Just call me gangsta

Guess what guys?!

I swam again yesterday afternoon. Again, for about 40 minutes. But this time I swam....


FORTY (40) laps!!


I did 12 on the kickboard to warm up, 20 regular to work out, then another 10 on kickboard to cool down. The old guys in the lane next to me were lapping me, but whatever. I just felt proud that I was getting back into it and my body is starting to remember what to do so quickly. It was funny cause after my kickboard cool down, I thought, "that's not so bad, I bet I could do more." Then I got out of the pool and into the car and my body was shaking from the workout. Lol, that's what I get for thinking I'm tough.

Now that I have a gym membership (!), here's my work out plan:

Sunday - nada (between work and church, I don't think I'll have time)
Monday - Gym 3-5 pm with my students (getting paid to work out!)
Tuesday - Swim at the gym in the A.M. (must get up and out by 6 am)
Wednesday - Swim at the gym in the P.M. (get off at 4pm on Wednesdays)
Thursday - Day off or swim in the A.M. - maybe go with my students during the day
Friday - Swim when I wake up (it's my day off)
Saturday - Do something fun and active with John (or whoever)

Today in Long Beach, there's this urban race going on. It's a silly relay race, I think. A bunch of teams are passing our building carrying tires. As a rule, I don't pay to run. People have talked to me about doing half marathons and stuff but it just seems stupid to me to pay money to run (excepting good cause 10k's, of course). Then I thought, doing these crazy scavenger hunt races seems more like something I could get into. I could totally see paying to participate in something that looks so fun. I'm thinking about making that one of my goals for getting in shape. Right now, there's no way I could run, bike, or otherwise do the physical activity necessary to do a race like that - which is a good example of why I've grown in my discontent with being fat. I can't do the things I want to do or keep up with my friends who do fun adventurous stuff cause my body just won't let me. Maybe I can start researching a fun race to do around this time next year. They're all team events - who's with me?