swim at least once a week for six months

You know…swimming is so wonderful, and I have been out of the habit for some time. When I was swimming everyday (swim team), I was so calm. My breathing was so free and open. My body felt like peace. My mind was at peace in the water. Why did I stop??

With this goal, I end up with a new lifestyle. I try to manage to go to the swimming pool 2 or 3 times a week.
And to swim about 1 km each time.
What can I say. I’d never guessed it before trying, but I just love going to swim.
And my back feels pretty good.
So totally worth it.

Went 10 times.
Miracle happened. AlleluJah ! Pain has flown away. Almost totally. Swimming rocks.
Stupid Incompetent Freak (aka my doctor) may, after all, be not so Stupid. Or Incompetent. or even Freak.

Went 5 times.
I practice back crawl. Actually, fits me very well : you go backwards, and you don’t know where :). To stick to a straight line (and not bumping in others swimmers), I use to follow the lines on the swimming pool ceiling. I really think it gives me a Lying-Jao¹ touch.

^{1. from Orson Scott Card’s Xenocide}

Went a lot of times. About 14 or 15.
Swimming is good, healthy, and all. But definitely not enough. Spent the new year’s eve in bed, and not for sexy purpose, hell no. Stuck with pain I was. Damn, I’m not 80 yet, I swear.
So, if I don’t have to go to the hospital (cross your fingers, please, I really don’t want to), I make that stupid doctor of mine get me an appointment with a kinesitherapist. Wich, for some stupid and unknown reason, that stupid doctor of mine didn’t want to do until now. Stupid incompetent freak.

Have swum 5 times.
Back still aches, but hey. The rest of my body is beginning to thank me.

Went to the swimming-pool 5 times this week.
My back still aches (the doc said today it will end in about 2 weeks), but I feel pretty good otherwise. It’s obvious how good is to exercise. Actually swimming is becoming an (other) addiction.
Today, I went (p)a(s)t noon, and it was crowed by unpolite bad swimmers.
I’ll go at 7 am tomorrow.

Started the 29th of november 2005.
I woke up at 6.30, went out in the night, in the awaking working Paris. Rue Mouffetard, all the little shops awoke smoothly.
I was thinking we were only 3 or 4 people in the swiming pool. Not at all. I didn’t imagine there are plenty of brave and healthy people out there, going to swim before a long day of work. But there are.
The doctor recommended 250m. I swam 400m. I’m happy and proud of me, in a easily-satisfied-with-myself sort of way.
Jeeeez, it already feels so good ! I couldn’t help but smiling on my way back home.
And this goal is absolutely useful for my “embrace my complexes” goal, and for the “lose weight” one too. Ok, maybe “losing weight” is a little bit unrealistic (¤winks to her buddy Nutella¤), but at least it helps to improve my body. It’s time.

Wooot ! I have all my day for me, I feel good and healthy. It rocks !

Several months ago, I had a bloody sciatica. One night in hospital, hurt badly, couldn’t move. (My, I(‘ve) hate(d) this feeling of immobilization).

I’ve noticed about a week ago symptoms of sciatica came back. Seen the doctor today. It seems it’s because of my hollow back.
I must swim once a week, as soon as my back doesn’t hurt anymore.
Gosh, being in swimsuit in public is very difficult for me.
I guess this could be also good for my “face and embrace my complexes” goal.