SBF2 Reboot Boogaloo...April 18th

yoginimary

Happy Saturday folks!

Ok, Everyone - a question for you: How do you deal with stress? If you don't have an answer, time to come up with one. This can be how you deal with small stresses: being cut off in traffic or big stresses: money issues. Find something. I think the "eating reward" thing is stress related, but I could be off there. (as a side note, my husband is considering training to teach "mindfullness" classes - so he would be a part-time meditation teacher and I would be a part-time yoga teacher - a couple of fruit loops).

Today is second Easter for my family. My sister is in town for the day, so we are all getting together. Chocolate might be happening today.

V - enjoy your yoga - it's a gift. Side crow in a restorative class???

Today: yoga and walking.

Smile at someone today boogaloo,

Mary

yoginimary

Happy Saturday folks!

Ok, Everyone - a question for you: How do you deal with stress? If you don't have an answer, time to come up with one. This can be how you deal with small stresses: being cut off in traffic or big stresses: money issues. Find something. I think the "eating reward" thing is stress related, but I could be off there. (as a side note, my husband is considering training to teach "mindfullness" classes - so he would be a part-time meditation teacher and I would be a part-time yoga teacher - a couple of fruit loops).

Today is second Easter for my family. My sister is in town for the day, so we are all getting together. Chocolate might be happening today.

V - enjoy your yoga - it's a gift. Side crow in a restorative class???

Today: yoga and walking.

Smile at someone today boogaloo,

Mary

Shanta1983

Lately Ive been relieving my stress by walking , getting on the treadmill, or my stationary bike, And the other day i bought me a stepper. And it really has help me better thans stuffing my face :laugh:

mechanicmom

Morning,
I got to sleep in this morning, but it was mostly dozing off and on. I could have probably laid in bed all morning but I don't really like doing that.
Not much going on today. Resting. I'm going to try to work with Alex some more, as I have been slacking off the last few days.
We got word a couple of days ago that the funding for Alex's horse therapy is no longer available after this month, so I need to find something else for him to do that doesn't cost much or find another place that does it for free or cheap. One place does it for free but it's all the way on the other side of the metroplex and I don't know if I will want to drive that every week.
This has just been a hard month. I really hope some good news and good changes are around the corner.
Mary, I admit that often times, or most times, I turn to food for stress, which is why I am only gaining right now. I am trying to refocus that stress release in prayer. We "can't" get mad around Alex because he melts down. Like if someone cuts me off in traffic and I get mad, Alex starts getting really upset in the car seat and hitting himself and whatever he can reach. So I have to direct my anger another way. Alex does need to learn not to get so upset about it because people do get mad but it has been a help to me to get my temper under control. So I try to pray about it. I know not everyone believes that way, but it works for me!
I need to get around. Have a good Saturday!
MM

lotusfromthemud

Hi ladies,

So, I'm now having a little trouble getting to sleep at my normal bedtime, but sleep in. I tried for a few days to set the alarm, but I still seem to be staying up later than usual. I think it might be the lack of more strenuous exercise late in the day?

Also, I think I might need to add some scaled back elliptical into my "yoga only" plan. Stay with me. . .it's because walking is painful some days, so it would be a sub. for that. My husband made the brilliant suggestion of "what if you did your exercise at about 60% instead of your usual 120%?" Yoga just doesn't increase the circulation in the same way that a little cardio does, but even walking has been hard on my knees and feet, and elliptical isn't.

Today is another home yoga practice, with Bikram tomorrow. (at least I'm pretty sure I'll do Bikram tomorrow. . .it's been about a hundred years. I'm starting to crave the heat of it.) I was planning on a morning gym yoga, but I slept right through it. Still very, very tired. . .but not as tired (see. . "not sleeping" above.)

Oh, and Mary, my normally very calm, lights off class turned a little bit into "let's try this for fun". . .as my instructor was fresh out of teaching a class to kids. It actually still felt restorative, because it was, in my mind "oh, we're just trying this for fun. . ." It was a lot of adults trying stuff, falling over, and trying again. It felt really safe and fun and good. . .so restorative in a way.

