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To Swim or Not To Swim

That's my pondering today!

Yesterday I had a bit of a headache and today I woke with the stick slightly sore "cold" like throat. Then when I was at work I felt that coldy icky yucky feeling. I've eaten now and feel better in that the icky feeling has gone but still got the head and the throat.

Swimming stuff is in the car as I was planning a 40 mins pool jogging session. Now I don't know. Will see how I feel later on. I want to swim but then I also don't want to make any lurgy that I may be harbouring any worse!

We'll see!

So did you guess??? Yes of course I went! Well it was just me head and if I was running outside I would have run!

Anyway 55mins of which 40 was pool running and then several good lengths of swimming which is starting to feel good and fitness for swimming is improving too!

Now I have a stinking headache and can confirm my throat feels like crap! That may have been my last exercise for a few days :-(

Other news .. I wasn't going to say anything but I will.

Everyone knows I am a serial dieter but unless you have shadowed me for the last few years you won't have realized that I am all mouth and no action.

Monday I got really low and down and fed up. I felt fat, unfit and frumpy. I was injured and couldn't run to clear my head. Then to add to it hubby and Gnome were laughing that night about some woman's size on TV and how my butt and thighs were bigger. I'm sure they meant nothing and that it was all fun to them. Add the "you get injured more than a proper runner" and I had had enough.

I found Egglett's thread on the forum and support from them and another close forumite. As a result I rejoin WW today and I WILL DO IT PROPERLY. I have to I can't afford to waste money!! So forum friends if you see me posting about food just remind me please!

Tonight after my swim if I had any doubts as it if I had done the right thing it was confirmed. Wednesday is club night so I popped in to see them before they left as they start at the same place that I swim. My old running buddy was there. We're been the same pace, the same size and had the same food issues! Trouble was there was me injured and there was her, training for FLM and 2.5st lighter. She looked great, toned and slim and just brilliant. I told her this too. Then they left for their run and I went back to the car and I can honestly say I felt sick and tearful. I wanted to be like that. So yes that confirmed I was doing the right thing I want this. I need it. I will do it.

Comments

beanz said…
ok just take one day at a time

and PLAN

good luck!


I am with you!
fraggle said…
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