Guest guest Posted March 17, 2006 Report Share Posted March 17, 2006 I used to call myself fatgirlswimming.... after coming acroos Steve's website in the beginning. I recently changed it to seaturtle56now, because I no longer wanted identify as just a fat girl plus I now can buy non-plus size clothes...just got back from shopping and automatically went to the really big clothes but found them too big. I am 56 years old and identify with sea turtles because they are slow and round. I lost the 80 pounds slowly. no crash diets.. mostly swimming as exercise. As far as the person who said that swimming gives him a backache..that was true for me also until I realized that swimming on my back and doing the backstroke helps my back plus opens up my chest better... I also have asthma. It was hard give myself permission to put on a bathing suit and go to the YMCA, but I soon discovered other " fat " people there. I have more weight to lose and certainly need to keep firming up what I have lost. I found myself deciding to swim when under stress the other day.. instead of looking for chocolate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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