Fitness Goals! I finally swam 500m 💦

I've never been a strong swimmer and water has always terrified me. Whenever I'm water deep enough to reach my chest, I start to have panic attacks; I guess I'm frightened of getting out of my depth.

A couple of years ago I decided that I wanted to learn to swim, but my body was too weak after a period of disordered eating (I'm OK now though!). Over the past 6 months I've been going swimming semi-regularly, and today I managed to swim a total of 500 metres for the first time EVER!

This is a massive personal achievement for me; it demonstrates how far my strength and fitness has come over the last few years. At my lowest weight (and least fit), I could feel the weak tendons in my shoulders strain as I bent forward or lifted anything. Now, I don't feel any strain in my joints - I feel stronger than I've ever felt before.

I'm going to keep up the swimming. My next goal is to be able to swim 1km distance; wish me luck, I'll let you know when I succeed :)

Love x