11:30 AM - Drove to the YMCA with my mom again before she had to go do Cub Scouts stuff at the elementary school. Jumped in and did 2 laps warm up and then my mom proceeded to teach me how to breathe while swimming. It sounds simple enough, but let me assure you it is not as easy as it sounds! It takes some practice learning how to breathe out and getting into a rhythm. Yesterday I was just exhaling after three strokes and then inhaling quickly. What I found was that I was extremely tired and was short of breath and almost hyperventilating. After she told me to exhale through the three strokes and then just inhale rather than trying to do both, I tried it and picked it up quickly. Then my mom wanted to teach me how to do a flip turn. I tried three or four times to no avail. I think I will have to work on that. So I resigned myself to swimming the 25 yard pool, touching the wall, turning and pushing off the conventional way. Flip turn will be a short term goal!
Did 500 m freestyle just arms with a floatie between legs, stopped for a drink. (10:50)
Another 500 m freestyle without a floatie (11:30). Water stop.
800m Freestyle in 22:03 (really feeling the burn through here!)
Overall, a great workout. Today was my second day of eating raw oats with skim milk for breakfast. Put a little cinnamon on today, and no sugar. For lunch I am having a gigantic salad with an entire cucumber, a tomato, a little cheese, and iceberg lettuce with fat free balsamic vinagrette again. Oh and a sodium free seltzer. Blood pressure was a little lower today.
Also, according to my scale I lost another 2 lbs. WOo Hoo! Getting fit rocks!
Total Time: 44:23 Total Yards: 1800 yards (1.022 miles)
7:00 PM - 300 crunches. | 
