Day 26

4 days to go, I can't believe it's almost over. I'm happy and I'm sad about it. Happy to be able to sleep in a bit but sad that I won't be so rigorous about something so good for me.

I do plan to continue going to hot yoga, no doubt about that! I will probably even go a few mornings as that has made this so easy... Having to work my life around this for 30 days would have been hard. Fitting it into my mornings when I'd be sleeping otherwise really worked out.

I did have my least favorite class today and will again tomorrow but I am powering through it! 4 DAYS TO GO!

I was thinking of going on the 31st just to finish out the month... Haven't decided yet. I do like that teacher alot but then having a Monday to sleep in sound delightful... I dunno... I may just do it! The 31 day yoga challenge.

A little over half way done...

Today is day 17 and I'm feeling good. I feel strong, I feel good, my skin looks somewhat clear...

Todays class was hard, being Monday and all, but I did it.

In 13 more days this challenge will be over - I am curious to see how my measurements have changed (Oh, how I hope they have changed!)

Day 12

Sorry I haven't been blogging much but it's pretty much been the same thing every day. Get up at 5:45, head to yoga at 6:30am, hour of power flow, head home shower and then off to work to start the day.

One recent development that has brought me back to my blog is that it seems I have allowed my self to get a bit dehydrated... The reason I found this out was by a painful charley horse that woke me up at 1:26am one night. I have never had one of those while sleeping and after mentioning it to several people it seems to be somewhat common for some people. To those people I say "Man, that sucks!" I am happy to say this is not a common occurrence for me, I have only had a few in my life and they have always happened while swimming as I kicked to hard (strenuous exercise)...

I decided to google it and found out that it can happen in your sleep from dehydration or low potassium. The obvious cures being bananas and water. So, I have been eating my bananas and trying to amp up the drinking of the water... I can honestly say bananas are not my favorite fruit.

It makes sense really, I have been sweating way more than normal so why wouldn't I get dehydrated... I'm not drinking more water than normal. So tip for hot yoga: DRINK LOTS OF WATER!

I've gotten to know a few of the yoga ladies names and a lot of the staff know about my 30 day challenge so they ask me what day I am on here and there. It's nice. Tip for hot yoga #2: Tell people you are going to do it and then you feel obligated to see it through. Trust me there are days I just wanna stay in bed and go tomorrow... I don't though! I just imagine people saying "we knew she couldn't do it..." But I CAN!

18 days to go!

Day 1 - Hot Yoga Begins

I've been doing hot yoga for a few weeks now and completely thought I would hate it... Quite the opposite, I love it! It's hot, yes. It's tough, yes. However, I feel so great and "clean" after it's over. By "clean" I mean it's such a clean sweat so my skins literally is glowing.

I decided a few weeks ago to try the 30 day challenge (I had heard about it from a co-worker) - so what that means is I go to yoga everyday for 30 days. Supposedly it will make me feel amazing. So, I am giving it a try.

I have been going to a new yoga studio in Greenlake called I Love Hot Yoga and plan to do my challenge there.

Day 1: I went to their 10am hour long power yoga class (which is the class I plan to do for 30 days). Before class I eat a piece of toast with peanut butter and drink some water so I don't go in their dehydrated. If you are wondering, I bring my yoga mat, a large towel to lay on my mat as it gets slippery and a hand towel to wipe my face. I also bring a large Nalgene bottle of water and tend to drink all of it or almost all of it by the end of class.

So back to class... Today we were asked what areas we wanted to foucs on, I said hips, some guy said abs and another woman said arm strength. For the hour we flowed in and out of poses and strengthening exercises. I sweated profusely. I checked the thermostat a few times and at one point it said 104 but at the end of class it said 106 - it was hot!

The owner of the studio offered to take my measurements tomorrow when I told him I was doing the 30 day challenge, so I will post those tomorrow so I can track my progress.

I have my schedule set for when I plan to attend classes... I feel ready! (This picture was taken at the end of class... yep, sweaty...)

Till tomorrow...