Doing it for me.

I started swimming last week. It's something I've wanted to pick up for awhile and always made excuses as to why I couldn't. Sometimes they were valid excuses but none the less I chose not to try it out. I'm not an exercise  person. I don't enjoy it, I don't get endorphins and I most definitely don't run anywhere unless someone is chasing me. Even then I would probably get caught. I do know you have to train yourself and work up to being an exercise person. The desire just has never been there.

Well in this journey to love me more I wanted to work on the health portion as well. I want to be a mom that is around for my boys. I want to be able to maybe not keep up with them but at least not have to sit out all the time. I chose swimming because I loved it growing up and I knew it is actually a really good workout. What I didn't know was how hard of a workout it actually is! 

So at first I was like 

And then I spent an hour swimming- I was out of breathe, I could feel my muscles trying to figure out what the heck was going on and I could tell I should've stopped a little sooner. But I didn't want to. 

Being in the water felt amazing. Yes tiring but I realized that it was this huge stress relief for me. You can't really think in the water, it's a lot of focusing (and for right now it's a lot of remembering to breathe for me!). I love that your under water, only able to really hear yourself swimming those laps.

I was doing it for myself and I was enjoying it. I've stuck to it for a week, they say it take 3 weeks to form a habit. Here's to a habit that I don't want to break. 

What are you choosing to do for yourself?