Comments for Traveling Well http://www.traveling-well.com It is better to travel well than to arrive. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:18:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on hi by Thea @ It's Me Vs. Me http://www.traveling-well.com/2012/01/25/hi/#comment-3451 Thea @ It's Me Vs. Me Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:18:23 +0000 http://www.traveling-well.com/?p=1512#comment-3451 I know exactly how you feel. Live your life first, friend! I know exactly how you feel. Live your life first, friend!

]]> Comment on hi by Bari http://www.traveling-well.com/2012/01/25/hi/#comment-3443 Bari Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:34:43 +0000 http://www.traveling-well.com/?p=1512#comment-3443 *waves from across the pond* Miss you! I'm glad to hear you are doing well but get that life can get in the way. No worries. I'm here for you! *waves from across the pond* Miss you! I’m glad to hear you are doing well but get that life can get in the way. No worries. I’m here for you!

]]> Comment on hi by lissa http://www.traveling-well.com/2012/01/25/hi/#comment-3440 lissa Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:42:48 +0000 http://www.traveling-well.com/?p=1512#comment-3440 I think of you often and miss you dearly!! Shoot me an email sometime, skank! :) xo! I think of you often and miss you dearly!! Shoot me an email sometime, skank! :) xo!

]]> Comment on looking back, looking forward by AnnG http://www.traveling-well.com/2011/12/31/looking-back-looking-forward/#comment-3378 AnnG Sun, 15 Jan 2012 01:06:36 +0000 http://www.traveling-well.com/?p=1510#comment-3378 You are awesomely amazing and I'm sooooo stinkin' proud of you! You have accomplished so much this past year! And look at what you want to accomplish this year? You can do anything now! xoxoxo You are awesomely amazing and I’m sooooo stinkin’ proud of you! You have accomplished so much this past year! And look at what you want to accomplish this year? You can do anything now! xoxoxo

]]> Comment on looking back, looking forward by Amy http://www.traveling-well.com/2011/12/31/looking-back-looking-forward/#comment-3309 Amy Wed, 04 Jan 2012 08:01:59 +0000 http://www.traveling-well.com/?p=1510#comment-3309 Good for you! And it sounds like you have some wonderful goals for 2012. Happy New Year! Good for you! And it sounds like you have some wonderful goals for 2012. Happy New Year!

]]> Comment on looking back, looking forward by Thea @ It's Me Vs. Me http://www.traveling-well.com/2011/12/31/looking-back-looking-forward/#comment-3305 Thea @ It's Me Vs. Me Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:13:45 +0000 http://www.traveling-well.com/?p=1510#comment-3305 I can't believe you are almost done wtth the swimming! That's awesome! I'm right there with you with the strength training. I missed you! I hope to see you around more! I can’t believe you are almost done wtth the swimming! That’s awesome! I’m right there with you with the strength training.

I missed you! I hope to see you around more!

]]> Comment on looking back, looking forward by lissa http://www.traveling-well.com/2011/12/31/looking-back-looking-forward/#comment-3286 lissa Mon, 02 Jan 2012 01:53:08 +0000 http://www.traveling-well.com/?p=1510#comment-3286 I've missed you so much! I think you have some great plans for 2012! Looking forward to seeing you grow (not literally) this year! ;) I’ve missed you so much! I think you have some great plans for 2012! Looking forward to seeing you grow (not literally) this year! ;)

]]> Comment on My Story by Jill http://www.traveling-well.com/about/#comment-3120 Jill Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:54:39 +0000 http://www.traveling-well.com/?page_id=2#comment-3120 Thank you for sharing...this is a fantastic blog/history of you!! It is so important for all girls/women to know that they are beautiful...and I try to tell my girls frequently!! Thank you!! Thank you for sharing…this is a fantastic blog/history of you!! It is so important for all girls/women to know that they are beautiful…and I try to tell my girls frequently!! Thank you!!

]]> Comment on (Untitled) by AnnG http://www.traveling-well.com/2011/11/15/1505/#comment-3094 AnnG Thu, 24 Nov 2011 04:41:55 +0000 http://www.traveling-well.com/?p=1505#comment-3094 I'm with Bari and Brooke on this one! Make sure you have some meat and tator foods for me, k?? But...homemade bread? YUM!! Exercise? Sounds like you are getting a lot more than me if you are riding your bike that much every day! Me...even less than that! I’m with Bari and Brooke on this one! Make sure you have some meat and tator foods for me, k?? But…homemade bread? YUM!! Exercise? Sounds like you are getting a lot more than me if you are riding your bike that much every day! Me…even less than that!

