Looking to begin again!

yea get doing lots of laps!!!!regularly till u feel a winner then go for it...(thats my plan n-e way)

Originally posted by WendyB There is a group near me with times I can go, I just need to get in there. Didn't you answer your own question? Just go get into the pool already!:)

Get in the pool, the water is beckioning :) Remember how good it feels to be in the water! Joining a Masters team is great. A LOT more motivating than doing it on your own. Plus, swimmers are usually really nice and friendly people. Since joining the team, I made some great new friends, of all ages.

Look, if you're really having trouble getting motivated, do what I did. I just convinced myself that I will get sick and die if I don't swim. Swimming comes easy when it's a life or death situation. Really, it works great. You swim, and you feel really great. You slack off for a few days, and you don't feel as great. You start thinking that your not-so-great feeling is death creeping up on you. You start to see eyes in the shadows and hear sinister laughs in the dark at night. You get your ass back into the pool. Death leaves you alone. You feel great. If only I could convince myself something similar in regards to cheeseburgers and pizza.

Wendy, I most strongly recommend joining a masters team or a congenial workout group as soon as possible. Even though you are there for the conditioning, which you could do on your own theoretically, the friendship will keep you coming back. Some people feel like they have to lose a few pounds, or get back to some level of conditioning from their (perhaps mythic) past. This is a fallacy that will kill your workout program. First, it's wrong. Unless you are unusually motivated, you will probably get bored on your own before you reach your goal. It can become an obstacle to you objective of sustained group workouts. Second, it's misguided. The people on the team you would join, they don't know how good or how thin you used to be. Show up today, or 6 months from now; you will still be Wendy to them. What they WILL notice, however, is if you show up today, just the way you are, and you drop 20 pounds or 20 seconds right before their eyes in the next 6 months. Trust me on this one, you want a posse of your swimming buds as soon as possible. I noticed we do have a team listed at the Middle School in Avon, IN www.usms.org/.../placswimform.php Besides, Long Course Nationals are coming to your neck of the woods (Indiannapolis) next April. The younger age groups are thinnly contested, could be your big chance to score at Nationals... Matt

The link doesn't do what I expected. Try this: Avon - AVON Avon Masters Swimming Indiana LMSC Avon Intermediate School 174 South State Road 267 Avon, Indiana Lap Swim / Workout Times: Monday,Wednesday and Friday 5:30-6:30 am; Tuesday and Thursday 6:00-7:30 pm; Saturday 9-10am Contacts: Above; Bill Roach Aquatics Director Avon Schools (Broach@avon.k12.in.us) Record Last Updated: 3/27/03

There are places you can start on your own and then go to a team if it works with your job. Anyway, I have a litle advantage swimming on my own in that I swam as a kid years ago and gear my workouts to my aginging body. Ido all four strokes but when I first staretd it was mainly freestyle and breaststroke. Read the fitness section and don't overdo it.

But laineybug I really like pizza. Is there a way to direct the visualization to only after the third piece?

Originally posted by laineybug Every time you start to think about wanting pizza picture something so horrible that it would make you sick as a topping on the pizza. Doesn't work. When I watched the horrible pizza scene in Spawn it nauseated me. But then I immediately started craving pizza and ordered one. I also crave BBQ ribs whenever I watch the movie Babe.

how often do you picture the pizza and picture it so vividly that you really feel sick? You have to practice it making you sick in order for it to work. One trial doesn't usually make the desired connection.