I know, that is not a very inspiring title for a blog is it? Oh well. Whatcha gonna do?
I have been very uninspired lately and feeling a tad sluggish. I am not seeing many (if any) results which is super disheartening - I thought I would be further along by now. I looked at my planner and realized that I went to yoga 14 times last month - that is about every other day, right? One would think that all that yoga would have made some impact on my body in the least. BUT NO! I actually think I have gained weight - I for sure think my belly is bigger. I went so far as to take a pregnancy test just to make sure I wasn't one of those stupid girls who has no clue she is pregnant until she gives birth. I mean - maybe I had absolutely no symptoms, except in my 5th month I start to get a huge belly. But luckily i am not carrying a love child, I am simply not loosing any weight.
I was hoping to be closer to a size 8 by now - which should have been easy. when i started I was a 12/10, I should have been able to slim down enough to at least be a comfortable 10 and a passable 8 sometimes. yesh - is that so much to ask?
Anyway... I went to Omaur's scuplt class tonight and I made it through quite well. He made a mix of all classic MJ songs that we worked out to - that was fun. I think he might have been taking it easy on us because the class was soooo full - wall to wall, mat to mat - that we didn't have a ton of room to do all the crazy hard stuff. I look forward to seeing the Edina studio tomorrow.
Must rest now - tired, so tired.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Thursday, June 18, 2009
yoga toys
I have been trying to be really good about not wanting a ton of new things, like yoga clothes, or mats, or towels... it isn't necessary and I can do just fine in my practice with what I have. But I have been really lusting after the skiddless yoga towels that go over your mats. I keep slipping and sliding all over my mat (due to the increased buckets of sweat) so, really this is more a safety concern than anything else!
I checked them out online, and they were all around 55-65 bucks, a little too expensive for me right now. I stopped into Dicks sporting goods the other night with Sarah and I found that the Yogitoes brand has created a cheaper version for $35! Yay! So I snatched that up in a pretty grass green color and then I did a sweep of their clearance yoga clothes... and found 3 tops all under $10 each. Well done me.
The towel worked wonders last night at class - I didn't slip once! I was still sweating like a pig, but I had my regular towel to sop up my beautiful, sexy sweat :)!
I checked them out online, and they were all around 55-65 bucks, a little too expensive for me right now. I stopped into Dicks sporting goods the other night with Sarah and I found that the Yogitoes brand has created a cheaper version for $35! Yay! So I snatched that up in a pretty grass green color and then I did a sweep of their clearance yoga clothes... and found 3 tops all under $10 each. Well done me.
The towel worked wonders last night at class - I didn't slip once! I was still sweating like a pig, but I had my regular towel to sop up my beautiful, sexy sweat :)!
Monday, June 15, 2009
I did something right
Tonight's class was pretty difficult for me for some reason. I think I was pretty tired to begin with... and the heat really got to me. I think I am still sweating an hour later!
I actually spoke to my teacher, Elizabeth, after class - and she said that I had a very nice split pose. Yea! It feels nice to have her recognize that I have done something right. I really wish that the classes were a little smaller, so that there could be more adjustment from the teacher. I want to make sure that I am doing the poses correctly.
I am trying to surrender to the sweating, but this is probably harder than the poses. I am trying to see the sweat as something sexy, beautiful and strong... but how can I when it's dripping in my ears, eyes and nose?
Elizabeth, my teacher tonight, said that if I go to a couple hot classes every now and again, the regular C2 classes seem like a breeze in comparison. Sounds reasonable, but uber scary.
I actually spoke to my teacher, Elizabeth, after class - and she said that I had a very nice split pose. Yea! It feels nice to have her recognize that I have done something right. I really wish that the classes were a little smaller, so that there could be more adjustment from the teacher. I want to make sure that I am doing the poses correctly.
I am trying to surrender to the sweating, but this is probably harder than the poses. I am trying to see the sweat as something sexy, beautiful and strong... but how can I when it's dripping in my ears, eyes and nose?
Elizabeth, my teacher tonight, said that if I go to a couple hot classes every now and again, the regular C2 classes seem like a breeze in comparison. Sounds reasonable, but uber scary.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Trust
"Trust that you are where you need to be."
That was the one mantra that Ella, my teacher at Candlelight Flow, said tonight that I actually remembered. Hmmm... I wonder if that is significant? Probably - I need to stop all the spirals (although they have lessened a great deal, they still happen occasionally) and just trust in what is happening and not try to readjust the truth.
Candlelight Flow was a great way to end the weekend and start the new week. It was hard without being nauseating, it was hot without being sweltering, it was challenging and slow. There were lots of stretches and poses I had not done before which was exciting to try to accomplish a new feat.
I have realized that I am used to being very good at things that I try to do. Most athletic things (besides running) come pretty easy to me. I often feel frustrated in class because this is not coming easy, I am not the best in class, and I have no idea what I am doing the majority of the time. But I am really happy that I want to be those things - i want to be good and talented and bendy.
The only thing that made class a little weird tonight was the crazy red head from the first class I took. She is obviously an actress or a singer because she does nothing that she is told and likes to pull focus by making lots of weird noises. She would do poses that were similar to what were doing, but then they would evolve into these crazy bendy pretzels. She was right behind me and it took all my effort and concentration not to punch her in her curly red mop. That is not zen like at all. But she put her feet in my face during corpse pose... yoga whore.
That was the one mantra that Ella, my teacher at Candlelight Flow, said tonight that I actually remembered. Hmmm... I wonder if that is significant? Probably - I need to stop all the spirals (although they have lessened a great deal, they still happen occasionally) and just trust in what is happening and not try to readjust the truth.
