Thought I'd take a minute to post real quick and let you guys know that I did go swimming Tuesday. We had a lot of fun and I got sunburned everywhere I didn't have sunscreen (eyelids and scalp...wth with the scalp burn? it isn't that thin is it?). I spent almost the entire hour and a half keeping busy, whether I was swimming laps or walking or doing strength training. I felt it when I went to get out of the pool, but the next day I was fine which makes me wonder if I was really doing anything at all lol. I want to hurt, I want my muscles to ache!!
Tanner and I are a great swim team btw! He swam a few laps with me at the beginning and then went off to have some fun with the kids. Every once in a while, I would give him a choice of getting out of the pool to go up the massive slides they have there (its quite a job for him to climb) or come and swim one lap back and forth.
I'm going to get some diving sticks or something this weekend so that we can incorporate that in our workout as well. The diving sticks are great too because it gets the kids interacting with him. I was so upset Tuesday because Tanner and a few kids were playing with his water football having a great time, a kid came up and started talking to him so Tanner told him he was deaf and looked for me to interpret. I swam over and asked the kid what he wanted to say, but I could already tell that the sound of Tanner's voice had freaked him out. He just put his hands up and said "no, thats ok, nothing." I told him it was fine, tanner was just deaf and I could interpret for him, did he want to play too? Again the kid acted like he was going to catch it from Tanner or something and just swam off :( It honestly doesn't happen very often, but when it does, it makes my heart break for tanner :( He could have cared less though, he just went on playing with the other kids lol so who has the problem with it?
I've also sorted out a scam to get Tanner more motivated to exercise. It's going to sound bass ackwards, but I think it makes sense. We are going to have one night a week where we eat out and Tanner gets to pick the spot...as long as he gets 20 minutes of physical activity a day in at home. If he doesn't get the 20 minutes a day, then we don't eat out that Friday. The food isn't so much a "reward" per se, but more of a way to make it make sense to him: If you work out, then you can afford to splurge every now and then. You don't work out, you can't afford it. We'll see how well this goes over. He's gotten rather used to fast food.
Erik took him to tour the high school and he said that Tanner was pretty much the heaviest kid he saw there :( Again, the guilt is immense. I sometimes wonder if I'm ever going to be able to undo any of the damage we've done in regards to his ideas about food. I swear to you, the kid does not have a FULL sensation. He eats and I KNOW he has to be stuffed, but he will ask for more. I know it is partly because of some of the medication he is on, but geez...when you can out-eat me, you are consuming at the professional level.
Ok, I hear him coming in the door as I write so I have to sign off so that we can go to pool again! Not sure how to keep my scalp from burning though...any suggestions that don't involve me donning some dorky headpiece or putting sunscreen in my hair? Trust me, I have quite a look going in just the swimsuit.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Synchronized Swimming
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:) Nope, no words of wisdom on the hair, might need to get a big chic sunhat. That's what I'm going to do. Way to go getting out there! Keep up the good work.
Megan
What cute lil piggies!
Yay to swimming. I haven't been in a while. Diving sticks are a cool idea. That's never occurred to me before.
Good on Tanner!
No different suggestions for the scalp burn sorry!
I don't know if they sell it anymore, but a few years ago I got a spray that is made for the scalp. I think it's by Banana Boat. It's clear but kind of greasy. But I would much rather have greasy hair than a burnt scalp! Especially when it starts to peel and everyone thinks you have a massive case of dandruff haha :) But look for it in the store.. the bottle is like a hairspray bottle and it says something about being a scalp and hair protector on it.
Yay for swimming! I think you've got great idea's to get Tanner excercising!
Hope your burn is healing.I don't have any suggestions for your scalp though...
I have something on my blog for you =)
Hi, Just found our blog--what a hoot! Thanks for sharing the roadblocks and victories.
Don't know if this will help you, but it was my epiphanatical moment: had been working on losing weight, but started to forage in the kitchen late one night, and all of a sudden I sort of moved into the moment. I realized that what I was starting to do was in direct opposition to my goal. Up until then, I'd always been able to keep a functional disconnect between the two--and it allowed me the luxury of denial. It was sort of my moment when the shoulder angel/demon merged, and it suddenly struck me that this was how it was done: every bite mattered. It was just that simple, and just that profound. And somehow, realizing that, everything changed.
That was months ago, and I just never lost that realization. I've been wandering around the desert for decades trying to figure out why I couldn't lose weight and keep it off. And there it was, all that time, the secret of life, in my own back pocket.
Hope this makes sense--I don't know if a good used second-hand epiphany ever did anyone a lick of good, but if so, I give this to you. Thanks for the laughter--that's part of the solution, too, you know? Finding other ways to make ourselves feel happy--and your writing made me laugh out loud.
Best to you.
I love those little piggies! So cute!
Glad you have been swimming, it is a wonderful way to exercise! Not sure about the head from burning. Your best bet really would be to wear a swimcap. :)
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