Tag Archive for 'swimming'

Embracing My Inner Dolphin

Published on January 14, 2010 in Baby Boomer. 6 Comments Tags: .

I’ve been doing water aerobics, but have reached the max in the thirty minute session.  I’m able to easily do the numbers for the maximum workout. (Yay, me!)

I’m now going to embrace my inner dolphin and start swimming laps.

This will be me in March. (Thanks to Couch Potato to Ironman for finding the video.)

I grew up swimming and we had a pool while the kids were growing up. The last time I was in a pool to do laps was at least two decades ago. This should be good!

I’m hoping I will be able to complete one lap before rolling over on my back like a hump-belly whale.

I Have Lost a Small Child: No Amber Alert Necessary

Published on January 12, 2010 in Baby Boomer. 5 Comments Tags: , , , .


50 pounds

I’m passed the 1/2 way point. Since I’m dealing in round numbers (Balloon vs. Helvetica)

Before

Goal

I’m at the 50 pounds lost spot. I needed to hit this spot. Holidays weren’t bad since we weren’t around much home-made food and I cut the calories in the Egg Nog by buying “lite” and adding bourbon.

Now the cabin-fever has hit. The past ten days I have just gone from screen to screen around the house. Computer to Tee Vee and back. Usually not involving any steps, just shutting down the laptop and firing up the remote.

Water-aerobics twice a week knocks a couple hundred calories out of the picture, but they closed one day last week because of the dusting and the muni-pool has been closed because of the dusting.

I just couldn’t drag my sorry ass to Le Clobber de Calories to do a workout, it was just too damn cold. A friend and I decided that this was OK because we were burning more calories in a resting state just to stay warm.

Thirty-something to go! Which is 20 pound more than when we got married.