Candlelight Flow was a great way to end the weekend and start the new week. It was hard without being nauseating, it was hot without being sweltering, it was challenging and slow. There were lots of stretches and poses I had not done before which was exciting to try to accomplish a new feat.
I have realized that I am used to being very good at things that I try to do. Most athletic things (besides running) come pretty easy to me. I often feel frustrated in class because this is not coming easy, I am not the best in class, and I have no idea what I am doing the majority of the time. But I am really happy that I want to be those things - i want to be good and talented and bendy.
The only thing that made class a little weird tonight was the crazy red head from the first class I took. She is obviously an actress or a singer because she does nothing that she is told and likes to pull focus by making lots of weird noises. She would do poses that were similar to what were doing, but then they would evolve into these crazy bendy pretzels. She was right behind me and it took all my effort and concentration not to punch her in her curly red mop. That is not zen like at all. But she put her feet in my face during corpse pose... yoga whore.
Friday, June 12, 2009
I have gone to yoga 4 times this week. All c2 classes - I was feeling more stretchy than powery lately... I tried some moves I had not done before and my back is a little sore right now. Alas - I tried some new moves and I didn't completely crumble! I think tomorrow I will take a C1 class and do some slower, more beginner moves. Just to work on my postures and such. I sometimes feel with the c2 classes, I am just trying to keep up and not die that I am not really working on the actual poses so much.
Another thing I need to focus on is my eating habits (as I finish off my snack bag of chex mix). I think I am doing really well at the move more part - i just need to excell at the eat less part. This is extremely hard when I am working for the food network and talking about food all day and there is a food cabinent at work and I have no willpower.
So here goes:
Another thing I need to focus on is my eating habits (as I finish off my snack bag of chex mix). I think I am doing really well at the move more part - i just need to excell at the eat less part. This is extremely hard when I am working for the food network and talking about food all day and there is a food cabinent at work and I have no willpower.
So here goes:
- cut down on cheese intake
- cut down on diet coke. this is like cutting off my arm!
- eat out only once a week (unless a parent or someone else offers to talk me out - and then who am I to refuse)
- stop eating so many damn poptarts
- bring carrots and celery to work
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
A.S.S Beginning
With the really deep goals of fitting into all my skinny jeans and just feeling more comfortable in my skin my friend Nikki and I devised an amazing program to get healthy this summer. The A.S.S program: Active Summer of gettin' Sexy.
We decided that we would start by going to yoga together a few nights a week, as well as doing cardio on our own. If we wanted to throw in any other classes like zumba, kettle ball or pilates we could totally do that.
It has been 2 and half weeks since the start of our ASS program and I am actually loving it. I joined CoreYoga and I am learning vinyasah yoga as well as doing YogaSculpt. At core they keep the rooms heated, so we are working out in rooms between 90 and 100 degrees - so sweat is literally pouring off of me (and I am not a sweat-er!).
I love the vinyasah because it is all about the breathing and stretching while working your ass off! And the best part is that you aren't sore after because of the heated room.
Yoga Scuplt on the other hand - is more of a love hate relationship. We are working on yoga poses at the same time as lifting free weights and doing light cardio work. ALL IN A 100 DEGREE ROOM. The first time I did this, I nearly threw up twice. The second class, I only almost threw up once... progress right?!?
I am liking the yoga so much now that I am forgetting to do my cardio... but cardio isn't as much fun. I looked up the calorie burn on an hour of vinyasah yoga for a 170 lb person - guess - ok... 550 calories. I also looked up Bikrham yoga and it's calorie burn was up to 781. I figured that Yoga Sculpt is somewhere near the bikrham level... and since we are in a really warm room... you get where I am coming from?
I am trying to do 4 classes a week - 2 sculpt and 2 regular. I also walk to class which is just a little under a 1/2 mile to the studio each way. That's pretty decent too.
OK... well that's enough of an intro for now. I have to get ready for my c2 class tonight.
We decided that we would start by going to yoga together a few nights a week, as well as doing cardio on our own. If we wanted to throw in any other classes like zumba, kettle ball or pilates we could totally do that.
It has been 2 and half weeks since the start of our ASS program and I am actually loving it. I joined CoreYoga and I am learning vinyasah yoga as well as doing YogaSculpt. At core they keep the rooms heated, so we are working out in rooms between 90 and 100 degrees - so sweat is literally pouring off of me (and I am not a sweat-er!).
I love the vinyasah because it is all about the breathing and stretching while working your ass off! And the best part is that you aren't sore after because of the heated room.
Yoga Scuplt on the other hand - is more of a love hate relationship. We are working on yoga poses at the same time as lifting free weights and doing light cardio work. ALL IN A 100 DEGREE ROOM. The first time I did this, I nearly threw up twice. The second class, I only almost threw up once... progress right?!?
I am liking the yoga so much now that I am forgetting to do my cardio... but cardio isn't as much fun. I looked up the calorie burn on an hour of vinyasah yoga for a 170 lb person - guess - ok... 550 calories. I also looked up Bikrham yoga and it's calorie burn was up to 781. I figured that Yoga Sculpt is somewhere near the bikrham level... and since we are in a really warm room... you get where I am coming from?
I am trying to do 4 classes a week - 2 sculpt and 2 regular. I also walk to class which is just a little under a 1/2 mile to the studio each way. That's pretty decent too.
OK... well that's enough of an intro for now. I have to get ready for my c2 class tonight.
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