How many lbs. have you lost this season?

Orca... it comes down to your diet for everything. Working out, even hard swimming, alone is not going to cause you to lose weight. Look at what you're eating. There are lots of "diets" out there that I'd recommend against simply because they're diets to lose weight - not to maintain a weight and healthy habits... but there are some diet modifications you can make (and 'diets' that can show you the way). I am 37 years old, 5' tall and was 150 lbs as of August. I started training again in August but didn't lose any weight until I adjusted my diet. I (somewhat) followed the Paleo Diet and have since lost 20 lbs (and dropped all my times). However previously, the Zone diet worked well for me (I had lost 35 pounds from the weight I had held onto after having my 2nd kid). But the Zone diet just wasn't something I could maintain with 2 little kids, school and stress eating. I never followed either 'diet' as prescribed - but getting close and learning the ideologies behind them is essential to losing the weight - whether or not you ever even lift a finger to exercise. A great movie to watch which isn't diet specific is 'FatHead' (it's on Netflix or you can rent it at Blockbuster or something) - but it will tell you a LOT of great information about eating habits and why to stay away from certain foods. Keep in mind, you don't have to exclude anything completely from your diet, just moderate what you eat and how much/how often and you'll be fine. But if you want to keep off the pounds, all the swimming in the world won't help if you eat poorly. Good luck!

After getting back in the pool after a 31 year break, swimming 4 days a week, I've somehow managed to gain 5#. I certainly feel better, but it would have been nice to lose some weight.

I haven't weighed myself in the last year. I probably should. Definitely haven't lost weight, but I'm comfortable where I'm at, which is probably about 160.

I've lost 25 lbs since the start of short course season in Oct. Although my wieght has become stable at 173 since Jan.

I've gained weight. :bitching: I'm 6'3 and I usually like to be right at 170. At the moment I'm hovering around 178-180. I've been busy at work so I haven't been working out like I should (as the FLOG keeps reminding me). Plus, I'm a hopeless junk food junkie.

My son's homework involved a scale so he had me get on it to see my weight. I knew I had lost based on how my clothes are no longer fitting - belts are needed with everything. I was shocked to see how much I had lost. I am now down below my wedding day weight, which was 15 years ago. In the last few months I have lost about 12 pounds.

I'm certain if I could gain 5-10lbs of body weight, even if the gain has half in fat, I would see an improvement from over a year ago where my performances peaked (PB's).

Hmmm... Between February 22 and March 2 (8 days) I lost 23 lbs. Those of you who read my blog know why! :-) I've lost a couple more pounds since then and seem to be staying steady at 131.

I've lost about 15 and I too have moved from "obese" to "overweight" BMI. It doesn't have anything to do with the swim season though. I've been working out for decades. I'm so dumb I finally realized I can't eat and drink whatever I want because I exercise - although if I didn't swim I would probably be 400 lbs by now. Now if I can just lose another 40 lbs I will be in my healthy weight range.:bitching:

My creaky old broken body can't do all year "ON" season! I used to be able to but, now after 2 hip replacements:cane::badday:, plantar facia:chillpill:, heel spur:doh: & foot neuroma, :cane:I need to back off a while!:bed::chug::cake: