I did my aquafit last night, first time this year!  It really wore me out, but I'm glad I did it.

The class was fun, it wasn't just old ladies and me this time, there were some younger women who were big.  No one in my weight class, but big enough I didn't feel alone!

What's more, the lifeguard running the class wasn't super tiny!  It would be a stretch to call her fat, but when I was her size, I considered myself to be fat.  She might be 140 pounds or so.  I didn't ask.

It was nice, there weren't any guys around.  I don't like it when they're watching me getting in/out of the pool.  Just a thing I guess that I hated last time.

For now I'll be doing it every other day, I could really feel it today!  It's something I need to get in the habit of, but can't over do it either!

Hey, Amy! Hang in there. Remember that all the "wearing out" you're doing to yourself now will pay off in the form of more energy and vigor in the future. It's the opposite of the lifestyle of perfect gluttony uninterrupted by the strains of exercise, where the future payoffs are decidedly negative. I can only imagine what personal circumstances brought you to decide that it was necessary for you to give up your glorious carefree weight gain, but, now that you have committed to getting in shape, I wish you all the best. As you may remember, I too was a perfectly sedentary glutton in the past, and I ended up with big health problems. Out of self-preservation, I started to exercise. I wish I could have just eaten and eaten forever without ever having to lift a finger, but unfortunately life just doesn't work out that way, so I put up with my exercises and my medicines, and, for my troubles, I'm still here. I'm wishing you all the best for your swim classes! And, yeah, it's really nice not to have males around during exercise.

Having been a "fan" of your blog for some time I rarely comment, but in this case I'll do so gladly. We all do things for our own personal reasons. No matter what we do, so in your case the decision to lose weight and exercise is a very personal one. "Slow and steady wins the race" has always been my motto. . I've always enjoyed your take on movies you have watched as well. I am sure no matter what your endeavor you'll succeed, and do so with grace and class. All my best:)

Good luck Amy & don't worry about guys looking at you as you get out of the pool, you'd look simply gorgeous in a one piece.:)