I just joined a swim club during the Thanksgiving holiday. Its been 35 years since I swam competitively in high school. When I started swimming again, I found this website and have lurked ever since.
I searched the net for info regarding weight loss through swimming and came up with conflicting views. So I decided to post my results in case anyone else had a similar interest.
After a month and a week of cutting out all sugar/salt/reducing portions, swimming 4 times a week for over an hour, coupled with 2-3 hours per week using core /upper body weight lifting; the results are good.
Weighing in at 208 @ 6'2" (in jammers) on the first day, I weighed in this morning at 192.5 lbs. The first few days I would die after about 600m. Now 2400m days are the norm and climbing every week. My pants are loose and my arms/shoulders are feeling the best they have in 15 years. My blood pressure has gone from 136/88 down to 114/77, so I'll get my doctor off my case.
We have our first meet Sunday and I'm pumped. It's fantastic to feel the difference in speed and endurance.
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Despite repeated trips to doctors over 30 YEARS, I wasn't properly diagnosed with a metabolic disorder until about 5 years ago. So I have 30 years of experience in battling weight gain.
Don't deny yourself any food, you will be more likely to bing on it and really blow your plan. Figure out what a serving is, and then fit it into your eating plan. I find low carb works better for me than low fat. So, if I wanted ice cream, I would need to know how many carbs in a serving, subtract that number from the number of carbs I allow myself in a day and then adjust my carb intake for the rest of the day (or in some cases, days).
I just saw a really neat hint in a news letter from my insurance company. Leave the last THREE bites of the highest calorie food in the meal on your plate. On average this will save about 100 calories! Do this three times a day and 300 calories a day are gone. Two thousand one hundre calories a week... that is almost a pound!
Lainey
Despite repeated trips to doctors over 30 YEARS, I wasn't properly diagnosed with a metabolic disorder until about 5 years ago. So I have 30 years of experience in battling weight gain.
Don't deny yourself any food, you will be more likely to bing on it and really blow your plan. Figure out what a serving is, and then fit it into your eating plan. I find low carb works better for me than low fat. So, if I wanted ice cream, I would need to know how many carbs in a serving, subtract that number from the number of carbs I allow myself in a day and then adjust my carb intake for the rest of the day (or in some cases, days).
I just saw a really neat hint in a news letter from my insurance company. Leave the last THREE bites of the highest calorie food in the meal on your plate. On average this will save about 100 calories! Do this three times a day and 300 calories a day are gone. Two thousand one hundre calories a week... that is almost a pound!
Lainey
