Otis fad diet thread — yoga, fasting, and kevzilla walking on🚶‍♂️ (3 Viewers)

[DA RAIDERS]

I decided against the dry January but am instead doing the 1-2-3 method (going forward, not just for January) - no more than one drink in an hour, no more than two in a day, no more than three days a week.  I guess that's called "moderation."  Hmmmm.

I've now done yoga every day for nearly two months.  For all the yogis and wanna-be yogis out there, Adriene has a new 30-day program that started yesterday called "Move."  Most days are 20something minutes, with a couple over 30 and a couple under 20.  The first two days have been more challenging than the early days of the courses some of us did before (Home, Breath, Beginner) but probably won't be challenging enough for the Pokes and RAIDERSs of the world.  For some I'll be adding a second practice for the day to round it out a bit.  Anyone else want to join me for this month?

I want to join you. Can I start next Monday? . I’m skiing all week, but I desperately need some yoga in my life.  

 

[krista4]

I want to join you. Can I start next Monday? . I’m skiing all week, but I desperately need some yoga in my life.  

You wouldn't have trouble doubling up on days to catch up.   

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Only 2500 active calories today. Wind hold on all of the higher mountain lifts. I will do better tomorrow

plenty o booze. 

 

[DA RAIDERS]

You wouldn't have trouble doubling up on days to catch up.   

Deal. Can you link it for me.(lazy). I’ll see if I can get my daughter, niece and nephew to join me up here in the mountains

 

[DocHolliday]

Ended the year 1.5 pounds over my goal of 195 but still below where I normally start a new year.   I exercised fine but the dang cookies are calling my name constantly.   The plan is to hover at this weight but workout a little longer and a little harder.   I want to be stronger and get in better shape and not worry about weight but never cross 200 again.

Its a new year people.   Make realistic goals and commit today.  Do not wait.   Tomorrow will not be any easier!

 

[AAABatteries]

I’m in a walking boot for another month so January will be diet focused starting today.  Good luck folks.

 

[kevzilla]

I’m in a walking boot for another month so January will be diet focused starting today.  Good luck folks.

I know what that's like. You can fight January to a draw, anyway. Then you won't have extra pounds to peel off.

 

[kevzilla]

I’m skiing all week, but I desperately need some yoga in my life.

Downward face-plant

 

[Poke_4_Life]

Three days in a row with no booze.  Didn't track calories yesterday but ate relatively well.  

Did a 40-min down dog yin yoga session this morning.  Will walk the dog later.

@krista4, really like the 1-2-3 concept.  Will try that after my dry January.  As for the YWA, I'm going to keep doing what I'm doing with my down dog app.  I have tweaked it to minimal instruction and I basically do my sessions with minimal cues and mostly with my eyes closed.  My practice is more meditative now.  I tried Andrea again not long ago, I just can't handle all the talking.  

Keep up the good work!

 

[fred_1_15301]

Yesterday had a good day with eating healthy, staying off booze and exercising (finally got back on the treadmill while my kid was at basketball practice).  Today off to a pretty bad start.  Ate a healthy breakfast (cheerios and milk and one small slice of unbuttered toast) but 2 slices of pizza for lunch (at least they were homemade) and then munched on some cookies (including 3 girl scout thin mints).  The problem is that I still have all this leftover junk food from halloween and christmas that's lying around the house in plain sight.  I will hit my exercise goal again tonight and not going to drink.

Oh and I've restarted the 100 pushups a day thing.  

 

[fred_1_15301]

I decided against the dry January but am instead doing the 1-2-3 method (going forward, not just for January) - no more than one drink in an hour, no more than two in a day, no more than three days a week.  I guess that's called "moderation."  Hmmmm.

This is awesome - good luck!  I don't think I could last a whole month (or even a week).  I could do 1 and 3 pretty easily but limiting to 2 drinks on my "fun" days would be quite challenging.

 

[caustic]

Finished December having burned 10,000 active workout calories, a personal record. The new year isn't off to a great start though, as I have yet to run in 2022. Woke up to some serious knee pain on Monday so I figured that running 6 miles would not be the right move. Feeling significantly better today but not totally out of the woods yet. My hope is to get back on track Thursday/Friday and still finish the week with 13-14 miles. Love the new year enthusiasm in here. 

 

[kevzilla]

Completed my sad 20 minutes on the treadmill without incident. Grateful to be moving again.

 

[krista4]

Three days in a row with no booze.  Didn't track calories yesterday but ate relatively well.  

