Trying Again!

Tom and I joined an LAFitness this past weekend. We are once agan going to try to lose weight. This time the grand plan is to exercise and eat right!! Holy Cow!! Do you think we might be on to something??

I have decided to try swimming again. Back in college I used to swim a mile a day ... I wasn't skinny, but I was better toned. LOL ... now I have NO TONE. And it has been at least 25 years since I swam a mile a day .... so this should be interesting!!

The nice thing is that I have mornings available at the moment ... all my tutoring is scheduled for afternoons and evenings. Oooopppps .... just got a 9:00am session scheduled for tomorrow ... oh well ... best laid plans ....

Anyway .... I went yesterday and today and spent 50 minutes in the pool ... swimming freestyle some of the time .... doing backstroke some of the time ... walking laps .... doing lunges in the water is way easier than on land .... basically .... I tried working my arms and legs and stretching for the whole time. I pretty much cannot swim more than 4 lengths in a row freestyle at the moment. I used to do 64 Lengths (1600m) without stopping .... 25 years ago when I was 22!! Gonna take some time to get back into that ...

I also stepped on the scale this morning .... with much fear and trepidation ... and I could not believe that it said the same thing it has said since July 2003 (although I did lose some weight in there on and off) ... I have not gained above that mark!! I find that amazing! Things have definitely relaxed, though!! So time to work some muscles ...

I must admit that it feels fantastic to be able to go to a nice work-out facility like that at 9:00 in the morning ... when it is nearly empty! I had the pool to myself most of the time. It is really nice knowing that I run my own business and that I will be busy later in the day ... but the mornings are mine .... mosty! I thought about all the teachers I know who are in their classroom at that time ... and I felt happy. I LIKE being my own boss.

So tomorrow I tutor 9-10 ... I'll then head to the pool ... stay there until 11 or 11:30 .... shower and dress there ... then I have to get to my 12:30 tutoring session in Flower Mound. I think I can do it .... Thursdays are always busy ... but the blessing is FRIDAYs OFF!!!!