I’m now the fat old lady at the pool

Let’s un-resolve to participate in diet culture and move just for fun

I’m now one of the fat, old ladies at the pool.

It happened incrementally. I decided to re-learn how to swim when I was in my early 30s, right after finishing graduate school. I thought lap swimming would be a longer-lasting form of exercise since our joints don’t tend to hold up forever for running or other impact sports. (Boy, was I right about that on…