Swimmin' n things
 

I just swam over two miles non-stop. I am mighty proud. I just didn't seem to want to stop. It felt wondeful. My hands and feet are all pruny now.

I'm keeping a log this season 'cause I'm a nerd like that. That takes me up to nearly 7 miles so far (pool opened 28th May and I was away for 4 days). And I biked this morning. This week I've biked or walked every morning and swum every afternoon. And mowed the lawn once. I came back from Chicago 4lb lighter than when I went and haven't gained one back (I normally fluctuate like crazy, so the 4lb disappearing is not unusual, but it not coming back is). And the heat is keeping my appetite down. So here's hoping I really actually am going to keep it up and get just a little skinnier. Go me :D

(:beer:)

going, going.....

Is that part of your "weed" campaign? :confused:

nononononno


you said "go me"... just being funny. trying to anyhow.

I'm a swimmer from back in the day. I love swimming. I applaud your determination. Go you!

thanks. It was weird. never felt an urge to keep on swimming like that. Coulda kept on, but I got a little bored plus the slightly weird guard was admiring my stamina.........

Champion.

Is that what you kids are calling it these days?

I am the envy.

I love to swim. I love water. I could live in the water. But even though I took all those lessons as a kid I can't do the strokes right and so instead of doing laps I end up doing mermaids (diving and surfacing and flipping around backwards.)

Would be awesome to incorporate real swimming into an exercise regime.

Keep it up!

Befor you know it Mon You'll be Eyeing the great lakes thinking , Shit I Could DO THAT !!!

Wholly, entirely Mackerel Monster! Two miles! That's like a hundred miles in dog bicycling miles. Color me impressed.

If you weren't a married woman I'd be totally ogling your stamina. Instead I'll just take a furtive peek at it.

She wants to be ogled for her mind. You know, mind-ogling.

*Sigh* Don't we all?

Well, I could! 'cept for the pollution and icebergs and things.....

The Wreck of the Monster Fitzgerald.

If I weren't so tired and preoccupied, I'd write an awesome parody of that. You will need to imagine it in all its awesomeness or DIY.
:(

You and monster and I could collaborate!

(of course, I already have an idea for a TV series written by me, monster, you, and Sundae...) PM me!

:lol:

okies. Now I have to go and be without internet access surrounded by a zillions of spotty sugared up kids for like a vajillpiliion hours

Vajillpilion? Isn't that when they remove all the hair from your hoo haa?

That is super cool! Keep it up. You know, soon we're gonna want full body pix from you. :D

Hey I posted a vid of me surfing at the indoor water park, but gravdigr called me fat and ugly, so I doubt that will happen again, skinny or not.
no I don't really give a shit what that poster thinks, but some things should not be forgotten

who?
Well at least he didn't say you were fat and ugly and got no friends. That would be harsh.

We are.

Last night was the first day since Saturday I didn't swim and this morning I found two of the missing pounds :( Can't swim today either. Off for a bike ride in a few minutes, though, and I walked for an hour yesterday, so still exercising, but.....

I doubt she minds having her stamina ogled. ;)

Don't get hung up on pounds, muscle is denser than fat so often as you get buff your weight will increase or the loss will seem imperceptible.

Use the fit of your clothing as a better guide to how you are doing, and be aware of salt and its water retaining qualities.

And most importantly it's not how you feel but how you look, and you look mahvelous

What he said. I don't weigh myself. Numbers will be your master. And we fluctuate so much.

Fluctuations?!

Well fluc you too!

Gleek Plick

I'm a number person!

I biked in the rain this morning, how hardcore is that?!!1!1.

(Only 'cause I had no choice -it started raining on the way back....)

Now I really crave chocolate and all that I could find was way out of date..... and is now in the bin, so I guess that's another job done.

Riding in the pouring rain-very hard core, but the resulting street cred is well worth it. :)

Re fluctuations, one of the less interesting parts of my job is having to teach graph description, so a couple of days ago, I taught vocab to describe what lines do-one of those things is fluctuate. Today, we had a quick look at shape description because they have to be able to describe objects as well. We didn't have a lot of time so to really drive home the idea of jagged, I gave a bit of paper a jagged edge with a pair of scissors (well, just indulging my primary school tendencies, but it was fun). One of the less able students (a uniformed civil servant in his late 30s) looked at it and said....isn't that fluctuate?

