Comments on: Back in the pool

By: Julie @ the calm before the stork

Julie @ the calm before the stork — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:58:31 +0000

Freaking brilliant. You are amazing.

Thank you.

Love.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 01:10:33 +0000

Thank you!

By: amy

amy — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 16:50:09 +0000

LOVED this.

By: Sue

Sue — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:43:23 +0000

I was hoping you would go down the slide. I’m glad you did!

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:29:38 +0000

Try swimming with flippers. It makes it about a 100x more fun and you really get a nice workout on your buns (even though it kinda feels like you’re cheating). And you DEFINITELY have to go down the slide at the end!!

(Side note: I used to lap swim at a gorgeous outdoor pool where all these triathletes worked out. Right before they opened the pool to the public and closed the lap swim they would turn on the slide. I ALWAYS went down. I got a lot of looks like “what kind of dork are you, anyway?” But, swear to God, within a couple weeks those snooty triathletes were going down to0. You’re never too old for fun.)

By: Ellie

Ellie — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:18:36 +0000

“Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming” – my favorite line from Nemo.

Beautiful post. And appropriate for me, as I am spending the week in my bathing suit in front of my genetically blessed in-laws. Yesterday I said to-hell-with-it and had the best day flipping around like a dork in my snorkel and mask, finding all sorts of delightfully disgusting treasures to bring up and show them on the beach. I must have look like the swamp thing, but the only thing running through my head was “love me or leave me!”

Great perspective, great post. Thank you!

By: Wendy

Wendy — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:24:07 +0000

Lovely. Simply lovely. Thank you. I’m going to go ride a bike for the first time in far too many years.

By: Ellen

Ellen — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:24:10 +0000

I have studied those women. Those women don’t eat what they want, they eat next to nothing, but talk like they eat everything in sight.

The breakthrough here, in my opinion, is realizing that no one really pays that much attention to YOU, they are too worried about themselves. Be skinny, be happy, be you. I mean how many people do you truly dislike because they are not quite skinny enough. They are worrying that they themselves are not skinny enough.

Anyway. Keep swimming laps. Let the dialogue and planning fade out for a bit. Otter, I think is the thing for the iPod in water. Or Otterbox. I don’t have personal experience with it.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:32:18 +0000

Reminded me of the following: http://warner.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/07/not-so-great-expectations/
Well said.

By: Val

Val — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:05:43 +0000

I am thankful for several things as I read this: 1) That it came at just the right time. I’m watching the scale creep up. I’ve been exercising, dieting, frustrated, defeated. This is such a reality check and one I needed RIGHT NOW. 2) So many other people are saying the same thing. Again you show me I am NOT alone in feeling how I feel. 3) Always thankful for you and your words and your wisdom.