I think there’s a lot to be said about going swimming with someone else vs. going swimming alone. Example: Tuesday this week, I went swimming alone, and I did laps in the pool for 40 minutes. Great exercise, sure, but tedious. I mean, the highlight of the night was when Heart Radio played “Flashdance”. Admittedly, [...]
Archive of posts tagged swimming
In Which Fatso Is Bleeding To Death
I mentioned last time how I’d gotten my period. Of course I still have my period. It feels like I have every period I haven’t had over the past year rolled into one big ball, including cramps. I am in so much pain it’s not funny; painkillers aren’t helping! Heat isn’t helping! Of course, I [...]
Weekly Weigh-In: May 10, 2010
28st 11lbs -10lb (4.54kg) – 258lbs (117.02kg) to go Yup, same old bat-time, same old crazy bat-lady, same crazy fat bat weight. I don’t know what happened this week, except for the lack of exercise. I know I had two bad nights – one night we had Indian take-away, but I ate less than HALF [...]
In Which Fatso Tests The Water
Okay, so. Four hours of today, spent deleting everything from my domain (including my EMAIL ACCOUNT, for the love of God. WordPress! MySQL servers! EVERYTHING HAD TO GO!) and reinstalling everything. I had a moment of panic when WordPress wouldn’t accept its own export file as an import file, but I just renamed the file [...]
In Which Fatso Resolves
I’ve just finished my lunch, and am waiting for an hour or so until I head to the gym, otherwise I will regret it. So I thought, “hey, I haven’t actually updated since Monday!” If you read my previous entry, y’all might have noticed that it was my birthday. I probably ate something like 2,000 [...]
In Which Fatso Wants To Scream
I went swimming tonight. Or, should I say, I tried to go swimming tonight. I got into the leisure centre at ten minutes to eight, and asked, specifically, if the main pool was open. I’d actually walked over to the spectator’s gallery to check to see if it was, and it WAS, and they said [...]
In Which Fatso's Sister Returns!
Today, a few things happened. Today, I went to see my doctor, and I am now officially not taking Xenical any more. He is also pleased that I have joined the gym and is further pleased that I am following/rejoining (delete as applicable; ask me again on Monday) Weight Watchers, and has prescribed me Naproxen [...]
In Which Fatso Starts To Track
It’s amazing, how therapeutic it is to sit and fill in a Weight Watchers Tracker for the first time in a year, let me tell you. Now, don’t misunderstand: I didn’t rejoin Weight Watchers. My current financial situation doesn’t allow for that. What I’ve done instead, is I’ve decided that I’m going to track Points [...]
In Which Fatso Goes To The Gym
I had my gym induction tonight. I spent 5 minutes on each machine that Fiona, the trainer, thinks will be of benefit to me. Treadmill: 5% incline, 2mph, 5 minutes. Elliptical/Cross Trainer: Level 3 resistance, 5 minutes. Stationary Bike: Level 4 resistance, 5 minutes. Arm Bike (I KNOW!): Level 4 resistance, 1 minute forward, 1 [...]
In Which Fatso Surprises Herself
Swimming again tonight! Introduced Mum to Eileen, the lady with the blonde hair, from my Usual Group. Robert, the tall guy with the gold chains, wasn’t there tonight! It was very odd. But anyway, swimming – managed the 32 lengths again, a half a mile, and it took us forever, because the pool was MOBBED. [...]
