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Aquatic: you're totally right. I need to be more patient. And it's true our bodies are truly fascinating machines. (P.s. Ugh. I hate that song. Even if the lyrics are pretty) Emma: That explains your diary! I just joined the IF group. It's worth a try!

[quote="AquaticQuests;33718727" [/quote] You'll still be able to expend the same energy - only going a whole lot faster. Unless you want to maintain the current speed, in which case, like you point out, a more efficient stroke but maintaining a slower speed will mean less calories burned! [/quote] I'm not sure I can go…

I didn't properly swim yesterday, but am excited to put into practice what I learned yesterday in my swim lesson (only 25 minutes). I asked to learn freestyle, but he mostly focused on my breaststroke, since it's what I do most...and told me I'm lucky I have such a powerful kick, otherwise I would sink... Oh. I've been…

Sorry for the ambiguity -- I didn't hope to lose tons of weight by next Saturday, but a pound a week would have been at least 5 from the time I started. Oh well. I also think fewer than 1200 sounds dangerous! I've seen a few people's diaries who are at 1000-1200... They apparently eat one meal a day with a few small snacks…

I started swimming regularly (5x a week) on July 6 for about 30 minutes. I worked my way up to 45 minutes now (and try to do 60 on Sat or Sun -- but then I'm sore all over the next day). Only started logging calories 16 days ago. My weight went up when I first started regularly swimming, but I wasn't logging calories, and…

You guys make me feel so slow... BUT If my estimateS and calculations are correct (maybe someone more skilled than I at math can help), I think I'm swimming 6x faster than when I started on July 6! I swam 1500 m in 45 minutes yesterday. After two days without swimming, it felt great to be back in the water. All…

Ok, have been sticking to right around my calorie level, not taking into consideration any exercise calories (which I underestimate now, creating my own exercise)...and I lost part of the weight I'd put on since starting swimming/logging... but I'm not even back at the original weight yet. >.< I thought it'd be easy to…

@girlwithcurls2 -- have you tried Radio Lab? I LOVE their podcasts! I have The Moth saved, and a few Wait, Waits ;) I also enjoy This American Life. (And I listen to lawyer podcasts, which might seem boring to you, but they can be quite interesting!)

I tried running yesterday before my swim (also with a podcast) and only made it 3/4 of a mile, which was disappointing, but perhaps the fact I was listening to a podcast about oysters and water filtration didn't help. ;) I wanted to be in the pool! My knees hurt a bit after just that tiny run, too. But I absolutely HAVE to…

I just bought a Sony MP3 player last week that I've used four times since and works well. I can't listen to music, I've learned, as I SLOW DOWN (makes no sense, I know). But I've been listening to podcasts and love it. I learn while swimming!

I'll try it starting this week. It makes perfect sense, but I liked the idea of winning back calories! Like a little reward ... Though losing at least a bit of weight would be a better reward ... I just need to focus on that ;) I still find your swimming times impressive, Emma! I hope to one day meet half your times!

I'm nowhere near as impressive as any of you, in time or distance, but yesterday was a first for me in temperature! I started swimming regularly on July 6 and have since mostly had warm weather -- and had only swam in an indoor pool when it rained. Yesterday, I braved the cold (17 Celsius (62.5 Fahrenheit) and rain and…

Good luck with that! Lol!

The important thing is you swam anyway! (Try bananas before swimming. Seriously. I've had two other people suggest them to me for cramps!)

Also at a 1200 calorie limit and started gluten and lactose free yesterday to see whether it'll make a difference. If I can't tell a difference after a few months, I'll stop. Last night I had pad Thai with rice noodles ;) Just sent you an invite btw

I don't have any constructive criticism to give, as I'm waiting for September to take freestyle swimming classes (for now I'm only doing breaststroke and backstroke), but I wanted to highlight the "don't be so hard on yourself" part. You're swimming regularly, and you look 1000 x better swimming freestyle than I do.…

I set up some exercises with 1 calorie values. I set it up for my standard hour swim at "1 calorie - Swimming on my own" and then put in the actual minutes I swim, like 45 or 55 or whatever so it shows that I did it but only gives me an extra calorie. [/quote] I'll try this starting today :) I hadn't thought to input my…

I read another thread where someone was using a heart monitor, though, and the comments all said to beware of relying on them when swimming because they're less accurate in the water than on land (due to your body's reaction to the cold, etc). But the app can't be that accurate if you're swimming nearly twice as fast as I…

Thanks so much for the encouragement! Do you still log your exercise in so you see it, or not at all? I feel like seeing it helps to motivate me to keep swimming (like Dora!, but perhaps it's counterproductive if I'm not going to eat back the calories. Also, I'm not interested in super quick weight loss, but a little…

Thank you so much for your comment, which makes total sense. I don't always count laps (because I'm new to swimming and was not exercising at all before, I'm more interested in making sure I swim at least half an hour for now. Once that becomes routine, and I up the time a bit, I'll focus on speed), but for reference, I…

Steven, what you say about being hungry makes sense. But how unpleasant. I'll start by trying to meet my calorie goal without factoring in exercise and see what happens ... And how I feel. And I'll time my swimming next time to see whether putting it in that way makes a difference ... I'll let you know what happens in a…

Thanks for your reply! I think you might be right about the exercise... Drats. I've logged in for 5 days and now that I look at the actual calories from food, not adding the extra calories it allows after exercise, I was only under my calorie goal ONE day.. and one day way over it (1632 instead of my 1200 limit). So would…

I'm looking for encouragement as well! Please add me :) (I tried to add some of the commenters, but can't figure out how. Im also new to the app!)