]]> Comment on menu planning: a day late by AnnG http://www.traveling-well.com/2011/11/21/menu-planning-a-day-late/#comment-3093 AnnG Thu, 24 Nov 2011 04:39:01 +0000 http://www.traveling-well.com/?p=1506#comment-3093 Good for you, for keeping your mil's thoughts/feelings in mind while menu planning! Good for you, for keeping your mil’s thoughts/feelings in mind while menu planning!

]]> Comment on ZERO to 1650: week 1 day 1 by AnnG http://www.traveling-well.com/2011/11/21/zero-to-1650-week-1-day-1/#comment-3092 AnnG Thu, 24 Nov 2011 04:37:44 +0000 http://www.traveling-well.com/?p=1507#comment-3092 How cool that you found one so close to your house and is so nice! You deserve to go to a swanky pool! Have fun! How cool that you found one so close to your house and is so nice! You deserve to go to a swanky pool! Have fun!

]]> Comment on ZERO to 1650: week 1 day 2 by AnnG http://www.traveling-well.com/2011/11/23/zero-to-1650-week-1-day-2/#comment-3091 AnnG Thu, 24 Nov 2011 04:34:59 +0000 http://www.traveling-well.com/?p=1508#comment-3091 Way to go for not letting fear hold you back from something you love! So proud of you and how far you have come in the past few years! Hugs!! Way to go for not letting fear hold you back from something you love! So proud of you and how far you have come in the past few years! Hugs!!

]]> Comment on ZERO to 1650: week 1 day 2 by Karena http://www.traveling-well.com/2011/11/23/zero-to-1650-week-1-day-2/#comment-3090 Karena Thu, 24 Nov 2011 04:19:00 +0000 http://www.traveling-well.com/?p=1508#comment-3090 Wow, thanks for the great tips, Alex! Those are all some great finer points of freestyle that I'd forgotten about over the years. I'll definitely focus more on my form - it's something I was planning to do anyway. The flip turns? I'm going to wait a week or two before I reintroduce them :) I expect I'll be rather disoriented in the water when I first try to reteach my body/brain how to do them, so I want to make sure I'm really at ease before I give it a try! Wow, thanks for the great tips, Alex! Those are all some great finer points of freestyle that I’d forgotten about over the years. I’ll definitely focus more on my form – it’s something I was planning to do anyway. The flip turns? I’m going to wait a week or two before I reintroduce them :) I expect I’ll be rather disoriented in the water when I first try to reteach my body/brain how to do them, so I want to make sure I’m really at ease before I give it a try!

]]> Comment on ZERO to 1650: week 1 day 2 by *Alex* http://www.traveling-well.com/2011/11/23/zero-to-1650-week-1-day-2/#comment-3089 *Alex* Wed, 23 Nov 2011 22:51:45 +0000 http://www.traveling-well.com/?p=1508#comment-3089 Hey there! I'm actually getting back into the water myself after a 10 year hiatus from competitive swimming (it feels like FOREVER!) so congrats to you for getting back in there in the first place! As for some tips my biggest one would be to keep focusing forward [I like to keep the line of my swim cap at the water's surface with my goggles submerged looking forward at the wall in front of me] and to keep swimming next to the wall or the buoy line so that you have something tangible right next to you at surface level. Another great thing is to keep focus on your stroke. This keeps me from having my mind wander (which sometimes is nice but sometimes more distracting than anything). I focus on my free this way: are my elbows leading with my fingertips almost dragging on the surface? Is my arm relaxed when out of the water reaching? Am I reaching with my whole body? Am I pulling straight back in an S shape? Is my thumb out making my paddle that much stronger? Am I breathing correctly (turning to the side with my head & body not looking straight up to the sky or lifting out of the water)? Am I breathing ever 2-3 strokes to keep my pace? These little notes keep me focused on moving forward. Maybe also with your flip turns [if you do those] try to keep as close to the surface as possible and remember to get your eyes back on that wall ASAP. Try some kick sets to help ease you in as well for your warm up. Doing those with a kick board forces you to look to the wall and not down so that might help you ease in slowly. Hope some of those help & congrats again on getting back in the water & tackling that fear! :D Hey there! I’m actually getting back into the water myself after a 10 year hiatus from competitive swimming (it feels like FOREVER!) so congrats to you for getting back in there in the first place!

