So I have been regularly swimming about 2-3 times a week, and swimming roughly 2800 yards on average. My diet is better, however, eating on weekends could be improved. I'll lose about 2-3 pounds during the week and then on Monday I'll gain it all back from over the weekend. I'm still a work-in-progress but I'm getting there. Being a former swimmer is interesting when you're swimming with a 'non swimmer', or the recreational fitness swimmer. There is no lap swimming where you are swimming down the right side of the lane and back up the right side of the lane. No, here you stay on one side and if someone joins you, they will swim on the other side. No problem, I learned to share in elementary school, I can do this. Challenge excepted. Freestyle it is then, because there is no way butterfly is happening with 'Mr. Swing-My-Arms' in my lane next to me, or breaststroke for that matter. There are no backstroke flags so I'm left with counting the 4 beams on the ceiling and subtracting 1 stroke from one end because that wall is closer to the beam on the ceiling than the other end. You do what you gotta do, right? Aside from that challenge is trying to dodge a band aid in the pool and glob of hair. Add to that, trying to figure out how to tighten a lane line you have never seen before. Life was easier back in high school. Swim practice was the same time every day all year round, then you become an adult. Swim practice now consists of making sure it does not interfere with work, family, house projects, and aqua aerobics. This, however, makes me more determined to see my goal and consistently stay there. Determination is back!
Scotty
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