I had a fabulous workout in the pool tonight for my Tri Fit training. I did 80 laps in an hour. Some were freestyle 10(crawl) and some 10 breaststroke. We did 36 'pull' laps, which means placing a foam form between your knees so you can't use you legs...arms only with paddles for resistance. I feel like I flew from California! Holy moley are my arms ever sore! Then we did 20 laps with just legs and flippers. Wicked work out for the legs. The most wicked of all were the sprints! When I was told I had to do 2 full laps in less than 60 seconds 4 times I was scared! Whatever was left over in the minute was your break. If you went over the minute you had no break and had to keep going. I did 45 secs, 37 secs, 35 secs and then down to 32 seconds!!!!!!! I was blown away....surprised myself. I admit I swallowed half the pool and I almost puked from it but it was worth it!!! I have a goal now to do more sprints with less recovery time required. I am so proud of myself.
The key to my success tonight was two-fold. One is I am a fish and I love to be in the water. After a stressful day, swimming is the equivalent to taking a Valium to me. I have been swimming since I was 3 years old. I love it. The second key to my success was imagining that I was Micheal Phelps in his Olympic swim suit. I was swimming in the Olympic pool in the CUBE in China. I imagined the view from below and the view from above as many of seen on TV this summer. I even imagined the final touch before everybody else! I was completely shocked and proud of my stamina tonight! I honestly think I kicked Micheal Phelps ass!
Tomorrow morning is 'weigh in'. I am nervous. I have worked out everyday for the last 2 weeks. I have followed my diet to the letter. I even did the unthinkable! I went to a movie this week and did not eat popcorn...this was epic for me!! I enjoyed the movie and didn't get my usual heartburn, sweats and misery after eating a barrel of butter dripped popcorn and drinking a bucket of syrupy coke. I was so disheartened last week after a week of crazy exercise and following my diet (except having one Chinese cheat meal) and see the scales not move and the fat-o-meter tell me to DRIFT as well. I pray there is some progress as I fear for my resolve. I get so frustrated and heart broken. I am determined to get well. I must admit my sugars are the best they have been in ages, I sleep like a baby, drug free and I have much more energy. I know it is all good for me one way or another. But it still sucks having a shitty metabolism! I will keep you posted tomorrow on my progress. I am accepting any prayers anyone has to offer!!!
Lynn
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