Did a 40-min down dog yin yoga session this morning.  Will walk the dog later.

@krista4, really like the 1-2-3 concept.  Will try that after my dry January.  As for the YWA, I'm going to keep doing what I'm doing with my down dog app.  I have tweaked it to minimal instruction and I basically do my sessions with minimal cues and mostly with my eyes closed.  My practice is more meditative now.  I tried Andrea again not long ago, I just can't handle all the talking.  

Keep up the good work!

I'm with you on the talking; it's so irritating.  I've gotten to a point where I can somehow tune out the chatter and listen only for the cues to new moves.  The first two days of Move seemed to involve less of the constant rambling.

@DA RAIDERS, here's the first one; I assume from there you can find them easily on YouTube.

This is awesome - good luck!  I don't think I could last a whole month (or even a week).  I could do 1 and 3 pretty easily but limiting to 2 drinks on my "fun" days would be quite challenging.

Yeah, definitely will be the hardest part for me, too.

Finished December having burned 10,000 active workout calories, a personal record. 

Nice!

 

[krista4]

Day 3 of Move in the books.  Good news, fred - only three downward-facing dogs that I remember.  Bad news - side planks!  (They didn't last long, though.)

 

[bostonfred]

Wife ordered too much Mexican for her and my kid.  I'm upstairs eating my salad and posting here.  It's a really good salad.  I will be totally ok with seeing uneaten nachos and a taco go in the trash.  

51g protein, 36g fiber, 2271mg sodium and under calories with no alcohol and no tacos.  

 

[krista4]

The NY Times has a month-long "Eat Well Challenge" going on, with a new post each Monday.  I guess there's an email list you can sign up for to get these, too.  I found the first one interesting, though I haven't implemented it formally.  I was already kinda doing the "map your eating habits" part without calling it that.

Here’s a New Year’s resolution you can keep: Stop dieting and start savoring your food instead.

That may seem like surprising advice, but there’s mounting scientific evidence to suggest that diets don’t work. Research shows that food restriction just makes you want to eat more. And over the long term, dieting can backfire, triggering your body’s survival defenses, slowing your metabolism and making it even harder to lose weight in the future.

A resolution to quit dieting doesn’t mean giving up on having a healthier body. But to successfully conquer a dieting habit, you’ll need to let go of old ideas about counting calories, banning your favorite foods and measuring success by a number on a scale.

So what’s the alternative? Many weight researchers are encouraging a new approach to healthy eating based on brain science. A variety of techniques that encourage mindful awareness of how we eat, acceptance related to the foods we want to eat and intuitive eating exercises can be used to quell cravings and reshape our eating habits.

“The paradigms around willpower don’t work,” said Dr. Judson Brewer, an associate professor in behavioral and social sciences at the Brown University School of Public Health who has studied mindful eating practices. “You have to start by knowing how your mind works.”

The case against restrictive diets

Kicking dieting habits this time of year is especially hard because of the allure of gimmicky weight-loss plans. Many established diet programs and dieting apps try to attract users with the promise that they’re not promoting a traditional diet, only to impose restrictive eating practices once you sign up.

Traci Mann, who heads the health and eating laboratory at the University of Minnesota, notes that beyond the disappointment of not keeping weight off, dieting also affects your body in a number of negative ways. Among other things, restrictive eating can affect memory and executive function, lead to obsessive food thoughts and trigger a surge in cortisol, a stress hormone.

“A diet is an unpleasant and short-lived way to try to lose weight,” said Dr. Mann, author of “Secrets From the Eating Lab: The Science of Weight Loss, the Myth of Willpower, and Why You Should Never Diet Again.”

“You might take it off in the short term, but it comes back,” Dr. Mann continued. “It happens no matter who you are; it happens to people with great willpower and to people with crappy willpower.”

If you’re still tempted to try that fad diet, consider this: Evidence suggests that restrictive dieting and rapid weight loss can lead to lasting changes that may slow your metabolism, alter hormones that regulate hunger and hamper efforts to maintain your weight. A weight-reduced body responds differently to food and exercise than a body that has not dieted, studies suggest, and a dieter’s muscles may burn fewer calories than expected during exercise. These changes help explain why many chronic dieters may be eating far fewer calories than those around them, but still aren’t losing weight, said Dr. Rudolph Leibel, a professor of medicine at Columbia University’s Institute of Human Nutrition.

How eating habits are formed

Dr. Brewer, an addiction psychiatrist, has tested a number of mindfulness practices to help people quit smoking, lower anxiety and reduce emotional eating. He has also created an app called Eat Right Now that uses mindfulness exercises to help people change their eating habits.

