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While i question your kcal count, i agree that swimming is one of the few great exercises for weight loss.
Also what most people consider very long distance running (like at least 20 miles per week, realistically even more) is great. IIRC your body doesn't even start to primarily burn fat until like 30 or 40 minutes into an intense workout and it's slow to burn any.
Pay attention you are at the gym. 90% of the people on treadmills are walking with the vast majority getting off after 20 to 30 minutes. Dont get me wrong. Its better than doing nothing, but its like bare minimum maintenence and definitely not even close to fat loss.
People burn through a small amount of their glycogen stores at the gym. Maybe 100 to 200 calories. Go home and drink a 500 calorie smoothie as a reward and wonder why they aren't losing weight.
We had dieticians monitoring our intakes. We had special exceptions to eat in class, so that we could eat enough to maintain weight. Our coach was an Olympic medalist and trained all of us like he expected the same from us. I made first runner up for the national team my freshman year of college, but then focused on other things. Once I knew it was possible, an Olympic medal didn't seem worth the effort.
The main thing that is great about swimming long distance, as opposed to running, is that swimming is almost 0 impact. The other benefit is that you'll start burning fat quicker, because your metabolism has to kick into overdrive, as the water is leeching heat from you as quickly as it can.