I have had almost no time to write on this blog- my partner on the documentary film I’ve been working on this year and I decided about a month ago to start a web marketing business and adding those additional 30 hours per week on top of school, the movie, my personal life and the needs of my dogs has put me into stress overload.  Also, writing overload- I’m responsible for the blog text on our own website, for the text for the three website projects we have for the business and I’m also working very hard on my This American Life internship application.  The business is actually going great and I am feeling fulfilled and happy in most aspects of my life.  Fortunately, this means that I have had not much time to eat junk food or laze about.  I have not exactly been on a strict diet but I’ve been somewhat restrictive about what I eat- until today.  Today I ate a footlong subway sandwich and a whole box of white cheddar cheezits- I have no excuse; I was actually sitting around relaxing, chomping down crackers, when all of a sudden I realized the whole damn box was gone.  I also ate about fifteen mini-carrots with hummus.  I now feel sick and bloated from the crackers, but I’m moving on from it.  I am actually losing weight, but I feel I really need to work up a regular exercise schedule.  Watching the Olympics this past week has really made me miss regular swimming (and how about that adorable swimming machine Michael Phelps, hmm?  I don’t feel a swelling of patriotic pride too often given the current administration, but watching him accomplish what he did really makes me feel proud of America).  I know I’ve mentioned this before and I’ve been swimming occasionally at the college pool, but I think maybe a regular swimming regimen might be my way out of this mess.  I swam competitively for years when I was younger (and I was very good at it and that workout never felt like a chore) and always loved it.  I ordered a new racing swimsuit today and I’m going to pick up some goggles and a swim cap tomorrow.  I’m going to try to swim in the mornings and get on a more regulated sleeping schedule.  I’m an unreformed night owl and I largely control my own schedule so some nights I stay up until five or six in the morning and then wake up very late.  I do my best work between 7pm and 1 am.  But I think a 10 to 11 am swim and 9 am wakeup time might help me get into the regimented mindframe I need to maintain a diet.  I think this is a good, workable exercise plan to supplement dog walks and stationary biking. I’ve got to get back in good shape.