Still swimming, weighin week 14/11/2011

Hello everyone!


Feeling a little bit pleased with myself at the moment. 


I decided to go and do my workout yesterday morning before I did my weighin, so I'm fairly certain that it was a bit of a fluke/cheat.  


I got up at a fairly reasonable time (no dragging this ass out of bed at 7am!) and went for a nice long swim.


Seriously. A *LONG* swim! I decided that I was going to do a whole hour! And I did! I started at 09:35 and I finished at 10:40!  I was so pleased with myself.  I can pretty much do the breast stroke now.  Still nowhere near it with the front crawl, but I can do a couple of full lengths of the (admittedly only 25m) pool now!  My stamina and endurance will only get better from here on in, but I tell you, I am so bloody proud of myself you would not believe!  The grin I had on my face when I first did an entire length of the pool, it actually hurt my face I was smiling so much! :D


So, weighin.  I did my lovely hour in the pool (stopping briefly to sign up to join the leisure center to try and save a bit of money for my multi visits) and got home and stepped on the scale.

13 Stone 1.75lbs

WOOO!!!


That's a loss of 2.25lbs in a week! I have *not* behaved well enough to deserve that. Especially after the big meal I ate on Saturday night (lot of beer, lot of food, lot of fun)


So, I'm pretty sure a lot of that was an empty tummy (I didn't eat before swimming in case of cramp) and dehydration - I get really thirsty after a swim!!   BUT, if I behave myself a fair bit this week I should be able to maintain it and stay on track for my target of the 5th December.


Very pleased :)

Enthusiasm

I honestly can't remember the last time I have felt this excited about anything.


Apart from Christmas.  I still feel like a 4 year old when Christmas comes round and we get to put the tree and the lights and the decorations up.  Best things ever.


I digress. 


I'm excited! 


Today I have my second swimming lesson!! It's so funny, but I can feel myself reverting back to how I was when I was taking my driving lessons, or indeed when I was learning something new back at Primary school.  The eagerness to impress my teacher at the new skills, the keenness to make my body do what my brain wants it to do at the right time rather than random flailing movements . It's so exciting!


You people who have swum your whole lives probably have no idea what I'm talking about here!


I've never learned any kind of physical activity where it was necessary to control *all* parts of your body at the same time (apart from learning to drive a manual car - working the gear stick at the same time as the brake and the clutch, the day you get that down is a wondrous day my friends!). The only things I have done are walking and the odd bit of aerobics. Aerobics is hard, but to be honest what I do is more like organised flailing of body parts to music!  Swimming is something where you actually have to be aware at all times of where each part of your body is and the control that you a) currently have of it and b) what you want it to be doing next.


I have honestly never, never done that before as a conscious and sentient human being.


I'm very excited about learning to swim :)


A little note to all the P.E. teachers with chubby kids in their class who forget to bring their kit a lot (i.e. me) *THIS* is the enthusiasm that you need to tap into. *THESE* are the feelings that you should be instilling into those kids.  Not shame at the fact that those kids weren't able to do these things before now for what reason or another </rant about unsympathetic and useless P.E. teachers>

Sticking with it and weighin

I am sitting in my living room with a cup of coffee feeling a little bit smug, and a little bit knackered.  Partly to do with the early morning shifts I've been doing in work the past few days but mostly to do with how early I got up this morning to go to the swimming pool.

YES! Look impressed!

I got up at 7am this morning and headed straight out to the swimming pool (got up too late to eat anything I'm afraid, but it'll not kill me) and did about 30 minutes practising the moves that the swimming teacher gave me last week. I bought myself a set of goggles and a new swimsuit - one that isn't falling off me - during the week and have been really looking forward to this morning.  I was so pleased with myself for managing what I did!

The goggles made so much of a difference! I was able to see where I was going, I was able to control where I was going so that I wasn't going into the wrong lane. It was great!  

I have to say, although I'm proud of what I managed to do this morning, it has really reminded me how unfit I am. In between doing my little half lengths of the pool (still a bit frightened to go into the deep end), I was resting for a few minutes in between turns cause my body was kinda screaming at me for making it work so hard. Heart rate up very quickly! Felt incredible though. Need to learn the breathing now :D

I really want to stick with this, I can just feel it increasing my core strength and my arm strength and my control of my whole body. That's something that I am missing quite desperately really.

I'm looking at the process like learning to drive again, but driving my whole body this time.  Hoping that it will increase my coordination, balance and tone up a load of wobbly bits.  Might even help me with my desire to learn to ride a bicycle :D:D:D:D:D

Got back from my swim and a lovely sauna (sooo toasty warm) and did my weighin - 13 stone 10 and a half pounds!  (192.5lbs)  a good 2.25lbs off this week.  Very pleased.

My calorie deficits this week have been: Monday 606, Tuesday 1,076, Wednesday 980, Thursday 600. Despite eating approx 1500 everyday!

Exercise has been helping me a lot. I've had a good week with plenty of days that I've been able to do a DVD and my first ever swimming lesson and sticking to it :D it's great.

Feeling great. 

This week won't be as good I'm sure, got some crappy shifts this week, but I can feel myself starting down a really good road with this :).

I'm excited to be learning new things :)