Its been a while since I’ve done swimming, and know that I love it – it just seems most places I used to go are now being “redeveloped” or just closed as I see it.

A whole week of at least an hour or two in a swimming pool swimming, and playing games in the sun – it was awesome. Also I ended up doing a lot more walking around that didn’t seem too bad and a little dancing which was fun… All in all quite an energetic mini time away for a week.

But now back and no-where to actually go and swim nicely – I think its the best exercise – I feel so alive when swimming. So now its missed – until I find somewhere I can go again.

I have felt quite out of breath and energy drops not so much – I’ve not changed my diet much yet but have cut down crisps to one or two bags a week (or thats the plan) instead of daily aswell as chocolate/snacks I’ve tried replacing with a seeds/nuts Mix which is suprisingly tasty.

Its been hard work and looking back doesn’t feel like I’ve done much. Its been exercise between jobs – a break in the middle of the day to do stuff and then return to job time. I think that if I keep it up then it will definetly help.

I’ve been aching a bit from the new moves, but felt when I went trampolining more in the shapes I was meant to be in for a change so may be improving my ability at the same time.

I never really needed to worry because it didn’t matter what I ate, I never showingly put on weight or in reality did.

In about year 2000, change of century and change time for me in many ways. I noticed I was starting to put on weight but not much – not much that people took notice.

I had turned 21, I was 6 foot 1 inches tall and around 10 stone, my waist was 28 inches and I was a slim build as had been for a while before.

I didn’t really do much about it except go swimming a bit and walk up the steps instead of using the lift for uni. I do recall walking all over the place too but that was more because I couldn’t afford to drive or take a bus.

A few years passed, and I joined clubs that did exercise and was always slow at learning things but get there in the end. Some things that were very energetic at least for me, althou only ran weekly so not always best.

Possible Reasons

Is it because I drive now… About the same time this all started is during/after my year of work experience and since then I’ve been driving – The need not to have to walk everywhere may be part of the problem.

Has it been the introduction of alchol or types of alchol as prior to uni/college I’d not really been drinking… but I didn’t and still don’t drink a lot. I like a few with friends usually on a weekend once in a while but thats it. I’m more a spirit or alchopop drinker than beers/ale/larger most of the time.

… And Why?

I write this not just so that others can read and see what I’m going through but also so that in time I can look back and see what was the little things in my journey that made the ride such an experience – to help me not to forget but to remind me of what was, is and could happen if nothing is done to solve the issues.