Today I picked William up at his house at 5:30am to go to the local recreation center for some swimming. I called William when I arrived from the driveway and he told me that he would be right out. I was very impressed that he was up and ready to go! He jumped in the car and away we went.
On the way there we discussed his calorie counting from yesterday, and he told me that he only ate about 1900 calories. I have been thinking about this a lot; I think he should be eating more calories and making better choices.
So I did some research on the internet and this is what I found:
He should eat 2251 calories a day to lose a pound per week. However, he only needs 55% carbs, 15% protein, and 30% fats, therefore he needs to make smarter food choices in conjunction with his new active lifestyle in order to get better and faster results. Unfortunately, I cannot be there for him to help in his decision making when it comes to his meal plans. He will have to do some self motivating on this. I can only give him the tools; he will need to put them to work for himself.
We get to the recreation center where we are going to swim. William puts on his swimming suit, it does not fit. It is too BIG!! I can not believe it. He has only lost a few pounds and his clothes don’t fit. Last week he told me that his jeans don’t fit right, that they were too big. I was thinking that it was in his head. I guess not. William had to swim in his gym shorts. While he was changing into them he had a big smile on his face. I wonder what was going thru his head.
We get into the pool at 6am. William swims a lap and then the life guard stops us and asks us if we need a kick board. I reply “Do I need one?” I don’t know what they are used for I am not a swimmer. She then said “You use it to help to get a break by just kicking but you are still moving.” She then explains to William that it will help him develop his kicking. She can see that he is not a very strong swimmer. She gets us a board, we kick to the other side of the pool, and William tells me that it is difficult for him to kick. I get to the other end of the pool before he does and the life guard tells me that maybe the kick board is not for him. When William gets back to the end of the pool the life guard gives William some pointers on how to do the backstroke. Then before I knew it there was another life guard in the water demonstrating the breaststroke for William. The last 40 minutes of the work out William swam one length of the pool doing the breaststroke, and returned doing the backstroke. In the past William would struggle swimming freestyle and the workout would drag on. William would be frustrated with not being able to swim like he wanted to. I am glad that the life guards were there to help both us today, because swimming is definitely not my strong point. We get out of the pool and I tell William that he is not the only person wanting to “chop me in the throat”; I wanted to as well. I have never been swimming for an hour ever in my life (other than swimming at friends’ houses when I was a kid). Nothing ever like this! I was exhausted! William was exhausted as well. We changed out of our swimming suits and headed back to the house!
On the way to the car we talked about Kirsten (the life guard) I can not believe a perfect stranger was willing to help him succeed in today’s goal. I told William that surrounding himself with active people that are willing to help each other is very good for his new active lifestyle.
Today was eye opening for me, because I should have more knowledge of the event we are doing. I am very glad Kirsten was there to help. I think today was a huge success for both of us!
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