Take care, pebbs.:flowerforyou:

lotusfromthemud

Oh, and I'm trying lately to deal with stress by noticing it. I think the "reward eating" is because I'm not allowing myself to feel stressed. . . more of the not giving myself permission pattern.

I'm not sure if that makes sense, but I've been trying to think, when I feel like overeating for no good reason "are you stressed?" "What's going on?". . .because I'm trying to acknowledge that the urge to overeat is either because I've waited too long to eat/restricted too much during the day or because I'm really stressed out and not acknowledging that I'm stressed. Then, I try to think "besides eating, what else would feel good right now?"

It seems to be working, usually. :flowerforyou:

wanderinglight

Great question, Mary.

MM -- it must be very hard to stay in check knowing that Alex is so in tune to your emotions and moods. I really admire you -- you must have to stop and check yourself a million times a day. I hope that you're able to find another therapy to replace the horse work.

When I'm extremely stressed I do "one minute meditations" -- just stop, wherever I am, and focus on my breathing. I did it many times on the boat, especially during the madness and during the two or three times that I truly thought I was going to die. I would have to find a spot, close my eyes and take ten deep breaths. It is amazing that it actually works.

I went to yoga last night...it was supposed to be a gentle, restorative class to ease out of the work week but there was a new teacher and she made it a core class! But it was actually the same as what Vivia said -- she had just come from teaching kids so we were trying fun stuff and not minding if we fell. I must admit too that I wasn't very mindful -- she split the class so that we all faced each other and I happened to be on the front lines across from a VERY cute guy... So it was a fun class after all!

My goals for today are to keep my eating under control as I have company (and send her home with most of the treats I'm serving so I'm not tempted.
I'm going to work out outside today as it's such a beautiful day.

Smile at a stranger boogaloo!!!!

cp005e

Mary - that is a really good question that I am having a hard time answering. If I am feeling seriously stressed, then I also do what WL does - focus on my breathing. But the harder part is when I am just feeling generally stressed about my life, or work. If it's that sort of ongoing stress, I am more likely to feel helpless or not in control, and that is when I tend to turn to food. The 'food reward' is a little bit different, though - some of it comes as a backlash to watching what I eat all the time, so if I feel like I have been doing well, sometimes I want to reward myself with a treat. And, I just don't have a lot of other good ideas about what else to reward myself with.

I try to think "besides eating, what else would feel good right now?"

That is my problem - I have a hard time coming up with something! :blushing:

(as a side note, my husband is considering training to teach "mindfullness" classes - so he would be a part-time meditation teacher and I would be a part-time yoga teacher - a couple of fruit loops).

You crack me up. :laugh:

So, I am feeling like a rock star today. Last weekend I jogged around the neighborhood because the gym was closed, on a route that Google Maps said was 3.5 miles. It took me almost exactly 40 minutes - which made me doubt Google because that would put me close to an 11 minute mile, faster than I have been going on the treadmill. So, today, I went to gym to jog on the treadmill, and I put a magazine over the speed reading so that I wouldn't psych myself out, and ran for 3.5 miles. The result? 38:52! I varied the speed a bit - running a couple laps faster, and then slowing down, and for the last 1/2 lap I punched it up to 7.2 mph! So, my average speed actually was just about 11 minutes per mile. I am thinking that it is even conceivable that I could get down to 35:00 for 3.5 miles in the next month before my race, which would be a 10-minute mile. I can't believe it! I am still only running once a week because I think it is a bit hard on my knees, but I am really proud of myself.

I usually smile at strangers these days. :happy: Rock star boogaloo!

yoginimary

The result? 38:52!

Rock star boogaloo!

I'm in awe

lotusfromthemud

The result? 38:52!

Rock star boogaloo!

I'm in awe

me, too CP. . .which means: You're awesome!:flowerforyou: