Six days a week, at 5:30 in the morning, youรขโฌโขll find 75-year-old DeEtte Sauer swimming a total of 120 laps at a Houston aquatic center.
Sauer admits that when she first started swimming, she felt like a fish out of water.
รขโฌลIt was horrible, I quit in the middle of the first lap,รขโฌย she said. รขโฌลAnd I was swimming with my head out of the water so my hair wouldnรขโฌโขt get wet.รขโฌย
In her 40s, Sauer was considered obese, tipping the scale at 250 pounds. She was ashamed when she couldnรขโฌโขt fit into a small boat on a family vacation and decided to do something about her health.
Sauer changed her diet and started exercising. It wasnรขโฌโขt easy, but she managed to lose 100 pounds in less than a year.
See CBS Evening News
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