Exercise
Today’s 21 Day Fix is the Yoga Fix and I am once again
reminded how very much I love yoga. My
balance isn’t the best today so I absolutely bobbled. In Crescent. In Warrior I. In Tree.
I just wiggled and bobbled. I
love it when Autumn says to trust your body to find the balance. I can trust my body to throw me off
balance. But I know most of the people
using 21 Day Fix are not living with a balance disorder, fighting to hold a
pose with cervical vertigo. And that’s
okay. As Autumn says, and as I well know from years
of doing yoga, this is about a mind-body connection. It’s not about pushing yourself past where you
are but exploring that point, the present moment, and honoring your body both
in what it can do and what it cannot.
I skipped my other yoga practice today, knowing I’d be doing
Yoga Fix. As promised, I used the bike
yesterday and may or may not do so again today.
Diet
Can you believe, yesterday I didn’t eat all of the
containers? After a couple of days of
being ravenous, I had pretty much decided that, come the next ravenous day, I would
allow myself one more salad. (This is
what is encouraged in the food guide, by the way, to have an extra green.) And then yesterday I didn’t even use much of
the blue and missed an entire red altogether.
Oops.
Next week, I’ll be focusing more on food, sharing pictures
of the things I’ve been eating while doing the 21 Day Fix. I mean, I can’t just keep blabbering on and
on about the exercise, can I? Well,
maybe I can but I am going to try to mix it up a bit for you.
Today I’m meeting a friend for coffee. I have already decided that I shall have a
cup of coffee and maybe a cup of tea, if I really must treat myself to
something extra. Have you ever had
vanilla mints? They were quite popular
for a while but I haven’t seen them around as much lately. Regardless, I looooved them and one day it
occurred to me to try something special.
I added a dash of vanilla syrup to my peppermint tea. It was
sublime! So if watching Kanika have a
bagel or pastry or some other bit of decadence I’m trying to avoid becomes too
much, I shall order myself a cup of peppermint tea. With a bit of sugar free vanilla syrup. I think I’ve earned it, don’t you?
Progress
I can’t wait for tomorrow’s weigh-in. I definitely feel stronger, better,
tighter. Today I woke up with achiness
again for the first time this week.
Remember how I said I might double up this week if I didn’t feel any
achiness? Well, I’m sticking by that promise.
I will not double up every day.
However, on the days when the program adds the Pilates Fix (which is one
of the workouts I especially loathe) or the Abs Fix, I will double up. If I remember the schedule correctly, that
means I’ll be doubling up thrice. In the
meantime, come back tomorrow to see if I’ve lost any weight this week.