I am originally from Romania but have been in the US since 1986. I graduated from IPFW and have been married to my wife Adriana for 16 years. I have been really busy at work and have been neglecting workouts. My hobbies are soccer, computers, and reading.
Dorin,
You are full of energy and we LOVE IT!!! Thank you for always making everyone smile and encouraging others. You are such a giving person who is always willing to help.
Thank you for taking this program so serious. Not only do you give 110% to the work outs but your journals are GREAT! We appreciate all you give to this program.
You are doing great, don’t get down about the weigh in, it will come. You are getting stronger each and every day!!
Tina and Rick
You are always so helpful with finding info and giving it. Even your humor is helpful it’s a relief to some of the pain:)
Naomi
Sarah
You are awesome, You will look so fabulous on your wedding day. Keep up the good work.
Rhonda
Dorin
You are awesome, What a great team mate. I’m glad I can always look forward and try to catch up to you.
Rhonda
Dorin
Sorry about Sarah’s message on your blog, I got a little confused as to where I was. OOPS
Rhonda
Dorin,
I love laughing and joking with you. I’m so glad we’re teammates. One day I want to sprint with you and try to keep up.
Leslie
You were awesome today. AGAIN. Thanks for pushing me. Your humor helps me through when I just don’t think I can push it anymore.
Thanks for all your support! I couldn’t have done this with out you!
Dorin-
Great weigh in this week. How do you it? Got any secrets? Maybe it is the way you push yourself to your limit and beyond. Way to go!
Diana
aw snap! dorin’s a big loser this week! great job! and please…please start bringing enough of whatever your on in the mornings for everyone in the class! lol
mello d
Hello Everyone!
Just checking in to say I miss u guys. I’m in Baltimore for a conference, and I’ll be back in the gym Friday am. Have a good class with Amber on Thursday.
Leslie
Dorin,
Thanks for the support after working out on Tuesday. Something was bothering me, but thanks to you… not that much. See you in the gym, o plankmaster!
Buck
Awesome job this week with weigh in. I always new you were a big loser.
haha Also nice job on the sprinting today. I saw you encouraging another person to push themself. It helps more than you realize.
Dorin,
GREAT weigh in! You did it!! Way to be patient with the weigh ins the last couple of weeks. Thanks for listening to Rick when he said it will come!!
Your work ethic is AWESOME! Way to give so much of yourself and you NEVER STOP!! We love how you help others and always want the best for your teammates! You are a great role model to all!
Keep up the hard work!
Rick and Tina
Dorin,
Keep up the great work! Go YELLOW!!
Nicole
Dorin,
Your energy is catching! Keep it up! Way to let the trainers “beat you up!”
Kristi
Dorin: You humor is a joy in the early morning. I wish I had you energy and speed on the floor. Keep pressuring yourself to do your best. It rubs off. Steve
I need your energy and endurance! Keep up the good work…
I absolutely love and hate running in front of you at workouts. I love it because you push me even harder. I hate it because you’re so darn fast and I don’t have time to slow down and slack off. Thanks for being a great motivator.
Way to go you big LOSER (weight that is) LOL
Great job speedy! Can’t wait to see your time july 4th!!!!!
Dorin-
Do your feet touch the ground when you run, or do you just fly?
Diana
Dorin,
Way to go with weigh in this week! You have accomplished so much in 10 weeks! Look you are down 35.6 lbs!! How awesome!! We are so proud of you and how hard you work! You are so passionate about this program and we thank you!!
Great job on the track today! By the time July 4th comes we will be shocked to see how fast you complete the 13 miles!!! You are like Road Runner!! LOL Way to always work hard!
We also want to thank you for doing a good job with your Team presentation last night. We appreciate you taking the project serious. Thank you!
Rick and Tina
I love step class and boxing, and drills (even running as you fly by) with you. You really motivate me to keep going and try to do better. Thank you for your encouragement.
Your accomplishments are fantastic!
Naomi
Dorin,
Tina has lost her title of “Crazy.” It goes to you now! You fly by on the track; you float up and down the stairs; is there anything you can’t do?
Keep it up!
Kristi
Dorin,
You are our crazy yellow team strength. Keep up the good work. I am always amazed by how you seem to always have enough strength to go on.
Keep it up, keep us motivated, you are great.
Rhonda
You are really working hard and we can all tell! Way to go!
DanE
Nice job on monday with weigh in. You are doing great.
Keep it up. Also great time on the track today. Can you imagine how fast you’ll be on July 4th. I expect you to finish your 13 miles take a couple hour break and then walk the last hour with us NORMAL folk.
Your truly amazing!
Dorin,
Thanks for stopping by this morning after your swim. I feel the exact same way you do too. We are in the final stretch, and the show is going to be here before we know it. Keep it in mind.
Because you know what’s going down after that!
Buck
Dorin,
Thanks for being the backbone of the YELLOW team! You ROCK! I have really enjoyed getting to know you. You make me laugh even when I’m down. One day I want to race you and come close to winning!
Leslie
dorin –
keep up the great work…it shows…you are such a funny person. i really have enjoyed chatting with you at the workouts…thanks
peace,
mello d
Dorin – man, you’re like a machine on the track!! You are truly an inspiration but I’m not sure I’ll ever be able to catch up with you – you’re like a flash of yellow going by!!