One Brown University study of 104 overweight women found that mindfulness training reduced craving-related eating by 40 percent. Another review by scientists at Columbia University found that intuitive and mindful eating training often resulted in at least one benefit for metabolic or heart health, such as improved glucose levels, lower cholesterol or improved blood pressure

Dr. Brewer notes that eating behaviors, like absentmindedly snacking on potato chips or bingeing on dessert, are often the result of habit loops that get reinforced over time.

Habit loops can be formed from both good and bad experiences, explains Dr. Brewer. Ice cream, for instance, is something we might eat during celebrations. The brain learns to associate eating ice cream with feeling good. While there’s nothing wrong with ice cream, it can become a problem when we start eating it unthinkingly after an emotional trigger, such as when we feel stressed or angry. Now our brains have learned that ice cream also makes us feel good in times of stress, reinforcing the habit loop.

Over time, we can develop a number of habit loops that trigger us to eat when we’re bored, angry, stressed, tired after work or even just watching television. “What’s tricky about habit loops,” Dr. Brewer said, “is that the more automatic they become, over time you’re not even consciously choosing these actions.”

By understanding your own habit loops and the triggers behind them, Dr. Brewer explained, you can help break the hold they have on you by updating your brain with new information. Mindfulness exercises, which prompt you to slow down and think about how and why you’re eating, can teach your brain that a “feel good” food doesn’t actually make you feel as good as you remembered. Practicing mindfulness each time you reach for a food or decide to eat it can interrupt the habit loop.

Try the Eat Well Challenge

For this week’s Eat Well Challenge, start practicing awareness by slowing down and thinking about what you’re eating and why you’re eating it. Try not to focus on weight loss, food restriction or eliminating favorite foods from your diet. Avoid labeling foods as “good” or “bad.” Your goal this week is to focus on the tastes and textures of food, and how you feel before, during and after eating.

It can take time to learn how to bring mindful awareness to what you’re eating, so be patient. In one study, it took participants at least 10 to 15 tries — and for many people it took 38 or more attempts — to begin to reshape eating behaviors. (I will be offering extra tips and coaching via text message during the challenge this month. Text the word “Hi” (or any word) to 917-810-3302 for a link to join. Message and data rates may apply.)

Here are two simple exercises from Dr. Brewer’s Eat Right Now program to get you started.

Begin with a pre-meal warm-up.

Before every meal this week, try this simple awareness exercise. There’s no need to track what you eat or restrict your diet. Just check in with your body every time you eat. On a scale of zero to 10, with zero being an empty stomach and 10 being uncomfortably full, how hungry are you right now? Next, look at the food, observing the textures and colors. Now smell your food. Finally, pick up your fork and take your first mindful bite. As you chew, put your fork down and pay careful attention to how the food tastes and feels in your mouth. After several bites, check in with your body to see if you’re hungry or full. You can listen here to Dr. Brewer guide you through the pre-meal warm up.

Map your eating habits.

Use this exercise to work on an eating behavior you’d like to change, like excessive snacking or ordering fast food. Our eating habits have three elements: a trigger, a behavior and a result. By mapping your habits, you can provide your brain with new information about how the habit really makes you feel. You can download a worksheet on Dr. Brewer’s website to help you with this exercise.

Start by choosing one eating behavior you’d like to change. Maybe you want to snack less during the day, cut back on takeout or indulgences like cookies, potato chips or ice cream. While there’s nothing wrong with enjoying these foods, you’ve identified this as a problematic eating behavior. Why is that?

Now think about what triggers this behavior. Is it an emotion, like anger or stress, or are you rewarding yourself with a treat? Or it could be a situation, like watching television or grocery shopping when you’re hungry.

Focus on the result. Before you eat, ask yourself some questions. What am I getting from this? How will eating this food make me feel? Think about how you felt the last time you ate it. Did you enjoy it? Did you end up eating too much? Did you feel uncomfortably full or nauseous? Did you feel guilty later and beat yourself up for eating it? Thinking about how a food makes you feel before, during and after you eat updates the information your brain has about how rewarding (or not) a food really is. And it can help break the hold a particular food has on you.

 

[bostonfred]

Welp, after my initial negative test it now looks like we might be covid positive after all.  Vaccinated and have been a careful as can be for two fn years... but thankful for the vax because it could've been much worse

 

[krista4]

Welp, after my initial negative test it now looks like we might be covid positive after all.  Vaccinated and have been a careful as can be for two fn years... but thankful for the vax because it could've been much worse

Oh no.  I guess the upside is that you are having relatively mild symptoms and can power through it.  Feels like this variant is just gonna get all of us sooner or later.

