My physical therapist told me to start swimming.  So I’m back in the pool. I’m up to 14 laps. (25 meter pool) They are slow laps but they are laps. And I stop and stretch a bit or tread water at the end of each one for 30 seconds. But it has felt really good so far. I think my arms/chest like it.  I’m hoping it will help my lower back as well.  I rotate through strokes…breast, back and free.  

As far as running (jog and walking combo)…I’m up to a 16.30 mile and doing about 1.5 miles at this point. (I started at a 20 min mile even. I go for 25 minutes and see how far I get.  Once I get to 2 miles in 25 minutes I’ll increase to 30 minutes. 

I’m alternating swimming and jogging. The days I jog I do the weights…upper and lower body.

The diet is up and down. I have room for improvement. I do good then go off and pay for it  I understand the moderation concept which or the most part is working well…but still makes me feel like crap when I do it.

I’ll get there slowly but surely. Rebuilding from the ground up making sure I have a good solid foundation to start with.

The hardest part is taking everything and applying what I’ve learned over the last year. The biggest thing has been learning to put me first and take care of myself. I have never been one to spend a lot of time on me (post kids) so it’s going to take some practice.