Its a funny thing...

I've lost 40 pounds but when I look in the mirror most days I just see how much more I have to lose rather than how far I've come. Does this mean I'm not really an optimist? My legs are looking great from about mid thigh on down, but I suffer from a severe case of jiggle thigh above that point. Four inches are now off my waistline, yet it still looks pretty vast when I'm in the nude. The gym has huge mirrors in the dressing room, so its hard not to get a good eyeful when changing. Oh well--hopefully I can use it as motivation to keep me on track.

Not 6 weeks ago I bought a new swimsuit--size 16 no less. Well, now I need another new one and its not because my size has changed. Nope--that $45 was wasted because the chlorine in the pool ate my suit. I'll have to buy a chlorine resistant suit--ugly, but longer lasting and that's the most important part of the equation. I've been swimming 5 days per week, so that's a lot of chlorine exposure.

Alas, I'm not quite where I was in terms of stamina before the pool closed for two weeks. I was up to 3/4 of a mile and doing that in 45 minutes. My first day back after the reopening, I only did 1/4 mile. The next two times I upped it to a half mile and yesterday was pretty beat after the half mile, but decided to really push. I got in my 3/4 of a mile, but only if I counted the 4 laps with the kickboard. Ordinarily I wouldn't count those, but I barely made it to my goal of 3/4 mile with them, so I counted them as distance. I would imagine I'll be back on track again given a good solid week of swim time. Hopefully my suit won't be translucent by then because it's a good week and a half until payday when I can scope out the chorine resistant variety.

Meanwhile I am excited about possibly having a legal vehicle again soon. Thursday I get my exhaust fixed (and a good thing too, as the car is now almost on a par with a jet plane in terms of decibels) and my smooshed door either replaced of yanked out. It will be a wonderful thing to have a window that rolls down and a side mirror again. (My car was hit by a truck nearly a year ago and since then I've been driving with a squished in driver's side door.) I'm crossing my fingers that those will be all it needs to pass inspection--I really want a valid inspection sticker!