I must've missed the video but I remember seeing the picture. :D If I let an insult bother me everytime, I would've dug up a hole and buried myself long time ago. Woman, post a pix when you're comfortable. And it's to share with the rest of us who care. Those don't care don't matter shit.

I don't care about the pounds too. I've lost some weight, but my measurements are still the same. Which sucks majorly. But I'm not discouraged. You keep on swimming, walking, biking whenever you've got the chance. By the way, biking in the rain sounds super fun. Jogging in the rain is cool too. :D

You measurements are the same because your stamina is so much more tumescent. I can almost see it form where I'm sitting.

back in the pool after two days too busy to swim... 100 lengths (just over a mile)...but that's two weeks with some form of decent exercise every day. And I re-lost one of those evil recovered pounds this morning.

if you can see it form where you're sitting, you're more flexible than I thought.

the second pound disappeared the next day, but this morning i found the fuckers again. Srsly, belly, it's time you started fluctuating in a downwards trend :mad: We swam 3/4 of a mile and walked yesterday and ate almost nothing and you got heavier? There is no more muscle to build, don't pull that crap on me. This is all on you, belly, so you better shape up or i'mm'a consider diy liposuction. kthxbai

You might need to switch from beer to wine, Monster.

tried that. I'm not so alky that any alcohol will do. I like cold fizzy I can gulp. I did switch exclusively to the lower cal beer, though.....

Just got in from another bike ride. My legs feel streamlined...

....I need to invent the belly bike, that's what.

Only weigh yourself weekly. Daily fluctuations will drive you crazy.

and it's a short drive :p

Nope. I've weighed myself daily for years, still as sane as ever. I'm used to the fluctuations, don't patronize me. This is just a chatter "oh look how awesome I am" thread. Unsolicited advice is unsolicited.

As it happens I'm actually quite pleased that there is less fluctuation than there used to be/usually is. Weekly weigh-ins would worry me that I wouldn't know if it was fluctuation or gain/loss. Math nerds, gotta hate 'em.

btw my face is obviously leaner, no chubby cheeks and that hint of a double chin is unhinting. :D Let that be an example to you, belly!

umm...not sure how to respond to this. What first came to mind was, What, my ass ain't that big. Hmm..wait, well...." :rolleyes: :lol:

I was gonna agree with Spexxvet, but I guess not. :p: Actually, I weigh myself daily too, hihi. And yeah, damn weight fluctuation is frustrating. But the weight by the assigned weigh in day is what I take down. I totally understand your frustration, Monster. Oh yeah, if your face is slimmer, then it's a good sign. Eventually, one day when you don't know it or seems like never, your waist will start to trim down. :rolleyes: Fat is so damn stubborn.

seems like lying on the sofa drinking beer and watching hockey too late is the key ;) re-lost those pounds and another one!!!!!. I shall change my exercise strategy accordingly :D

For maximum weight loss the recommended strategy is playing hockey while watching people lying on the sofa (who are) drinking beer.

there might be a danger of me wasting away if I step it up too much......


I wonder if rioting is a good calorie burner?

Thor's teacher asked if I'd been working out because I look like I've lost weight :D

Well done!

thanks. of course maybe he just wants help shutting up the classroom for the year.... ;)

No exercise for me today, it's Hebe's 8th grade graduation in an hour

This is a better indication than a scale. :thumb: Makes you feel better about working out so hard, huh.

My clothes are getting looser.
I just have a feeling I am stretching them out rather than losing weight.

Next school year is the biggie - I'll be rolling down towards 40.
I swear I will not be fat and forty.
I'm not going to be all Keira (as if!) but I will no longer be Jo Brand (much as I admire her as a woman and comedian).

See, Monnie? No JB involved :)
Oh - shit. Just mentioned him.
Soz and all that.

Annoying video, great song

no, horrible song.

swam 1.5 miles today

Just passed the 15 mile mark for the season. Weight hovering at that low point -legs feeling very muscular and shaped :)

Three for the price of one. JB's the least frown-inducing of them

::Squirm::

:lol:

The quality of your speakers have a lot to do with it...the guitar was very piercing and somewhat annoying on mine, but hey, he's Rufus's father so he hasn't been written off.

woohoo! the middle digit on my scale was one lower this morning for the first time in a long time!1!!111!. Probably be back up again tomorrow, but it's "trending" in the right direction! (Don't you hate that word?)

YES!

Cool news about the scales Monster.

Wonderful! If only my scale would copy yours. :rolleyes: :lol: