When I was a kid I loved to swim. I was a really strong swimmer and it's something i prided myself in. I would swim out in the ocean and give my parents a bit of a heart attack going out too far. I would swim in lakes, I was on a swim team for a little while...and then I hit puberty, I started developing breasts..quickly. started getting really uncomfortable wearing swimsuits with so much of my body showing. I quit the swim team because I couldn't focus on swimming, only my discomfort of my body. I quit going to swimming pool parties or swimming around my friends who would wear little 2 piece bikinis at 11 years old and I just wanted to cover my entire body in a sheet and hide. Even the "less revealing" tankini was still too revealing for my comfort. I didn't wanna be seen, or be made fun of for being too modest and prudish for not wanting to be seen. I just gave up this thing I loved so much, because of my body. When I would go swimming since then, I would be severely limited because I would wear men's swim trunks and a t shirt (even after top surgery I never took the shirt off when swimming) and you can't swim very fast or effectively when wearing a shirt that keeps coming up.

So.... I have started swimming again. I purchased a swimsuit that I feel comfortable in. The top is like a tank top and the bottom are long shorts, almost to my knees. I feel totally comfortable and covered. I just did my very first workout swimming laps the other day. I swam 500 meters. I plan to swim laps 3x a week. I need to get Into shape and lose weight and I feel like this is the perfect way because it's like getting a part of myself back that I had lost. I'm just ...really excited about it lol. This is a huge win for my health, physical and mental. When you swim it's like being in a different world for a while.