 

[krista4]

Remember that 700 miles in six months challenge I did last year?  I decided to sign up for a milder version just now.  I like these challenges because they take you on a virtual journey somewhere and you can hit milestones along the way.  Last year I did Bend to Whistler, and it was fun to cross spots virtually that I have loved visiting or wish to visit.

Since I'm doing daily yoga this year, I didn't want to commit to as many miles, so I went with "Blue Ridge to the Beach," which is 475 miles going from Asheville, NC (a town I love) to the NC beach near Wilmington.

The other plus is that the registration fees for these go to food-insecurity charities.

Starts Friday - let's do it!

 

[fred_1_15301]

Remember that 700 miles in six months challenge I did last year?  I decided to sign up for a milder version just now.  I like these challenges because they take you on a virtual journey somewhere and you can hit milestones along the way.  Last year I did Bend to Whistler, and it was fun to cross spots virtually that I have loved visiting or wish to visit.

Since I'm doing daily yoga this year, I didn't want to commit to as many miles, so I went with "Blue Ridge to the Beach," which is 475 miles going from Asheville, NC (a town I love) to the NC beach near Wilmington.

The other plus is that the registration fees for these go to food-insecurity charities.

Starts Friday - let's do it!

Good luck with the new challenge - still amazed at how you completed last year’s challenge.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Remember that 700 miles in six months challenge I did last year?  I decided to sign up for a milder version just now.  I like these challenges because they take you on a virtual journey somewhere and you can hit milestones along the way.  Last year I did Bend to Whistler, and it was fun to cross spots virtually that I have loved visiting or wish to visit.

Since I'm doing daily yoga this year, I didn't want to commit to as many miles, so I went with "Blue Ridge to the Beach," which is 475 miles going from Asheville, NC (a town I love) to the NC beach near Wilmington.

The other plus is that the registration fees for these go to food-insecurity charities.

Starts Friday - let's do it!

How much?

 

[DA RAIDERS]

2500 active calories. Major wind holds still in effect. So my gnar shredding was limited. 

 

[Poke_4_Life]

Another sober day in the book and ate decently well.  Not tracking calories, but eating at home and cooking so not too bad.  Last night was also meatless, pasta with Beyond Meat Italian Sausage.  That 'meat' is very tasty.  

Just did another full practice 40-min down dog yoga session.  It was actually a slog.  I am struggling with balance right now due to congestion (maybe Omicron) and not practicing as often, so of course today's practice had 3 rounds of standing splits and lots of balance poses.  Ugh.  

Keep up the good work!

 

[bostonfred]

Still feel lousy but managed to stay under 1600 calories. Goal of 1500 and i planned to do day 2 of yoga move but just no oomph.  I'll try to catch up @krista4

 

[krista4]

Still feel lousy but managed to stay under 1600 calories. Goal of 1500 and i planned to do day 2 of yoga move but just no oomph.  I'll try to catch up @krista4

I think you'll like this series when you're feeling better.  I'm enjoying it more than the other 30-day programs so far.  Today was called "Flow," and the first half was really good, with a nice flow that went faster than she normally does.  Then we went to a seat and she babbled incessantly for a while before we got into the next section, which dragged me down.  Once it got going again, I liked it.

 

[kevzilla]

Forgot to post, but I got my treadmill session in yesterday.

 

[Otis]

Glad to see folks doing well in here. HNY. Just a quick status check in from me.

After a last few months of the year in which I did nothing but drink alcohol and eat anything in sight, I think ended the year at my peak all time weight, pushing 245. It got bad. It was glorious getting there, but jeez… my suits don’t fit, and it’s just not a good look….

My current plan is simple. I haven’t had any alcohol or added sugar this year. I’m hoping I’ll be able to say that months from now. And if I do only that, I should lose a tremendous amount of weight. Alcohol is the devil in so many ways. And if you just avoid sugary foods (note added sugar includes white bread; wheats and grains are all good; natural sugar, like in fruits, totally fine), you basically avoid anything that is bad for you. Turns out you also just end up consuming a lot less.  I’m also following Mrs. Otis who is on a vegetarian kick, so I’m glad eating more vegetables than ever (though I’m still having a little chicken here and there, and plan to allow for fish). 