Dorin-
Thanks for running with me. I know that you are slowing down so I can keep up with you. So don’t let me slow you down. Keep working hard and I hope you are feeling better.
Diana
dorin-
i witnessed a great thing on the track…i saw someone take off their knee brace and give it to someone else to try…i thought that was really awesome…
mello d
I can always hear the Dorin Express flying by while on the track! Way to push yourself!
DanE
alrighty dighty its on and poppin’! just checking in to remind you to eat something substantial tonight, eat tomorrow around 4 am, drink plenty of water, goto bed early tonight and remember that we are the healthiest we’ve ever been…we can do this…
also wanted to mention that it’s not only going to be a challenge physically tomorrow…it’s also going to be a big mental challenge as well. dont let your mind hold you back…its going to try to trick you…its going to tell you that you can’t go on…take yourself somewhere else…push yourself…push through the physical pain…think about how far you’ve come…not how far you have to go…
good luck to you tomorrow friend…
mello d
WE DID IT! Congratulations on your strong finish today! 13.1 miles? been there done that! holla! way to go!
have a great 4th!
mello d
Dorin: You push youself harder than anyone out there.
Nice meeting your wife today, She is so proud of you.
Thanks for the words of encouragement today, could not have done this without you. Stay strong this next week
Steve
Dorin – Ahh…what can I say? You were fantastic yesterday and really made it look easy. You should be so proud of yourself – I know your wife is. Thank you so much for walking with me the last 3 laps – I don’t think I would have made it without you! You are the best!!
Dorin-
Way to go yesterday!!! I know that your family is very proud of you, and I was too. You did an amazing job. Your support for me and rest of the group never ends. Thanks for being there for us all!
Diana
Fantastic job on your run yesterday. I’m sure you’ll quickly be moving on to a full marathon. I really appreciate your support. Every time you tell me good job I feel a little more proud of making through another workout; it’s a confidence booster-thank you.
Naomi
Dorin,
Oh my goodness Mr Lightning!! I can’t believe how you run so effortless! You made that 13.1 miles look like nothing! You really are such a great role model to all of us! You continue to cheer and encourage your team mates even after you were done!
I loved doing the last 10 laps with you, I don’t think my legs like you! LOL
I think it is great your family and friend came to support you! I know they are all proud of you, as our we!
WAY TO GO!
Tina and Rick
Just wanted to let everyone know, what an awesome group I think you are, I would never have believed we could do and I’m not sure that without each other we would have, but look at us today, proud and strong,
WE DID IT!
Thank You, Rhonda
Thanks for all of your encouragement. It is so neat to see how far you’ve come in these last 14 weeks. I’m glad I was in this program with you. You’re sense of humor on the track has helped me alot when I have felt like giving up.
Thanks!
Dorin,
Thanks for the support during the run! I wouldn’t have made it without ya!
Buck
hello everyone,
i know that i havent blogged very much throughout these 14 weeks, but i wanted to take the time and tell you all how important you are to me. all of you have inspired me in some way. being the youngest, i look up to all of you. i know that if you can do it, so can i! i have had some tough times throughout this competition, times where i didnt feel like getting up and coming to workout, but after thinking about it long and hard, i knew that i needed you all and i didnt want to let you down. i would have a bad day, but just thinking of all your smiling faces pushed me through. i want to thank you for all of your encouraging words and thoughtful prayers. i couldnt have done this without all of you. if any of you ever need anything, all you have to do is call. call me to workout with you or just to talk. im here for all of you like you were for me. you are like my second family!!!! so thanks again for everything. good luck to all of you in the future. remember, we can do anything! we have proved that by what we all have accomplished in these last 14 weeks!!! my thoughts and prayers are with you all!!!
love you all,
Whitney
(414-3335)
p.s.- PAIN IS JUST WEAKNESS LEAVING THE BODY!!!!
Dorin,
If I haven’t said it yet, GREAT JOB on the marathon on Saturday! You should be very proud of yourself. Also, thanks for pushing me today during boxing. It really helped!
Leslie (Yella Gal)
I know I do not suppose to comment on my own.
I had a blast; yes I know pain is weakens leaving the body, but as I have said before, I am not that weak; yet the amount of pain was beyond anything I thought I could handle…. Yet you guys helped me through.
Thank you to all for everything, I would have not missed this for the world.
(Almost as good as a three letter word, almost…
I am at the same weight as I was when I graduated college. Wow.
Lao Tzu said about 2600 years ago that:
The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.
And another thing that he said was:
If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.
So we have done them both took a first few steps and changed directions to avoid ending up in a not so good place for our health, let’s keep this up… and make it a life time change…
Remember..
Pain comes an goes, yet memories and friendships made in struggling times last for a life time.
First of al than you for all the encouragement and all the great support on my low days.
This has been a blast, almost as painful as boot camp, but only better; got to sleep in my own bed.
You girls and guys rock.
As an older song named: Down Deep Into The Pain says…
You gotta go down deep down into the pain
Let it purge your soul like flesh to a razor blade
Dig down deep into the pain
Surrender, surrender, dig in, dig in
Put yourself down deep into the pain
Embrace the bliss of pure sensation
You can’t escape from the ultimate pain
So let your senses drift into Euphoria
Thank you again to Rick, Tina, and all the trainers and other people who made this possible.
I hope to see you around, I feel like I live at Spiece anymore, but what a place to call a second home.
My very best regards,
Love, lots of it…
Dorin