I was wondering how many master's swimmers think that swimming:
maintains weight
aids weight loss somewhat
aids weight loss greatly
For me, I maintain weight, and unless I kick my yardage WAY up, I don't lose weight.
How about you?
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Swimming has helped me lose weight - but I have to train hard.
For me: Did about two years of lap swim at the Y beginning in the fall of 2006. Did lots of yards ( > 5000 at a time ) and toned up, but didn't lose weight. I looked and felt better - but I replaced some fat w/muscle, but was still frustrated b/c the scale didn't budge.
January 2009 - Joined Masters team - started training hard 3x per week (about 2500 per workout). Lost weight over 3 months. (regained it all over summer break while not swimming). September - sent kids back to school & started training again and lost the same 10 pounds.
December 2009 to now - Still swimming 3 x 2500M workouts but really began to focus on the diet component and lost another 20 pounds.
Maintaining the loss has been easy so far. I'm nervous about finding the time to swim when my kids are home this summer. I never want to have to lose that much weight again because it was hard, and took alot of discipline. I also know that I really can't ever stop swimming because it will creep back on exactly like it did last year.
Swimming has helped me lose weight - but I have to train hard.
For me: Did about two years of lap swim at the Y beginning in the fall of 2006. Did lots of yards ( > 5000 at a time ) and toned up, but didn't lose weight. I looked and felt better - but I replaced some fat w/muscle, but was still frustrated b/c the scale didn't budge.
January 2009 - Joined Masters team - started training hard 3x per week (about 2500 per workout). Lost weight over 3 months. (regained it all over summer break while not swimming). September - sent kids back to school & started training again and lost the same 10 pounds.
December 2009 to now - Still swimming 3 x 2500M workouts but really began to focus on the diet component and lost another 20 pounds.
Maintaining the loss has been easy so far. I'm nervous about finding the time to swim when my kids are home this summer. I never want to have to lose that much weight again because it was hard, and took alot of discipline. I also know that I really can't ever stop swimming because it will creep back on exactly like it did last year.
