I heart the Tin Man. He gets me. Apologies for the profanity, but I spent quite a bit of time trying to find an image that accurately explained my feelings about my yoga workout today. I spent the first 4 minutes greeting the sun and I don't even have tanlines to show for it! Something called Sun Salutations and it sucked. Major snoozefest. I admit, I almost turned it off. Truly, I would rather vacuum. But, I promised myself I'd give this program all I've got so I jumped back in and gave it my best. And since I cannot tell a lie...I actually enjoyed the balance poses (ie: tree pose, chair pose, warrior 1 and 2, etc). The stretching felt really good after a long week of cardio and weights. And I couldn't believe when I was able to bend all the way down to kiss my knee! I do actually have a favorite yoga pose now though. Wanna see it? ...
Savasana, also known as the Corpse Pose. "Now feel your body melt into the floor and...[insert giggle...ok, for real, be serious]...let your skeleton escape from your skin." J-K! She totally didn't say this! But you laughed didn't you? Because you know, if you've ever taken a yoga class, that some of the things that come out of the instructor's mouth are just downright silly. Stand tall like a tree, be one with the ground, bend over and let your brains spill out of your head. Ok, I made that up. Or, did I? Bwhahahaha...guess you will have to take your own yoga class my friend! I am looking forward to getting back to it tomorrow with the Total Cardio Fix!
Ok, can we talk about how awesome I feel right now!? I’m feeling so in control. I have demonstrated will power in the last 7 days I never knew I had over my food choices. The first few days on the fix I did have random headaches. I am not sure if it was my sinuses from the unusaully cool temps we were having for May in Texas, or if it was my body detoxing from all the processed junk food I have been eating the last few months. But those subsided, so I believe it was the major diet changes. I am not sure if I've lost any weight because I am not weighing myself until this is over since weight loss is not my goal. I do know that I measured my waist this morning and I've lost 1/2". AND...I do know that I put on a pair of denim capris this morning that I could not zip up a month ago. #happydance. I am measuring my progress by how my clothes fit, not by the number on the scale. This is all about toning and nutritional change! So much so, that I did not even put a "weight loss" number as one of my goals. And speaking of goals...here they are...
I am really enjoying all the healthy foods that are fueling my body. My boys are enjoying dinner with me, which is awesome because ain't nobody got time to make two different things for dinner! Even Zach has been asking for pita bread and hummus for a snack :) And I'm really shocked at how satisfied I feel. I don't feel restricted because I know that if I want to, I can have some chocolate chips or a glass of wine. In fact, my dinner was sort of a fail tonight. I made pork carnitas and it was great, with the exception of my corn tortilla which broke and fell apart when I tried to eat it like a taco. The boys were having their carnita rolled up in a flour tortilla (don't judge) with tostidos chips (yes I said the "C" word) on the side, so i traded my yellow container of 2 corn tortillas for tostidos instead. I had maybe 10, less than the recommended serving size on the bag. GASP! And then we put the bag of chips up on the shelf in the pantry. 3 weeks ago, I would have chowed down on those chips long after dinner was over. Kyle and I would just sit there and feed ourselves right out of the bag, doh! It felt good to show those chips whose boss :) THAT is what this is all about...being in control of the food and not letting the food control me! Now...can you smell what week 2 is cookin'??? It's...