Im approching the age of 40 and 40 is a big number for me. I dont know about you but a that age i think you peak you at the point where you are physically active or not. I havent really been taking the best care of my body and i always said that i would like to be the dad that still was able to have some fun with his children. Welp not in the deriction i was going ...so i decided that i was gonna do something about it. I wasnt gonna let the cost .... The fear of failure ......or the fear of it self exercise deter me from becoming a better person. So i got up the nerves and said im going to do it ....i spend the best 120 dollars of my life.
Now ive always loved to swim my mom sacrificed things in our house so that i could learn how to swim, now im not gonna say the bills didnt get paid cause i wanted to swim ..naah its not that type of story ...im saying that other stuff could have been done with the money for swim lessons. I am no stranger to the pool and tho ive never made a swim team or anything like that ive always been a great swimmer. This may seem like a regular story to the adverage person ....but im in the 250+ club. So after accessing what would be a good option for me to get back moving i come to swimming ....i love to do it...its low empact and i could never lose that right........wrong!
Im usually personal about my health and any thing related because when your over wieght its like people expect something to go wrong ....almost as if they are waiting for something to happen ......... But i need to be held accountable so i go public the best place to do that is FB in front of all my friends and family i make a commitment.
It's 6:30 am Monday Jan 7th and its time to hit the pool ....i havent been up this early in years ....i start work at 10 so this is out of my norm. I stumble thru the house trying to make sure i dont wake the 2 year old JR whos already awake and i get dressed. Its still dark outside ....im thinking to myself "what have i signed up for" get in my car and drive ......it freezing out here ....... But the peeking sun is beautiful. Sign in and shower and plunge into the water. I made it!
There are nothing but older people in the pool some walking some swimming some just exericsing ....i get in a lane and push off the wall .............. I know what im doing ....its just like riding a bike .....i got this under control ....stroke .....breathe. stroke stroke breathe ........wait where is my air ....oh no stand up!!! Im half way across the pool ...what it this????? This would go on for an hour ........ I walk swam for 60 mins... With a hurt ego watching..... 70 year old women swim pass me as graceful as swans.
Saturday Jan 12 my facebook status read .......
Im gonna bring this into prespective for you ..... I have done no real exericse in a min ....i can swim ..so Monday i got in the pool and could not swim a full length ...((not a lap)))) a length one time down .... a lap is down and back ....that scared the issh out of me .... I have never in my life not been able to swim a length ....its saturday and i can say i just finished 30 laps with a few extra cause i was feeling good... I still have a long way to go but im not where i was ..... One week down.
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