So I've been putting together a workout regime for myself. With my sore joints and muscles I figure swimming is going to be the best way for me to tone my muscles. That and I have a LOT of experiencing swimming and although I am very out of practice I consider myself an advanced swimmer.

Since I've been doing my research I've also ran into a very interesting thing. Runners and swimmers do not like each other. Both sing praises about their sport and diss the other. It's vicious!

But I will not get into that, all I am going to say is I think swimming is the preferable sport for out of shape fat people. Partially because it is very easy on your joints, also if you know how to swim you can jump right into any stroke and start working out. Running you have to already be somewhat in shape to do effectively. I don't know about you but I can't run for a few minutes without needing to stop.

Plus swimming is fun! You don't realize you're sweating because all of the water, and there's water! Yay!

The only downside, and it's a bit of a catch-22, is that you have to wear a swimsuit. Larger people tend to have low self esteem when it comes to clothing. Swimsuits are very revealing. But without some kind of exercise you're not going to look better in a suit. For myself the shame dissipates as soon as I'm in the water. So if I can jump in while everyone's backs are turned, yay for me!

This whole swimming fixation started when we went to Phoenix. There was a pool in the hotel and we'd go at about 11pm to swim. Martha, my younger sister who NEVER says anything nice, and who is also vain and self absorbed actually commented that my suit looks pretty good on me. I just about died right there. First she was looking at my wearing my suit and second I didn't repulse her. Holy frickin' cow!!