Loving this...or at least getting to love this

I feel like I am slipping lately, and I am getting extremely frustrated with myself.  That is something I am trying to work on, so forgive me for complaining a bit.  I just wish I had more self-control.  Sugar; you are too good but so bad.

Bug eyes and chipmunk cheeks

But I did not get on here to complain, I wanted to talk about one of my new favorite workouts; swimming!  Crazy right? Especially coming from me.  I only went to that first swimming clinic, and I feel like a lightbulb went on for me.  I am in no means good, but better.  Greg and I are trying to go swimming once a week together, which is so fun because it is almost like a date for us.  I have been having a lot of knee problems, and this is a great way to stretch out and I always feel so much better afterwards.

Swimming is a great workout!  Here are some of the benefits of swimming:

-Total body workout! You use almost every part of your body, which helps to build a leaner, meaner body.

-Low risk of injury.  This is huge for me because bad knees run in my family, and this is a great exercise for me to help me "save" my knees. Swimming is totally low to no impact.

-Improved blood pressure

-Relieves stress.  This is one of the biggest things that I have noticed about swimming and actually exercising in general.  It relieves all my built up stress, and I just feel so good when I am done!

So get out there and swim!!

Out of my comfort zone

I posted previously about looking into doing a sprint triathalon. Our local gym is starting a training program this week, and I am nervously going to do it. Tonight I am going to a swim clinic, and I am really actually dreading it.

That sounds depressing I know, but swimming is not my strong suit. That is part of the reason I am doing this; so I can get better, but I am nervous. I am nervous that I am going to be the weakest one there, and that I will feel dumb.

I was talking to Greg yesterday about my past swimming experiences, and I remembered all the negative experiences I have had. (Belly flopping off the diving board in gym class in front of my PE class, being on the swim team and being the worst person, belly flopping off the starting block in a swim meet because the pool was way shallow and I was afraid I was going to break my neck.) And those are only part of my experiences. It brought back all those negative feelings, and I have seriously considered just backing out completely
of this crazy idea. Greg has convinced me to atleast go to the first clinic tonight before I make a decision (he is such a patient man with me) so we will see how I feel when I get home tonight.

But I am really nervous! Change makes me nervous. But we don't grow if we don't step out of our comfort zone right?

****I survived the swim clinic!! While I realized that I have a LONG ways to go, I also realized that I am have real potential, and that makes me really excited to get out in the pool again soon and to get better.  I will definitely be moving to a much lower level, but I want to stick with this!!********