Don Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 I wasn't sure to put this in the "Introductions" forum or not, I've been gone for so long. My office is still covered in Devils paraphanalia and my wardrobe still consists of Devils gear. It's just different gear. I am co-captaining a running team that wil be doing a relay from Boston to the end of Cape Cod: http://www.runningdownourdreams.com/Along with becoming a long distance runner, I've also become a VERY avid cyclist: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRASHER Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Holy balls, and I thought I was in better shape and bettering myself....you sir put me to shame!!! Well done!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilMinder Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 Looking good Don. Good to hear from you and your betterment of health! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Posted November 15, 2014 Author Share Posted November 15, 2014 Thanks DM, Scott....I was featured on the local morning show: http://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=453553As per the interview, I'm working on a podcast. My very first guest was a guy I met on the Flames board and he wore his Calgary jersey. I told my second guest that if she wore her Flyers jersey I was stopping the interview and getting my Devils jersey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarDew Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Holy guacamole Don!!! I am really impressed. Bravo!!! I must look into this TOPS approach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilMinder Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 I must admit I glossed over the website at first after Dews comment I went back I saw your whole weight loss story was there. Amazing read Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Posted November 16, 2014 Author Share Posted November 16, 2014 Heh. One of my before pictures is in my 2003 Cup T-shirt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devilsrule33 Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 (edited) Thanks DM, Scott.... I was featured on the local morning show: http://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=453553 As per the interview, I'm working on a podcast. My very first guest was a guy I met on the Flames board and he wore his Calgary jersey. I told my second guest that if she wore her Flyers jersey I was stopping the interview and getting my Devils jersey. Congrats! Awesome job. Really incredible stuff. Edited November 17, 2014 by devilsrule33 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devilsfan26 Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Wow that is awesome, congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepperkorn Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Thanks for the update! I actually always imagine you doing just what you are. I figured Don's not back to writing... he's probably hitting the gym and having an active life while I sit on my ass at work. now -- to follow your lead!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moustic Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 I met this guy in real... this guy is simply awesome. Just wanna tell you this ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Posted November 24, 2014 Author Share Posted November 24, 2014 Takes one to know one? Moustic is as funny in person as on in the interweb series of tubes. PK: Actually, I am writing. As per the interview above, I've started my book. Seventy pages in thus far. Rather than being sanguine on a hockey forum or snarky on a politics forum, I'm being salubrious in e-book form. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squishyx Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Oooo does this mean a return of Don's Hockey Trivia?!?Awesome story Don, Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Leeds Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 First of all, what you have done is fantastic and absolutely amazing. Secondly, thank God you have friends like you do that convinced you to get to the gym, that's a true friend. Thirdly, I love how you also say organ-EYE-zation. Congratulations to you and your fellow runners. Good luck in that run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepperkorn Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Takes one to know one? Moustic is as funny in person as on in the interweb series of tubes. PK: Actually, I am writing. As per the interview above, I've started my book. Seventy pages in thus far. Rather than being sanguine on a hockey forum or snarky on a politics forum, I'm being salubrious in e-book form. You always had fantastic mental energy. I always marveled at it. Much like Triumph here too. I envy that you found a way to make it totally productive. I have such a hard time seeing a path!! I just dont think I'm smart enough. Lack of gumption = stupidity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRASHER Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 I also want to add between this and the "HF Sucks" thread over in hell to see a bit of a resurgence from some of the older posters on here....kinda gives a nice feel to the board of friendlier and more funner days in this place!! I'm happy to see it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Posted November 26, 2014 Author Share Posted November 26, 2014 You always had fantastic mental energy. I always marveled at it. Much like Triumph here too. I envy that you found a way to make it totally productive. I have such a hard time seeing a path!! I just dont think I'm smart enough. Lack of gumption = stupidity I designed the jackets for the running team. https://www.facebook.com/running.down.dreams/photos/a.1514379198803394.1073741829.1513842965523684/1515986071976040/?type=1&theater It took decades of believing I wasn't good enough before realizing what all I could do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarDew Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Profound message on the jacket design. Excellent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weekes Head Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 DON. this is amazing. good for you. YOU GO DON! no but seriously: what an inspiration! i'm diggin' it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redruM Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 great job, just hope my recent return to the gym can get 25% of the results... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyFan42 Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Holy crap, Don! You look like a completely different person than the guy I met... geez, almost ten years ago now! Your transformation is absolutely amazing. I... I can't even figure out what to say... (Unfortunately, I may have found a few of the pounds you lost... ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Posted December 3, 2014 Author Share Posted December 3, 2014 (edited) Thanks Rowdy.Once I hit my goal weight, I inherited some money from a distant relative. Someone my mother was closer to than I was, but my mother for some reason was left out of the will. So I thought it fair to share my good fortune and offer her a trip to the Grand Canyon, somewhere she had always dreamed of going. So she was going from Halifax to Toronto and I was going Ottawa to Toronto and we were to meet at the gate before our flight to Phoenix. However, I didnt tell her that I had lost the weight (or that I had shaved my head, or that I replaced the glasses with contacts). My own mother didn't recognize me at all. Edited December 3, 2014 by Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek21 Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Congrats Don! I am definitely envious. Gotta get to the gym and lose my stomach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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