As I wrote yesterday, I've had the winter blues a little this week. I had a couple of good workouts this week, but this morning I just couldn't make myself get out of bed. I chose the extra sleep.
All day, this bugged me. I didn't feel like I've done my absolute best this week. I want to keep the 100 pound momentum going. So for some reason I got an itch to swim 1 mile tonight at the gym. Why 1 mile? No idea. Last time I swam was about 50 pounds ago, and I made a video of it here. I had JUST started exercising and it was probably my 3rd day at the gym. I was a competitive swimmer growing up, so I always felt good in the water. But my endurance last time was really poor. I put 2 swimming-related items on my 101 in 1001 list: swim 1/2 mile and swim 1 mile.
So all day at work, I was psyching myself up for a date with the pool. Hubs had to work tonight and I didn't have any other plans, so there was really no excuse for me NOT to go. I remembered again how I have never regretted a workout, and made myself go.
The gym pool is 25 meters (not 25 yards as some are). This means that it is a little under 65 lengths of the pool for 1 mile. Considering I wanted to start and end on the same end, I decided to do 66 lengths. I figured I'd take it slowly and just go as far as I felt comfortable.
My biggest concern was remembering which lap I was on. I decided since it was 33 laps (2 lengths per lap) I would just count down from 33. So 2 lengths for 33, 2 lengths for 32, and so on.
I did a combination of freestyle, breaststroke, backstroke, one armed butterfly and kicking with the kickboard. I wore my heart rate monitor and tried to do intervals as best I could, and actually think I did okay!
52 minutes and 25 seconds. That's how long it took me to swim 1 mile.
It's incredible to be 354 pounds and have this kind of endurance. To some, this might sound braggy, but I honestly don't care. I am damn proud of the work I've put in, and this is a non-scale victory that reminds me even after a crummy-feeling week that I have achieved something.
In just over 52 minutes I turned the entire perspective about the past week around.
Don't ever accept yourself for less than what you are. Ever.
![Who loves a satisfying before and after? 🙋🏻♀️
[Partner] A couple of weeks ago, I got my eyebrows microbladed by the uber-talented @katy.traughber.tattoo at @featherandblade here in #Louisville (they also have a Lexington location.) As someone with a thyroid disorder, my eyebrows have started to thin quite a bit on the outer halves, and I was tired of shaping and filling them every day. I had a fear that microbladed brows would be too heavy or unnatural, but having followed Katy's work for a while, I knew that she really mastered the art of a natural brow. This before and after is from the day-of. Swipe to see a photo after 1 week of healing. There will be some more fading, and then the pigment will begin to appear again in the correct shade. It's really interesting! When the process is finished in another 4-5 weeks, go back for a perfecting session to make sure the color and shape is exactly as I want. I'll put together a full before and after on the blog once the process is complete. In the meantime, let me know if you have any questions about microblading.
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