Keep on swimming… keep on swimming… swimming.. swimming…
I have been trying to go swimming 2-3X a week and slowly it is becoming easier to actually get up after supper and go…
It is not far away… So to swim for the hour that is open… I am gone from home from about 6:25 to 7:35… that works out to be right after supper while the kids are in the bath and gettin ready for bed… then when I come home I can nurse the little ones to sleep…
the first day I went I worked myself a bit too hard… I was sore before I left the pool… but now I go slowly and steadily and I am slowly building my endurance… by the end on an hour I end up doing about 25-30 laps… which may not be much but at least I am moving and I keep on moving…
What’s hard though is that swimming is a great excersise but you get really hungry when you are done… I really need to find some good snacks that will fill me up without just adding back all of the calories that I just burned off…
by toddtyrtle, on April 9 2008 @ 1:25 pm
Last spring when I first started seriously cycling to/from work (and losing weight like crazy as a result) I found that a bagel or toast with marmite was a good snack for me. The carbs got my blood sugar back up (without spiking) and the saltiness of the marmite was welcome after all that sweating.
by paxye, on April 10 2008 @ 10:32 am
thanks for the idea!
I have never tried Marmite… actually I have never even seen it… I have heard so many things about it though.
I just made a Miso paté the other day that I think is going to become a good snack and I think that it will become a staple here…
by mamamilkers, on April 11 2008 @ 1:23 am
I just started swimming, as well, and I get ravenous afterwards, too! I have been working so hard at not eating after dinner, but not on swimming nights!
I usually eat granola and yogurt, tonight I had a little scrambled egg whites and cheese on half a bagel. Really, I just wish I could eat everything in the house! lol
by paxye, on April 12 2008 @ 8:49 am
I hear you… it is a type of ravenous that seems to just keep on going even after you eat… I have read it is because of the cold water and that swimming is not the best way to lose weight…
http://www.thefactsaboutfitness.com/research/swimming.htm
I just love being in the water though…
by Sophia Sunshine, on April 14 2008 @ 7:31 pm
So funny! All those years of swimming and I don’t remember getting hungry but it’s a different story getting in the pool after spending years away. I like to pack an apple in the car because I need food right away and then something else when I get home. For evening swims I’m finding an extra 1/2 to 3/4 portion saved from dinner really hits the spot. Happy training!