Day 352 - Improvement

Swimming this morning felt much better then it did last week.  In fact I could swim four laps without gulping for air.

I was a little worried that LZ would take one look at me this week and decide that she just didn't want to take me on.  Especially since I told her that an 85 year old man beat my butt while swimming.  But she was good about it, and even praised me a little.

As she said, which I knew, improvement will be fast in the beginning, then comes the hard work.  But the truth is I won't get fast if I don't lose the weight.  The less weight I have to pull through the water the faster I can be.  But  the lemonade side of it is - won't I get stronger by pulling more weight in the beginning?  Heck I may not even have to lift weights.

Also I can't pull myself out of the pool yet.  That is strength and weight, so every time I get in the pool (all 4 times now) I have tried to pull myself out like I used to.  I did get out once, but in the process I got a full on leg cramp, so now we are just practicing to see how far I can get without straining.

Stayed tuned, the day may come when I really can do it again.