Today i swam 1 km (20 laps) 10 freestyle and 10 breast stroke. I alternated between the strokes 2 laps of each. This way i could keep count of how many laps i was doing usually i just go for it and say hmmmm i think i’ve done enough or i wish i had counted oh well i’ll just stop now. Getting to 20 laps or 1 km gave me a huge sense of achievement and satisfaction. I felt so much better than had i not know how much swimming i did.

While i was doing this swimming it occured to me that i love measuring things specifically related to my weight loss.

When i was at my prime weight loss i was double tracking, for those who are not crazy like me and don’t know what that means i would track on paper in my diary and also on WW e tools just to make sure my measures were correct and to remind me of my targets for the day.

In my attempts to lose weight prior to WW i would always go well for a couple of weeks and then stop seeing results of lose interest and i would stop. In these attempts i never actually knew my starting weight or the amount of weight i lost (no scales at home and i wasn’t going to use shopping centre scales i guess i was in denial).

I have had a heart rate monitor for a week now and i love it i love seeing my heart rate averages and maximums and calories burned and i want to improve my scores i’m already comparing similar classes and working out when i need to push more the heart rate monitor has been a wake up call it shows me i could be working harder and i’m not burning as many calories as i think i am.

Anywhoo i am a girl who likes to measure things and make them quantifiable. I feel a great sense of achievement when i can measure my success.