Four Goals

Oh my!

It's been a while, but no worries. I've still been up and at 'em with my health.

First, I should note that last week was an all-time high for me. In fact, higher than ANY OTHER WEEK yet! I lost five pounds and I'm certain I know why. In addition to my efforts that are in place, I decided to tack on four goals last week:

1. No bread

2. Walk 2 miles over my lunch break

3. Stop eating after dinner

4. Only 3 sweets a week 

I'm telling you, those pounds were just shedding off! I literally was nervous that the success might be at an unhealthy rate... but I think I was just surprising myself. I am on my second week of no bread, which is going ok. 10 days in I gave in and had a grilled cheese. Gr. But I'm back on track and will continue to reach my goals! On the 15th of this month, I'm going to try to cut out gluten. Whew! That will be hard, for sure!!!! But I'm determined. I've proved to myself that I am capable of a lot more than what I give my body credit for, and there's no stopping me now.

Swimming

I just checked off one of my short-term goals for 2012: swimming!
I really have never swam for exercise before, and quite admittedly, I had no idea where to start. I found a website for swimming beginners and jotted down a routine for me to begin with this morning.
Got to the pool and jumped right in the last lane. AH! I had no idea it was 9ft deep! I was expecting my toes to touch the bottom, and had a minor panic attack when they didn't. (I've got a fear of large bodies of water, but normally pools are ok!) My lane was right next to the diving area, and I made the mistake of looking to my left, which was a dark, lurk-y, deep water and the drain probably sucked little children down it. Freaked me out.
I quickly jumped out and "went to the bathroom" and found a different lane. Whew. My heart was already racing. I got a paddle board and started kicking my legs as fast as possible. After a few times around, I moved on to breast stroke, and quickly found out I'm pretty horrible at it. I wanted to be able to swim gracefully like everyone else in the 20 lanes surrounding me, but most of the time while doing freestyle, I felt like a drowning duck-- couldn't get the whole breathing pattern down.
I walked out of the aquatic center having swam a total of 850m, which was 100 past my goal for that day. I feel like a got a work out, but I certainly need some guidance for next time.
Here's hoping.

October

I'm going to try my best to make October my best month yet! And by best, I mean the most strict in regards to nutrition/exercise. Here's my goals:
1. No bread the entire month!
2. On October 15, I'd like to start with no gluten for a while, too.
3. No eating after dinner
4. Swim once a week