I've recently started swimming for exercise, and have to say I am really loving it. Though always a Water baby, the very idea of swimming back and forth and back and forth never appealed to me AT.ALL. Booooorrrrring, I thought. No music!

Until this last couple of weeks. For some reason, upon catching a whiff of the pool-chlorinated air last time I was in the Y locker room, I got the urge to swim a little. The thought didn't leave me, and in the last two weeks--during a time of incredible professional stress--I thought I'd give it a whirl.

It's remarkable! Using all my muscles, non-impact, no sweating (!), really stretching as well as contracting and getting decent cardio as well, it's pretty miraculous. I'm totally NOT a jock, and literally can't do more than two laps of crawl before my arms start to scream, but without pushing myself too hard I actually can do 25 laps of breast, back, and side stroke. The next day I feel really nicely worked out, and there's no question it is a great way of managing stress.

I hope I can keep this up! Anyone else start slow with swimming? How is it going for you now?

wow daddy-o you've lost fast - 12 more laps and thats a mile - have you had a fill yet?

No fill yet. Im going for a fill next week. Thanks for encouragement

60 pounds in 5 weeks - that is wicked awesome - finally had my first fill on monday after 4+ months

I'm new to this site, but I wanted to jump in here to say: WOW! I am so impressed with all your weight losses & exersize efforts.

I am 62, so, I'm in another class, ugh, but I to swim, (if you want to call it that) I also do arthritis water arobics. I was going to a theropy pool in the little town in Ky,where we live, for $20. a month.

My DH just got transferred to Ga for a year. I'm now going to the Y. I'm thankful it's here & close by, but I miss my friends back home.

I was banded 4/17/07. I have lost about 35#. (haven't been weighed for a month) It really seems to be going slow, but I have to consider my age. All in all, I am smaller then I was a year ago, & have muscles that I haven't seen in years. :>)

Bottom line:Keep on swimming; keep on loosing. :>)

One more thing, where do you guys get all those cute scales that I see on the post.???

thanks, judy

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3 weeks after having the gallbladder out and finally back to the pool, kicked on the new swiMP3 .v2, and did 72 laps - 1 mile - aaahhhh much better

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Wow, I just read all the posts and you guys are doing amazing! Before surgery I was doing water aerobics 3 times a week. My doctor told me I would be able to go back to it at about 2-3 weeks post op. Well when that time arrived so did my TOM and an old friend came to visit my husband and myself. So needless to say I didn't get back to that. Just as TOM left, I noticed a blister on my largest incision and it popped leaving a hole the size of a pea and was one inch deep. So after going to the doctor he said I popped one of the deep stitches (shame on me, I thought I was ok and helped hubby move a piece of furniture too soon after surgery) so he had to cut it open a bit more to get out the stitch that I popped. Whew did that hurt. All this happened on August 18th, so by this time I was a month out. Now I was not allowed to go back to water aerobics and was totally bummed. The hole was really painful as the bare nerves were exposed. It hurt all the time and especially when I bent over or if anything touched it. So then I also had slipped at a restaurant (water outside the bathroom and no sign for a wet floor) and wrenched my knee and can't do too much walking as it is really painful. Right now I am still dealing with that, but this past Wednesday I got the ok to go back to water aerobics and swimming laps this weekend. WOO HOO, I am soooo excited. I have always been a fish out of water my whole life and have been itching to get back to the gym. I have lost 36.4 pounds since my pre-op the begining of June and I know I will lose weight more rapidly once I get back to the gym. You are all such an inspiration! Good luck to everyone and keep up the good work! :cheer2:

yes, swimming is an awesome way to boost the weight loss, im on my high schools swim team and we are in season right now...

sucky set yesteday of 6 X 400 (4 of them striaght free, 2 of them IM)

I just ordered my bathing suit....can't wait to start swimming! I am loving this thread.

Can you all tell me how often you swim now? How often did you when you were starting out?

I am curious, I have read you shouldn't run every day, does the same apply for swimming?

Thanks!

I just ordered my bathing suit....can't wait to start swimming! I am loving this thread.

Can you all tell me how often you swim now? How often did you when you were starting out?

I am curious, I have read you shouldn't run every day, does the same apply for swimming?

Thanks!

Well i swim everyday.

Right now i do between 50-72 laps 25yrd pool takes 1-1.5hrs.

I started at 30mins 3 times a week and now im on 7 days a week.

I break it up with two times a week in the gym lifting weights but i still swim those days.

Well i swim everyday.

Right now i do between 50-72 laps 25yrd pool takes 1-1.5hrs.

I started at 30mins 3 times a week and now im on 7 days a week.

I break it up with two times a week in the gym lifting weights but i still swim those days.

Great, thanks!

That gives me an idea of where to start :eek:.

i'm having a countdown to when i can swim.

tomorrow is a week postop so 3 more weeks til i can swim.

i'm walking now but i'd love to swim too!!!!

you have to wait a month?! i had to wait 2 weeks and i was swimming for sport already

pretty much the same as daddy-o -- I usually hit the pool every morning before work and do a mile - have a bowflex at home that I need to use a little more