As for some tips my biggest one would be to keep focusing forward [I like to keep the line of my swim cap at the water's surface with my goggles submerged looking forward at the wall in front of me] and to keep swimming next to the wall or the buoy line so that you have something tangible right next to you at surface level.

Another great thing is to keep focus on your stroke. This keeps me from having my mind wander (which sometimes is nice but sometimes more distracting than anything). I focus on my free this way: are my elbows leading with my fingertips almost dragging on the surface? Is my arm relaxed when out of the water reaching? Am I reaching with my whole body? Am I pulling straight back in an S shape? Is my thumb out making my paddle that much stronger? Am I breathing correctly (turning to the side with my head & body not looking straight up to the sky or lifting out of the water)? Am I breathing ever 2-3 strokes to keep my pace? These little notes keep me focused on moving forward.

Maybe also with your flip turns [if you do those] try to keep as close to the surface as possible and remember to get your eyes back on that wall ASAP. Try some kick sets to help ease you in as well for your warm up. Doing those with a kick board forces you to look to the wall and not down so that might help you ease in slowly.

Hope some of those help & congrats again on getting back in the water & tackling that fear! :D

]]> Comment on ZERO to 1650: week 1 day 2 by Brooke http://www.traveling-well.com/2011/11/23/zero-to-1650-week-1-day-2/#comment-3087 Brooke Wed, 23 Nov 2011 20:46:07 +0000 http://www.traveling-well.com/?p=1508#comment-3087 breathing is the big panic for me. asthma girl gets freaked out easily when she can't breathe. breathing is the big panic for me. asthma girl gets freaked out easily when she can’t breathe.

]]> Comment on ZERO to 1650: week 1 day 2 by Thea @ I'm a Drama Mama http://www.traveling-well.com/2011/11/23/zero-to-1650-week-1-day-2/#comment-3086 Thea @ I'm a Drama Mama Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:01:05 +0000 http://www.traveling-well.com/?p=1508#comment-3086 That's so interesting! But I"m with Bari, it makes perfect sense. Good job not giving in to the fear and for finding something that works for you! That’s so interesting! But I”m with Bari, it makes perfect sense. Good job not giving in to the fear and for finding something that works for you!

]]> Comment on ZERO to 1650: week 1 day 2 by Bari http://www.traveling-well.com/2011/11/23/zero-to-1650-week-1-day-2/#comment-3084 Bari Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:23:49 +0000 http://www.traveling-well.com/?p=1508#comment-3084 Wow! I would have never thought of that - being afraid of heights while in the water, but it makes perfect sense. Wow! I would have never thought of that – being afraid of heights while in the water, but it makes perfect sense.

]]> Comment on ZERO to 1650: week 1 day 1 by Thea @ I'm A Drama Mama http://www.traveling-well.com/2011/11/21/zero-to-1650-week-1-day-1/#comment-3077 Thea @ I'm A Drama Mama Tue, 22 Nov 2011 02:30:44 +0000 http://www.traveling-well.com/?p=1507#comment-3077 Oh, my gosh, I am so, SO jealous of your new gym! I swear I'd swim more if it wasn't just so much of a pain to find an open lap time! That's awesome you have that available to you! Oh, my gosh, I am so, SO jealous of your new gym! I swear I’d swim more if it wasn’t just so much of a pain to find an open lap time! That’s awesome you have that available to you!

]]> Comment on ZERO to 1650: week 1 day 1 by Brooke http://www.traveling-well.com/2011/11/21/zero-to-1650-week-1-day-1/#comment-3075 Brooke Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:22:15 +0000 http://www.traveling-well.com/?p=1507#comment-3075 i feel like a loser for flaking on you. sawry! but good job kicking ass in the pool this morning. i feel like a loser for flaking on you. sawry! but good job kicking ass in the pool this morning.

]]> Comment on ZERO to 1650: week 1 day 1 by The Skepdick http://www.traveling-well.com/2011/11/21/zero-to-1650-week-1-day-1/#comment-3074 The Skepdick Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:59:47 +0000 http://www.traveling-well.com/?p=1507#comment-3074 Pffft. I ride my bike 17 kilometers a day to work. But, I could never swim a mile. Pffft. I ride my bike 17 kilometers a day to work. But, I could never swim a mile.

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