but now it’s time for them to go.

I figured for a blog post I’d write HOW I’m gonna lose the 20 pounds in 30 days and then track my progress.

EATING

• Lisa (my wife) is a healthy cook. We need to each at home more and take advantage of that cooking. Quick plug for AllRecipes.com
• We bought the Magic Bullet blender last week. I’m gonna start each day with a smoothie of some sorts.
• I may or may not go back on Tim Ferris’ diet (which I call The Bean Diet).

EXERCISING

• I was getting to the pool pretty consistently until a few months ago. I’ll be going back on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
• Running. The verdict is still out if I actually like to run. I enjoy running with the guys I work with cause it’s 1) a good workout and 2) Good conversations. Gonna try and get back into that routine.
• Yoga. I got some videos off iTunes and plan on doing AM and PM yoga everyday. I’m gonna get limber…even if it kills me (no it won’t).

MISC

• Join some sort of scheduled class or team sport. I used to be pretty big into Mixed Martial Arts. I’d love to get back into that, just don’t have the time. I may have time to join a spinning class or something like that. We belong to the local YMCA, may join a class there.
• We don’t have a TV so that should take some of the couch potato time away. Just gotta stay off this computer.

I think that’s a pretty simple plan. Doable. Not too tough. Just gotta execute. Execute these 20 pounds off my body.