Under the Sea... er pool...

Oh Mondays... they really take it out of me! Haha, it was a hot day after work, so I decided it would be a perfect day for a swim. However, to say I'm not a very good swimmer would be being nice... I can keep my head above water, at least; and my husband, who was on his high school swim team, has shown me a few different things to practice. I hadn't realized how tiring swimming (real swimming, not just sitting in the shallow end ^_^) can really be! Just treading water for a few minutes at a time is enough to leave me winded! I practiced that a for a bit, not just to work out, but just to get better at it in general! Then I did a lactic acid exercise that my husband showed me. It works your leg muscles really hard, and it's pretty idiot proof, so I like to do it. Basically, you hold on to the edge of the pool, while pumping your legs up and down as hard and fast as you can, kind of like running up a stair case, working to bring your knees up as high as possible. Do 100 reps, rest, and repeat, reducing your rest time each set. Like I said, it works your legs like crazy, as well as your abs, and it left me out of breath, so it must be good cardio as well! After doing that for a while, I swam some short laps back and forth. I swear I get more out of breath doing this than I do running! My form is terrible, so hopefully, with more practice, that'll get better! Who knows, if I get at least sort of decent at swimming, I may be able to tackle a triathalon someday! ...For now, I'll just see how I handle this race next week, and focus on swimming without drinking half the pool. :P

Wish You Were Here

Oops. Looks like I kind of dropped the ball on my blogging. Now, just because I haven't written in this thing for a long time, doesn't mean I haven't been exercising! With the weather being nice and warm, instead of doing videos inside all the time, I like doing things outside while I can; like going for a bike ride, taking a swim (our condo has a pool and it's AWESOME), I especially like to run. I'm not a very fast runner, I can't do amazingly long distances, but I can get at least 3-4 miles in at a time. In fact, my husband and I will be doing our first 10K next week on the 4th of July! I haven't done a race that long yet, so I'm excited and a bit nervous to see how it goes! I'm going to start tracking my progress here again (I REALLY will this time!), but I'm just approaching it a little differently. More of an overall fitness/exercise blog, not just P90X. I'll get some current measurements on here soon, since I haven't done some in a while. The last time I weighed myself (two days ago), I was at 151 lbs, so I have gone up about three pounds from my lowest point (148ish)... maybe some of that is just fluctuation, right?? Or maybe I've gotten a little complacent with my diet... Probably the second answer! No reason to freak out though, I'm still ahead of where I was at the beginning of the year, and, hey, about a month ago, I bought some jeans that were a size 9! And those still fit just fine, so I'm not going to let a number on a scale get me down! I just need to keep myself moving and always be watching what I eat, and I'll be okay! Getting back into writing this stuff down will help me with some accountability again too!