Goal Update, Week #2

So after a good start to the week, I end not having much going on in the way of my goals. Here's a rundown:

#1 - Yeah, never got there. Thanks to 5 days of primary action, I was dead to the world on Wednesday. Try again.

#2 - I actually did this - took my notebook with me everywhere. It made me a little more conscious this week, but with everything going on, still didn't eat as well as I should have.

#3 - Completed this one too. Keep hoping that I don't finish "Catching Fire" until closer to the 24th, but I don't think that's going to happen.

#4 - After being down 1 pound in week 1, I went back up .8lbs in week to. So net loss is -.2. Still down, darn it!

#5 - Yeah, only made it 3 times this week. If you don't count all the walking done on Monday/Tuesday. But I did make it through the entire cardio kickboxing class on Monday night!

Even though I'm not being completely successful, it's nice to have something to work towards and check in with. So, onward I go.

Good news though - had a doctor's appointment on Monday, and I was down 10 lbs. since my last appointment in early April. Not too shabby.

Doing yoga after a couple weeks off...

Oh boy, how entertaining! I went to my lunchtime yoga class today at work. I missed last week because I had a migraine, and the week before we didn't have class. So, it's been a few weeks!

I was having all types of issues...balance, stretching, breathing - I'm just plain out of practice! But, I'm glad to get back into it again, and have to start actually planning to go to a class once a week, whether it's here at work (which makes it easy!) or going in the evening.

What is something you've started doing again that you haven't done in awhile? Or, is there something you want to start again?

Yoga, anyone?

Most everyone that knows me probably knows that I've been on a yoga kick lately. I started a class at work in April of this year, and pretty much got hooked. Since then, I've started trying to learn what I can about it - history, practice, etc.

Wendy Kopitsch is my instructor, and she has a great workplace program. She also teaches at the Center for Yoga in East Lanisng. There are also many types of classes you can take there.

I am actually looking forward to a class I've decided to take this fall, Yoga and Depression: Mind-Body Connection. I'm hoping to learn some ways to cope with the everyday stresses and not so everyday stresses!

So, if you all didn't think I could become more of a crazy liberal...I've still got a long way to go!

Yoga & Sushi

I went to yoga class for the first time in a couple weeks tonight. My instructor was out of town last week, and I missed the week before because of work.

This Thursday night class that I have started going to was a little harder than ones I've taken previously. I worked up more of a sweat, and I think I was just a little out of practice. I have to say, it was definitely something I needed to go to. I'm really beginning to like the practice, and I'm also starting to learn more about the spiritual side of it.

We did this fantastic pose tonight - Pigeon Pose. I love it. It provided such a good stretch, and I also did the laying down aspect. Ahhhh.

And what yoga class in the evening would be complete without sushi? I popped over to the sushi bar at AI Fusion. I enjoyed some edamame, spicy tuna roll and a Crazy Dragon roll. YUM!!!!

All in all, I'm feeling pretty good!

I should do this more often...

In my yoga class on Friday, we did a shoulder stand for the first time. When I mentioned this on Saturday, I was asked to demonstrate. Little did I know that my picture was going to be taken.

Ahhhhh. Mariska Hargitay.