"The Girls" May Try to Break for Freedom

The photo above shows the pool North Central High School, 

where I usually go to swim on Saturdays with other 

members of Indy Aquatics Masters. Snow and extreme cold 

had closed schools and most of the pools where IAM 

practice sessions are held, so that meant a lot of  people,

including children from area schools showed up 

to swim. The place was crowded and noisy all morning

with the purposeful flurry of people swimming laps,

back and forth as they performed drills intended 

to improve their conditioning and times.

I'd missed quite a bit of time in the pool over the past

month, so have been feeling the effort more

than usual. My weight loss has been stagnant, too,

so I feel the need to return to my routine.

Nevertheless, one of the other members gave me an 

encouraging word the other night, when he remarked that

he noticed how much stronger I've been swimming.

He's an experienced triathlete, a man who's competed 

in ten Iron Man triathlons so his comment meant a lot to me.

After Saturday's practice, I looked in the mirror 

to notice that my swimsuit has started to get baggy, 

so was both pleased and dismayed to see how much 

the suit had loosened around my boobs.

It was an additional month before my last suit began to 

cling to my body, instead of compressing it.

I bought my present one just a couple months ago!

Seriously, just eight weeks ago.  And they're not cheap;

the last one cost just over $100, including shipping.

It took me a while to earn the money to buy my suit,

and wore the old one longer than I should have; while 

I kept telling myself that our coaches have seen a nipple or 

two during their lives, it wasn't long before 

I was myself too embarrassed to wear the damn thing

one more time. So the upshot is this: since June,

between dieting and swimming, I've gone through three

suits, with a fourth to come in the next few weeks. 

I have another one in a drawer that I tried on 

and it is now a bit too large, as well.

Besides, it's not suitable for the kind of swimming 

I do, being too low cut. I'd probably come 

out of it altogether - or in the altogether.

I'm sure it'd be a real scene to have The Girls' 

noses peeping from under the shelter of the 

suit's Mossy Break-up camouflage print.

I love that print and wish Speedo or Tyr

would make a suit from it. No such luck, I guess.