Comments on: I went swimming every day this week (I am the cleanest person in Seattle) http://www.grassdirtcorn.com/2009/10/i-went-swimming-every-day-this-week-i-am-the-cleanest-person-in-seattle/ Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:43:34 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: hollie http://www.grassdirtcorn.com/2009/10/i-went-swimming-every-day-this-week-i-am-the-cleanest-person-in-seattle/comment-page-1/#comment-2870 hollie Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:55:08 +0000 http://www.grassdirtcorn.com/?p=1505#comment-2870 Ivana - I wasn't angry at myself, don't worry. I was just remarking on how easy it is to get away from doing any exercise at all, so that just half an hour feels like A LOT. When you look at people in other countries, especially more walkable countries like Europe, or countries where the standard of living doesn't include paved roads everywhere and door to door driving; then you see how half an hour of movement is pretty paltry. Julie - HI! :) Thank you! Yeah, I love getting out and doing more. While we were in the pool yesterday, Sonja said something like, "Do you realize we've been in Seattle about two months now?", and it blew me away that we'd been here so short a time but we've done so very much. In a single week I get more exercise, more socialization, and more travel than I did in a month in Ellensburg. Sonja said she could really see how much happier Greg and I are, and that felt good, to get that perspective from someone who knows us so well. I feel like that's true, too. And yeah, I DO always smell like chlorine! I like to wave my hand in front of Greg's face and say, "SMELL ME! I'm SO CLEAN!" Swimming hasn't made me less obnoxious, apparently. Ivana – I wasn’t angry at myself, don’t worry. I was just remarking on how easy it is to get away from doing any exercise at all, so that just half an hour feels like A LOT. When you look at people in other countries, especially more walkable countries like Europe, or countries where the standard of living doesn’t include paved roads everywhere and door to door driving; then you see how half an hour of movement is pretty paltry.

Julie – HI! :) Thank you! Yeah, I love getting out and doing more. While we were in the pool yesterday, Sonja said something like, “Do you realize we’ve been in Seattle about two months now?”, and it blew me away that we’d been here so short a time but we’ve done so very much. In a single week I get more exercise, more socialization, and more travel than I did in a month in Ellensburg. Sonja said she could really see how much happier Greg and I are, and that felt good, to get that perspective from someone who knows us so well. I feel like that’s true, too.

And yeah, I DO always smell like chlorine! I like to wave my hand in front of Greg’s face and say, “SMELL ME! I’m SO CLEAN!” Swimming hasn’t made me less obnoxious, apparently.

]]> By: julie http://www.grassdirtcorn.com/2009/10/i-went-swimming-every-day-this-week-i-am-the-cleanest-person-in-seattle/comment-page-1/#comment-2869 julie Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:10:24 +0000 http://www.grassdirtcorn.com/?p=1505#comment-2869 Good for you! It is wonderful that you all are getting out and doing so much more. Swimming is one of the best things you can do for overall fitness and I think you will be surprised how fast you get to looking forward to it. I swim everyday if I can and really miss it when I don't go. You just have to get used to always smelling like chlorine :) Good for you! It is wonderful that you all are getting out and doing so much more. Swimming is one of the best things you can do for overall fitness and I think you will be surprised how fast you get to looking forward to it. I swim everyday if I can and really miss it when I don’t go. You just have to get used to always smelling like chlorine :)

]]> By: Ivana http://www.grassdirtcorn.com/2009/10/i-went-swimming-every-day-this-week-i-am-the-cleanest-person-in-seattle/comment-page-1/#comment-2868 Ivana Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:59:28 +0000 http://www.grassdirtcorn.com/?p=1505#comment-2868 Don't you get t wear pink goggles, too? Please just promise me that you won't be angry at yourself if you don't swim/exercise as much next week. The frustrating thing about moderation is the ebb and flow of it all. (All things in moderation, including moderation!) Some weeks you'll get in 5 days of exercise, some weeks only one, and that's ok. I think the main thing to look out for is burnout. And, really, 30 minutes a day of exercise is far more than what most Americans get, so don't be so hard on yourself! Enjoy that feeling of your body getting tighter. Something I really like about exercise is the awareness it gives me of my body that I had trained myself away from when I was larger. It can be scary, though, at first. I remember those first yoga classes, so frustrated and embarrassed that I couldn't bend the way I though I was supposed to. There was, well, stuff in the way. And I'm not sure about how many calories can be burned through typing, but it may have something to do with distance from keyboard to kitchen. Yesterday I had one of those evenings that I just couldn't keep myself away from the kitchen...SO HARD. Don’t you get t wear pink goggles, too?

Please just promise me that you won’t be angry at yourself if you don’t swim/exercise as much next week. The frustrating thing about moderation is the ebb and flow of it all. (All things in moderation, including moderation!) Some weeks you’ll get in 5 days of exercise, some weeks only one, and that’s ok. I think the main thing to look out for is burnout.

And, really, 30 minutes a day of exercise is far more than what most Americans get, so don’t be so hard on yourself! Enjoy that feeling of your body getting tighter. Something I really like about exercise is the awareness it gives me of my body that I had trained myself away from when I was larger. It can be scary, though, at first. I remember those first yoga classes, so frustrated and embarrassed that I couldn’t bend the way I though I was supposed to. There was, well, stuff in the way.

And I’m not sure about how many calories can be burned through typing, but it may have something to do with distance from keyboard to kitchen. Yesterday I had one of those evenings that I just couldn’t keep myself away from the kitchen…SO HARD.

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