MEHITABEL!
To the "crazy lady in the hat who loved my blog"....I never forgot you throughout this crazy time. I now know one surefire way to lost weight: nurse your husband through terminal cancer then lose him all in 4 months time. Rough year. Thinking of blogging again, maybe it will help. We'll see. Keep on swimming, you're my don't-give-in-to-aquaphobia inspiration.
MACHAN
Thank you so much for your warm words of welcome Carol!! It makes me so happy to see other swimmers out there who are keen on losing weight!!
YES I've discovered recently that I'm a butterflier!! It's the prettiest stroke, and for me, it's almost as fast as my freestyle right now!!
Anyways, being able to swim faster is DEFINITELY one of the biggest motivations I have... Right now (at 243 lbs) I'm one of the "medium speed" (not the fastest, but not the slowest) swimmers on my college team, and I've noticed I have dropped about 1 second per every 10 lbs I have lost (for the 50 free)... and that thought alone gets me really excited for my potential!
Sorry for blabbering on, but I'm just that thankful to have such an awesome support group and it hasn't even been a day since I joined Spark people!!