SBF2: Reboot Boogaloo! April 16th. . .

lotusfromthemud

just starting? Can't believe I'm first.

lotusfromthemud

just starting? Can't believe I'm first.

lotusfromthemud

Yesterday I went to yoga at the gym, and had a "side crow pose" breakthrough, made a rather loud surprised noise, and then fell over and laughed hysterically. I'm so zen.

Today, it's yoga at home. Very excited because my Bikram studio is bringing back noon classes (well, only two a week, but I'll take it) starting May 1. Providing I get the "all clear" from my doc tomorrow. I read online yesterday why he said no strenuous exercise until my mono tests are back. Something unpleasant about your spleen exploding. Yikes.

I'm already starting to feel guilty about my little "just yoga" challenge. Must keep giving myself permission to do this. I'm so weird.

Namaste boogaloo,
Take care of yourselves.:flowerforyou: --v.

PSUgrl921

Missed my breakfast this morning-- I was doing so well, too. So my goals for the day are ...

Drink my water.
Stay within calories.
Get some work done.

I really need to get back to the gym. Tues. Thurs. are not the best for this since I'm in class and running around campus all day but if I magically find time I would like to. If not, then tomorrow I plan on getting a workout in even if it is just a walk around campus.

Nicole

cp005e

Hi all - I've been missing my bedtime lately, so I haven't been getting up when the alarm goes off, so I haven't been doing my strength routine or posting first thing in the morning! Amazing how things cascade like that... so my plan for tonight is to get to bed. It looks like a beautiful day, so I should get a walk in after lunch, and then head to Zumba tonight. In weird news, this morning I was 2 pounds lighter than on Tuesday. :huh:

I tried to do some pushups all the way to the ground last night (I have really only been going down about halfway). It was really funny - I would get to the floor, push up sloooooowly to the point where I usually stop, and then really fast from there to all the way up (not sure if I explained that well). It's just really obvious that the top part of my pushup is a whole lot stronger than the bottom part!

V - don't feel guilty! I think the all-yoga challenge is a great idea for you - you can vary the length and intensity based on how you are feeling, so you can push yourself more when you feel up to it and not feel guilty on the other days because you're still doing something your body needs. :flowerforyou:

wanderinglight

Yesterday I went to yoga at the gym, and had a "side crow pose" breakthrough, made a rather loud surprised noise, and then fell over and laughed hysterically. I'm so zen.

Today, it's yoga at home. Very excited because my Bikram studio is bringing back noon classes (well, only two a week, but I'll take it) starting May 1. Providing I get the "all clear" from my doc tomorrow. I read online yesterday why he said no strenuous exercise until my mono tests are back. Something unpleasant about your spleen exploding. Yikes.

I'm already starting to feel guilty about my little "just yoga" challenge. Must keep giving myself permission to do this. I'm so weird.

Namaste boogaloo,
Take care of yourselves.:flowerforyou: --v.

LOL -- I'm so that way in yoga too! Sometimes I make a little yelp when I'm surprised that I managed to do something for the first time!

wanderinglight

Good morning!

I have some new goals:

~ BE HONEST. I feel like I've been really discouraged about not losing this weight quickly since coming back from Antarctica, but I also haven't been 100% fully committed because I feel like I deserve to "treat myself" after that hellacious trip and treating myself has meant food rewards.
~ CHANGE. You know how we've all heard those weight loss stories that start "I used to be able to only run 1 minute a day, and now I run 10 miles every morning?" Well I realized that I don't really push myself in that way, perhaps because I've been working out for 20+ years now so there has never been a drastic improvement in what I've been able to do. I have so much admiration for people who have worked their way up, so I'm going to pick something that I'm not good at (instead of going for elliptical comfort zone) and work harder at it.
~ ONE MONTH AT A TIME. I'm making a calendar for myself to track both of these new goals.

Goal boogalooo!

mechanicmom

Hi, Don't have time to read the posts right now. I'll get back on later and do that.
It's been a frustrating morning. Lots of little stuff happening, and I'm stressed out about baby sitting again. I just don't like it.
Alex woke up saying his eye was bothering him. Now it's all pink and matter-y. :grumble: His doc called in a prescription for pink eye. Lovely.
Got the a/c fixed in our car and it cost over $300. I told my hubby we could do it but he was unsure so he told them to fix it. :noway:
No work out today, but I will be back to it again tomorrow...I hope. I'm ready for things to be back to "normal" whatever that is.
MM

lotusfromthemud

Just checking back in, before my yoga practice of the day.

MM, sorry you had a stinky morning, I hope it gets better.

Thanks, CP for validating this yoga only thing. I hate that I'm so needy, but the voice in my head just constantly says "do more!" and I can't shut her up. I keep trying to talk sense into her, or knock her out with a 2X4.

Wandering I totally relate to the "reward after a stressful experience." I don't think you should negate the stress factor in the recent weight gain (That and the rice boiled in oil, was it? It turns my stummy just to think about it. . .I'm sure it was just simple starch after simple starch, according to your description.) I find that I need to concentrate on creative non-food rewards lately. I'm really good at "I deserve to eat a pint of ice cream, because I'm (sick, stressed, working hard, pissed, etc.)" What I need to be better at is things like "I deserve an hour of silence and a cup of tea, a hot bath, a manicure, a massage, a nap, a window shopping trip, a walk in the woods, an hour of guilty pleasure television, etc.

Sunshine boogaloo!:flowerforyou:

lotusfromthemud

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/viviakay/view/ok-i-admit-it-i-ve-been-at-war-with-my-body-6520

blog boogaloo, if you're interested.