Not Michael Phelps

The official first week weigh in...158.6!!!

I am stoked and am feeling great. 8.6 pounds to pre-pregnancy weight and that seems so reasonable. I am bouncing between feeling great and still feeling gross. It has been a month since I started jogging, and yesterday I started swimming. I thinking I burn more calories dreading and hating the fact that I am swimming than I do actually swimming.

I swam 2500 yards yesterday in 32 minutes, I think that is pretty good. I have to swim with fins or else my left arm feels like someone is stabbing it repeatedly. I really hate swimming, really hate it. I was pushed and pushed to compete and to be the best. 4 hours in the pool a day and 1+ hour of strength training a day from the time I was 11. I used to love it. Then I got to high school and spent every lap, everyday in the pool hating what I was doing...

I was recruited by SMU but instead I quit swimming and got fat by eating what I wanted and not working out. I don't regret that decision at all. I used to count every calorie I ate, denied cravings, and ended up getting really sick. I would chew gum instead of eat food, I would hide food in my napkin, and I wouldn't drink anything for fear of bloating.

Wow, that sucked. I think this is why I have such weight issues. Or maybe just issues.

Man...I really hate swimming...