I Did it!!

So far so good. This morning was the first in a very long time that I got up and was out the door by 7.30am to go swimming! After my 3rd glass of wine last night ( yes not good ) I thought, maybe I'll get up on Monday morning instead. However, my kind 3 yr old this morning was wide awake at 6.30 am so by 7, I thought sod it I might as well go swimming. Luckily for me, we are at my Mums this weekend, so I left my mum to it and I quietly slipped out and drove to the local swimming pool. I couldn't quite believe that I had made myself go  but was also very smug with myself!
Having arrived on the poolside I almost talked myself into not getting in! What's that all about? I had to do it, what was I going to write about? More to the point I have told family now that I am going to write a blog so don't want to let myself down.
I joined a lane with one other swimmer and started on my swim. I hate with a passion, swimming in lanes that are full of swimmers doing breaststroke or an attempted version of frontcrawl, even though they are in the fast lane! This morning was an exception. It wasn't very busy and I shared a lane with a breaststroker but who was fairly fast and was accomadating when I overtook her every so often.. Anyway, I started off doing 2 sets of 8 lengths then thought |I've got to do more! I ended up doing 5 sets of 8 lengths, so that,  in my calculation is 40 lengths. Ok, so it's not a major workout but for the first morning I don't think it was that bad. I felt brilliant driving home and already thinking about the next morning I might go swimming.
It's sunday afternoon now and I'm pretty whacked now. Have been to the park with my kids, niece, nephew and mum and then we've been swimming with them! Busy old day. Now I just want to put my feet up with a glass of wine! Might have to start thinking about reducing the wine intake if I am going to get up early some mornings to exercise.......

Mid Life crisis?

I thought men were the only ones to have mid life crisis's? I turned 39 this week and the build up to my birthday was constant thoughts on...I must get fit...I must get fit. Having read other blogs on fitness and running I decided that the only way to get myself motivated was to write about it.
Pre children I used to regularly exercise, in fact it was a bit of an obsession! I grew up as a swimmer, reaching county level and then continued through teenage and early adulthood doing exercise classes. Any fitness fanatic will understand the drive to do more and keep the momentum going.I started again when my daughter was 2yrs old, by putting her in the gym creche 3 times a week. Of course it all stopped again once my second child came along. I started back for a while but my 'baby' wasn't so happy to be left this time around so I 'happily' gave it up as I was finding it a bit of a chore. Nearly 3 years on I am desperate to get fit and start achieving some of my goals. Those I will disclose later once I have started! I am hoping that by blogging I might keep the inspiration going. More importantly I want to prove to my husband that I CAN do it! I'm not always all talk and no action!
Next it is finding the time. Yes, everyone says there is always time if you make it. I agree but it is breaking the habit of sitting in front of the sofa every night when my husband is home ( he works shifts!) or less enthusiastically getting up early and doing something before work! All very well but anything I do has to be done around my husbands shifts which is a pain in the derriere! So, welcome to my blog and I hope to prove to myself and to my nearest & dearest that I can do it. I hope you enjoy reading!