After the missed swim sessions last week, I made a major breakthough in the swimming this week. The weather has been beautiful and the sea has been calm and clear blue. I managed to swim about a mile in around 30-35 minutes and then went on to make it about 1.5 miles in around 45-50 minutes. The first time I've gone over a mile. I'm now thinking I should be revising my Ironman swim target from 1:30 to something a bit quicker, maybe even as quick as 1:15

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Over the past few weeks I've done something I've never tried before. Firstly I've improved my diet, cutting out all refined sugars and going for more complex carbs. I have also recorded all my calories and also my weight each day. I began by limiting my intake to 3500 kcal per day, but have seen a steady loss in weight. I'm slowly increasing the calories (currently 3800 kcal per day) until I see the weight stabalise.