6 days in and it’s amazing how my body freaked out and gave me dull headaches for a couple days, I’m assuming from some combination of the sugar and alcohol dependency.  Today I woke up feeling like I have a clearer head.   

I still need to find the motivation for an exercise routine. That hasn’t happened yet. But as I get leaner, I feel like that will come. I’ll probably either start rowing or lifting again. Really I should do both. But one thing at a time. I don’t want to set myself up for failure. 
 

Hope you all kill it in here. Summer is still 6 months away. You can safely lose 60lbs or more by then. LFG

 

[kevzilla]

There he is!

 

[Poke_4_Life]

But one thing at a time. I don’t want to set myself up for failure. 

This is a good plan.  Small sustainable changes have a much better chance of turning into long term habits.  

 

[Poke_4_Life]

Another sober day in the books.  Food choices weren't the best yesterday.  

Did a 40-min down dog restorative yoga session this morning.  Don't know about walking the dog today, it's damn cold here.  May find time to get on the treadmill for a bit.

Keep up the good work!

 

[The Flying Turtle]

Under 2000 calories and 60 minutes on the Peloton. 

I am also happy to see that my 1/1/22 was an error (or just an extra bad morning).  I weighed in 5 lbs. lighter on January 2 and have consistently been going down from there.

 

[Poke_4_Life]

I am also happy to see that my 1/1/22 was an error (or just an extra bad morning).  I weighed in 5 lbs. lighter on January 2 and have consistently been going down from there.

Must have been a large 'movement' on 1/1 after the weigh in.  

 

[fred_1_15301]

Had a pretty good day yesterday.  No booze and ate relatively good(other than the 3 mini candy bars and a small late night snack).  It was taco night and I stuck to one taco.  Also hit my calorie goal and completed 100 pushups for the 3rd straight day.

It's a new year and things are off to a good start.  However, I'm cognizant that the easiest time of the year to make the right choices is right now.  The test will be whether I'm still sustaining these patterns in April.  

Hopefully we can all continue to motivate each other.

 

[Keerock]

Glad to see folks doing well in here. HNY. Just a quick status check in from me.

After a last few months of the year in which I did nothing but drink alcohol and eat anything in sight, I think ended the year at my peak all time weight, pushing 245. It got bad. It was glorious getting there, but jeez… my suits don’t fit, and it’s just not a good look….

This is me (shorter and heavier) with less alcohol and more food.  Back on the keto wagon... hoping it's as effective as it was in the past, especially given my advanced age.  Had a 160 calorie, 3 net carb Chaffle Pizza for lunch... yummy!

 

[krista4]

 It was taco night and I stuck to one taco. 

This seems...impossible.  Unless it was this?

 

[kevzilla]

Treadmill session completed. Both feet acted like they wanted to make trouble at the start, but they loosened up.

 

[caustic]

Yesterday I put in my first straight-A diet day of 2022. Healthy Choice frozen meal at lunch, some whole wheat pasta for dinner, and (importantly) no booze. The -15 degree weather this morning forced me inside where I ran 4 boring miles on the treadmill. Unfortunately, my knee continues to nag a little bit -- hurt for a few minutes during mile #3 this morning and is a little sore now. Nothing major but slightly concerning. May just do 4-5 miles again tomorrow and call this a full-blown recovery week, hoping that things are back to normal on Monday. Hope everyone else is doing well!

 

[bostonfred]

As much as it sucks being sick, it's been easy enough to transition to 1500 cal/day without exercise which is usually the hardest part of the first week.

I started on new years eve so that's a week in the books.  81g protein 51g fiber under 1500 calories and hoping to get back to exercise over the weekend 

 

[krista4]

As much as it sucks being sick, it's been easy enough to transition to 1500 cal/day without exercise which is usually the hardest part of the first week.

I started on new years eve so that's a week in the books.  81g protein 51g fiber under 1500 calories and hoping to get back to exercise over the weekend 

Today's Adriene "Move" series was called "Deepen" and was not challenging.  Just lots of deep stretches that might feel good for you.  Once you're getting back into it, you could maybe start with that one before going back to Days 2/3/4.

 

[bostonfred]

Today's Adriene "Move" series was called "Deepen" and was not challenging.  Just lots of deep stretches that might feel good for you.  Once you're getting back into it, you could maybe start with that one before going back to Days 2/3/4.

