NSV- water sinking! I'm no longer too fat to float!

Since I had a minor (one pound) gain this week I thought I'd counter-act it with a little NSV (Non Scale Victory for those who aren't familiar with the lingo). Check this out!

I remember trying to swim at my heaviest, or somewhere near there. I love the water. I swear I am part mermaid. Imagine my surprise when I could not get my BUTT to cooperate and go under water. So there I am, trying to do a typical over arm swim and....my head keeps going under water. I couldn't even swim if I wanted to. I literally kept floating to the top of the water and could not swim. Not that I could do more than a few strokes, but still. For the first time in my life could not swim!

Fast forward to a 75 pounds or more loss. I'm in the deep end of a pool (I was taking water aerobics at one point) and I noticed if I stopped treading water, I stayed in place. I was at the perfect 50/50 proportion of head-perfectly-above-water with no effort. I tread water. I'd stop. I would simply stay above water and not have to move my legs!

So here I am this summer, 160+ pounds down and we get an above ground pool. I have been water jogging as many of you know, but I don't have a deep end. This is only 4' deep and yes, I can swim! My butt goes down! But better yet, read this:

Last week we were in a hotel overnight and we tread water in the deep end, hubby and I. I stopped treading to see what would happen and guess what. I SANK. *wipes tear*. I no longer float. I must now keep going, or drown.

That's my little NSV on a day I fee like taking the scale out the driveway and running it over, continuously, with the truck.

♥
Bevy