Swimming Accomplishments

I felt great swimming today. Strong. Good form. Good breathing control. Ready to go long distances. Today I set another record for distance. Its been a while since I have and it's kindof exciting. I got to 1800 yards in my workout. I warmed up with 100 and then a400 yard set of IMO patterns and then 2 75's. Today I did interval swimming for the first time officially. Trish put together a 1000 yard workout that had intervals of 25s, 50s, 75s and 100s. Interval swimming is swimming a 25, for example, on a certain interval time, which for me in this case was every :45. So, every 45 seconds, I started out on another 25 yard swim. The workout included 6 25's on the :45, 5 50's on the 1:30, 4 75's on the 2:15 and 3 100's on the 3:00. My cool down consisted of 150 alternating freestyle and backstroke. 1800 yards in all! Woo Hoo. The intervals are hard in that they push you from a cardio standpoint in that you're mostly swimming continuously without much rest. It was challenging, but good, because we've been focusing on distance so much that speed hasn't been a focus.

As far as weight loss is concerned, I'm not really focusing on that much at all. I'm at the point now where I HAVE TO WORK OUT. If I miss a day, it throws me off, so I really prioritize it. When it comes to diet, I have been eating things that I didn't touch for months, but I have learned some moderation and I can stop after eating a little, instead of binging on chips or something. And I have been trying to average my calories as I heard about on Motivation to Move. Lots of calories one day means not so many the next or the next few. It's working out.

I just bought some new shirts this past weekend. My old ones have just become tent-like mumu's. For the first time in I don't even remember how long, I bought a T-shirt from the women's department, NOT the plus size department! It felt so good. Now my pants are starting to get too big. Alas! I could have worse problems... :o)