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Bump.
I didn't wanna start a new thread for this and figure that we could all update on our health, fitness and overall wellbeing in here (and bumping this thread is less embarrassing than bumping my LETS EXERISE TOGETHER! thread).
I been eating good for the last month - I went to England for two weeks and it kind of fell apart a little, eating like whole Dominos pizzas two nights in a row and cookies etc. but overall I tried to eat healthy meals. I've been planning my meals out in advance which is helping me eat healthy and also save money because I don't buy stuff and end up throwing it away cause its rotting or whatever. I'm eating loads more veg and fruit, I try and start with the vegetables I want in mind and build a meal around them, rather than before when I'd think how I could crowbar veg into a meal. And I limit myself to around 500 calories per meal or less, and eat at 9am, 12pm, 3pm and then a snack between 6 and 7. It sounds really regimented and like it'd take the fun out of life or something, but I get hungry every three hours from 9am anyway, so it's a natural routine. I'm close to seeing my abs for the first time in years...in fact I don't know if they've ever shown, always had a layer of fat over them. I think I must have lost a few pounds, maybe more.
And then on Fridays I eat all the stuff I would usually avoid during the week, like crisps and biscuits and cake and meals that are tasty but not good for me.
Anyway, the reason I updated this thread really is because I want to start swimming. I don't want to run anymore because I think years of wearing the wrong shoes when I ran has damaged my knees and it's too high impact, I don't want to do any long term damage to them so that when I'm 30 I can't stand up without any pain. But to swim, I'd need to join the local gym / leisure center. And to do that, I'd need to go alone. Illy wouldn't wanna go with me so that's out. Will I look weird just swimming around on my own? If I was on my own and just doing speed laps like a professional with goggles and a swimcap, I'd probably look fine. But I won't, I'll spend most of the time probably just floating around cause I like being in the water, and then trying to do that breathing to the side thing and failing and float around some more. I feel like I'll look suspicious, like maybe I'm there to watch the kids in the kids pool or grope old ladies that swim past me or something. It's enough to make me think maybe I could go when it opens at 6am so it's empty. Or will it be full of professional swimmers training at the crack of dawn and laughing at some curly haired idiot doing backstroke?
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