Hi all I am new here. I am wondering what is a good routine to swim and lose weight? I am close to 250lbs right now and don't look good fat LOL. was doing some research and found an article written by USMS' own Bill Volckening (if he posts here, hi Bill!) that talks about how he lost weight by swimming and changing his diet, but he don't talk about the swimming much, just the eating. LOL and i've had enough eating.
His story is very inspriational though and I want tofollow suit! I've started a diet but I need help with swiming! ANy suggestions?? ThxU!
I think we need to get away from the chemicals and additives in packaged foods nowadays - just look at all the stuff added to the snack foods! The high fructose corn syrup, which has an indefinite shelf life, is in everything. One of the hardest things I did was weam off all the sugar I used to eat - I was quite addicted to it without realizing it. I don't even buy snack foods and we don't eat packaged or processed foods at home and use Splenda, I think it has made a huge difference in my energy level - much more consistent throughout the day, and my teenage daughter and husband agree. But it was very difficult at first. We all also lost quite a bit of weight and were not obese people to start with, my husband lost 25 pounds, and my daughter and I both lost about 18 lbs and have all kept it off for almost a year. But we don't eat the same way we did before.
I think we need to get away from the chemicals and additives in packaged foods nowadays - just look at all the stuff added to the snack foods! The high fructose corn syrup, which has an indefinite shelf life, is in everything. One of the hardest things I did was weam off all the sugar I used to eat - I was quite addicted to it without realizing it. I don't even buy snack foods and we don't eat packaged or processed foods at home and use Splenda, I think it has made a huge difference in my energy level - much more consistent throughout the day, and my teenage daughter and husband agree. But it was very difficult at first. We all also lost quite a bit of weight and were not obese people to start with, my husband lost 25 pounds, and my daughter and I both lost about 18 lbs and have all kept it off for almost a year. But we don't eat the same way we did before.