That might be a good idea.  And now that i know why down dog was hard the other day I'm hoping i still have some muscle left unatrophied so maybe i can do the two a days

 

[Judge Smails]

Doing well food wise. Coffee for breakfast , Chicken salad for lunch, and some delicious slow roasted pork tacos (small corn tortillas) for dinner. 30 min Peleton ride + a round of golf. Did have one vodka soda post round to celebrate a very good day on the links (75 -  great for me). I know just being consistent doing the right things works for me. Same program as I did for a big chunk of 2021. I need to stay away from wine, white flour, sugars

 

[The Flying Turtle]

I stayed under 1800 calories and 60 minutes on the Peloton. Still perfect for the year. 
 

I am taking my son and some friends to a cabin in the mountains. I am bringing my own food to help me behave, but I will see how that goes when I am tempted with their food. Luckily they are all underage so keeping away from alcohol will be easy. 

 

[Poke_4_Life]

Another sober day.  Ate decently yesterday as well. 

Did another full practice 40-min down dog yoga session today.  Balance poses are already getting easier.  Also did a 'full frog' pose today, that was a new one for me.  First two crow poses of the year as well, I held the first one pretty much the whole time while I fell out on the second one about halfway.  Guess that's why they call it 'practice'.

Planning to walk the dog later, once it finally gets above freezing here.

Keep up the good work!

 

[bostonfred]

Got on the treadmill for the first time in a few days and could actually breathe which was nice.  Got contactless pizza delivery for my stir crazy kid and ended up over calories but under maintenance so I'll chalk it up as a win. If I had had any wine in the house i might have cracked because Friday and I was starting to feel better... i think I'm better off just going completely dry for a while. 

 

[krista4]

I stayed under 1800 calories and 60 minutes on the Peloton. Still perfect for the year. 
 

I am taking my son and some friends to a cabin in the mountains. I am bringing my own food to help me behave, but I will see how that goes when I am tempted with their food. Luckily they are all underage so keeping away from alcohol will be easy. 

This is a great example of what works.  Knowing where your weakness might be (the kids' food won't be healthy) and planning ahead for it.  Congrats on your successes so far this year.

Another sober day.  Ate decently yesterday as well. 

Did another full practice 40-min down dog yoga session today.  Balance poses are already getting easier.  Also did a 'full frog' pose today, that was a new one for me.  First two crow poses of the year as well, I held the first one pretty much the whole time while I fell out on the second one about halfway.  Guess that's why they call it 'practice'.

Planning to walk the dog later, once it finally gets above freezing here.

Keep up the good work!

I didn't know what this was, so looked it up.  This?!?!    

 

[krista4]

Forgot to post yesterday.  As has always been the case, Day 6 of an Adriene month-long practice (this one called "Light") was a tougher core workout.  She had some new moves in there I hadn't done before, so I enjoyed it.  Today's practice, "Nourish," was fairly easy in comparison.  Still a fan of this program one week in and would recommend it to any but the more advanced yogis.

I've also had two of my three allotted "wine days" this week, so could have a couple of glasses either tonight or tomorrow if I wish.

All the carryover junk from the holidays is out of the house now, so eating well has become less challenging.

 

[gianmarco]

Forgot to post yesterday.  As has always been the case, Day 6 of an Adriene month-long practice (this one called "Light") was a tougher core workout.  She had some new moves in there I hadn't done before, so I enjoyed it.  Today's practice, "Nourish," was fairly easy in comparison.  Still a fan of this program one week in and would recommend it to any but the more advanced yogis.

I've also had two of my three allotted "wine days" this week, so could have a couple of glasses either tonight or tomorrow if I wish.

All the carryover junk from the holidays is out of the house now, so eating well has become less challenging.

Based on this thread, I did yoga with the other half for the first time ever yesterday. Went with Adrienne, Day 1. 

Still don't understand how something that looks so easy is such a #####, but yoga 1, me 0. But seriously, I can see where it will help and plan on doing 30 days with her, but I don't think I'd ever get into it myself. 

 

[krista4]

Based on this thread, I did yoga with the other half for the first time ever yesterday. Went with Adrienne, Day 1. 

Still don't understand how something that looks so easy is such a #####, but yoga 1, me 0. But seriously, I can see where it will help and plan on doing 30 days with her, but I don't think I'd ever get into it myself. 

Nice!  Glad you're along for the 30 days at least.   

 

[kevzilla]

It hasn't been a good week. My brother was hospitalized (sepsis, not Covid) on Tuesday, and I got to see him in the ICU today, though he was not responsive while I was there. He has improved, however, and they're going to try to extubate him tomorrow.

The scale says I gained 0.4 pounds this week, like I care. Despite that, I am a little guilty about not walking today, and I will probably make it up tomorrow. Take care of each other.