Hello :silly:
I hope you had a great hump-day!
Today was a good day for me. Productive with a little play time on the side. This morning, I labeled, packed and shipped out all my orders and then I rushed off to the lunchtime swim. Our weather was cold and rainy AGAIN today so I knew it was a swim or nothing. Luckily the weather is supposed to be better by the weekend (21C and sunny on my birthday!). I can’t wait to get outside and enjoy it!
I had this Endure Glo Bar for fuel…
Today’s swim was much better than last night’s swim!
I really struggled last night with my freestyle stroke. For some reason I couldn’t get into the groove and I was just feeling very out of breath. The pool was also packed last night and there were about 12 people in the lane so the water was very choppy (but I figure that is good practice for the try-a-tri anyways).
Today I got back into the groove. It was still quite busy (about 8 people in my lane), but it had a nice flow to it. I felt good today. I repeated my mantra- the ‘You are powerful’ one, not the ‘chocolate, banana, coconut’ one. :lol:
I fixed last night’s breathing problems by doing two things:
- Kicking more (my legs have a tendency to trail of leaving my poor arms to do all the work!)
- Taking bigger breaths of air
Both of these things were easy to change and seemed to make all the difference today. I felt really strong. Although, my poor arms were tired since I just swam last night.
I swam 30 lengths (750 metres) today and was out in just under 25 minutes! Quick and to the point.
Lunch was a speedy Ezekiel wrap of leftover Delicious Vegan Chili. Man, was it ever good!! I had it with an orange and 2 glasses of lemon water to replenish my fluids.
This afternoon was all about the Gluten-free + Raw Glo Bar! :cool:
They are currently in the dehydrator and I am almost certain that this version is the one. The feedback I had from the last version was all positive, but I just wanted to make a final couple tweaks to it before I am 100%. Hopefully this is it and then I can proceed with cost analysis, labeling, and prepping the info to list in the shopping cart!
Dinner looked quite strange, but I promise it was good…
It was leftover Coconut Red Lentil Soup + crushed Mary’s Crackers + 1/2 a tomato. Heated and mixed up. I love taking leftovers and transforming them into new dishes!
Updates:
- The email notification for comment replies that I had going before the blog re-design is no longer working. I am currently looking for something that will work!
And that’s a wrap. See you tomorrow morning for a discussion on sports, exercise, and body-image!
That wrap looks superb :)
ahh so thats what made the chilly real thick.. the crackers!! i can see it.. at first i thought it was hard bits of something.. but now i know it was just something TASTY!!! :)
I love wraps. Way to go with your swimming!
I have been a daily blog reader for the last 2+years and you have all inspired me to start my own. My Story of weight loss is a little different then most. I would love for you so stop by and check it out. Keep up the great work!
I’ve been wanting to swim so bad after seeing all this talk about it in the blog world. I sure do wish I had a public pool nearby!
i’m late on this i think, but i LOVE your new page layout!
I really want to try your gluten-free bars! When will they be available here in the US?
I have yet to figure out how one gets those Ezekiel wraps to roll up without breaking into a million pieces. I can’t seem to do it! But they do taste fantastic.
The lentils look fantastic!
Wow Ange!!! Let me just say it has been a marathon effort to catch up on all your posts ;-) When I can’t check in everyday, they just add and add and add. It’s great seeing you get the swimming and the biking underway, and that you’re enjoying it. Plus there are now so many more recipes I want to try. Good luck with the latest GF glo bar trial :-)
This crappy weather we’ve been having in Ontario is really crampin’ my style! I can’t wait to get outside for a run again!
Awesome job on the swim. I’m glad you found your groove again. :D
We are about to get what you guys have been getting….eeek, down here in TX, that brings tornados! I haven’t tried mixing the Mary’s crackers yet with anything, but I will. I am having Lentil veggie soup for lunch today, I may have to do it then.
When I was a member of the Masters swim program in Dallas, one of the coaches was really awesome about training us on our breathing. We would do lengths where we would just focus on breathing, going really slow doing freestyle aka front crawl, and taking long slow breaths….when I did that, it really helped me.
As for the Glo Bars, OMG, I’ve had 4 of the ones from my variety pack and I loved all 4 of them. I am about to put in an order for the Run bars…..woohoo, can’t wait!!!
Hey, Angela! Just a tip on getting bigger breaths when you swim….make sure you blow out the air in your lungs (via bubbles :-) ) so that you have more room in there for a big breath! You’re doing great!!