Doing good

Yesterday hubby came in from getting the mail waving a big mailing envelope addressed to me and said, "This looks interesting...". Indeed! I grabbed it from him and saw that it was from Stacia, at Swimming It Off, who has been one of my major inspirations to start back with swimming. I stumbled upon her blog about 2 months ago, and was so inspired by her story of being a lifelong swimmer who is now committed to losing weight. I'd written many posts about wanting to get back in the water but not wanting to expose the various white doughy body parts in a bathing suit. Basically, she told me to get over it, sharing her story of various bathing suit sizes over the years. And a month ago, I did get back in the water. The URL for my blog is willswimagain..., and thanks to Stacia, I've met at least that goal!

Anyway, she sent me some way cool swimming gear:

...along with a card that I will quote one line from, "When you are ready for the water again I wanted you to have the gear all the cool kids wear." SWEET! Excellent goggles called "Women's Vanquisher", plus a silicone swimcap. I am going to vanquish that water when next I enter it! I cannot express how thrilled I was/am, and how grateful for this incredibly kind and supportive gesture.

Stacia's timing was wonderful. I was feeling a bit pudgy and doughy after my horrific scale venture yesterday, and the swim gear reminded me it's only a matter of patient time before I'll be back needed those goggles. I had an excellent day with food yesterday. Spot on, no junk, just what I intended to eat. It felt really good. Of course I wanted to jump on the scale this morning but decided that would be an excellent object lesson of Leslie self-sabotaging. So I'm going to wait until Monday, having a totally clean weekend. But after one sugar free day, my head already feels clearer. Sugar really fogs me up from the inside!

I've done 2 acupuncture treatments for the knee again and took pictures. Some of you saw the ones I posted in December from Lefty, but Righty wanted a crack at the glamour and lights. The knee is feeling good. I'm mainly doing the acupuncture to promote healing and give me 45 minutes of absolute downtime listening to Chinese music. Excellent meditation opportunity.
The little wires that looks like a mini jumper cable basically attach to one of the needle points and sends an electrical stimulation to that site. It just feels like a gentle spark with no burn at all - just a tapping impulse.



I plan to go and do 5 no-resistance slow minutes on a stationary bike at the gym today. Otherwise, the weekend is unstructured. I often go to my local knitting shop and knit for a few hours on Saturday afternoon, but I'm really deciding if it's a good idea because there is always food - esp. sweets, that people bring. I just don't know if I can resist. When in doubt, leave it out. Maybe an afternoon movie with hubby instead. Have a good Saturday. Can't wait for the Oscars tomorrow night!