Ok, confession time, I munched a penguin bar in bed last night post weigh in. I've had no chocolate for a full week so that is great for me.
Any way, went swimming again this morning repenting being so weak and feckless. 30 minutes breast stroke, not going fast as I need to build up slowly after months and months of not going. I love swimming, it clears my head.
At first I am thinking about all sorts of rubbish, you know about groceries or if my daughter is ok coming home from school alone, then my head becomes empty as I concentrate on just swimming. It's like that Nike ad in "What Women Want" : it's "just me and the pool" in my case! I feel empowered that I have done it, no matter what my size I've always gone swimming.
I used to swim up to 64 lengths of a 25metre pool, apparently that's a full mile. I swam when up to being 8 months pregnant with my daughter, until hospital pyshio said it was not good for your pelvic floor doing breast stroke that close to full term.
So, that is the plan, build up until I can swim for the full hour and then start counting the lengths. I have never thrown out a swimming costume I have got to big for, so the old ones are waiting in the drawer for a slimmer me to wear them again.
Mood Rating Today: +4
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