Day 20 of Challenge (60/60), Class# 21 – Why did I eat the whole pizza?
Sticker at our Yoga Studio
Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most ~ Dalai Lama
I am starting to get used to this whole planning my entire life around Bikram Yoga. This is definitely a side effect of doing the 60 day Challenge. It’s odd how normal and routine it’s becoming to go to class everyday and do to doubles on the weekend. I remember over the past year certain days that I couldn’t pull myself to go to class for some reason, even if I had the day off work and nothing important pressing.
Today I woke up and made sure I had my breakfast, chia seeds, and E3live. This whole skipping breakfast has had a bad effect on my body. I am just a breakfast person and need to eat it to feel normal. I had to work out in Charlottesville today so I had a bit of commute this morning. I had a few important meetings today but had a plenty of time to go and eat at Mellow Mushroom. For those of you who have not tried this AMAZING pizza, I suggest you beeline to Charlottesville and get yourself some. It is just so ridiculous yummy. I ordered my favorite Megga Veggie personal 10 inch pizza. Then I ate my usual 2 slices and thought I can’t leave 2 pieces sitting here. That would be such a shame. I wasn’t able to take it with me because I had meetings at the hospital and I didn’t want to walk around with a box of left over pizza. That doesn’t really fit the professional image I need to be giving out. I decided to just have one more piece and leave one. Then finally I just broke down and ate the last piece. This was at noon so I thought there would be four hours till yoga so no problem right? WRONG!!! The pizza stayed with me through the whole day and well into class at 5pm.
(See below the culprit… the dough they use is kind of sweet. I know it looks harmless with all the veggies. It is just so delicious)
Megga Veggie Pizza from Mellow Mushroom
I am not sure why I do that to my poor little body. I just have a love affair with food and when you dangle my favorites in front of me, I fall weak! I am wondering if I am not alone in this department. My hubby said I would sweat it all out. I like to think I sweat some of it out.
I am a big Twitter person. You can follow me @chialover but today I saw the funniest tweet that I have to RT for you here on my blog.
@dotcom30rock: I just finished my first Bikram Yoga class. OMG, I feel like a wrinkled up sausage on that 7-11 cooker thingy.
I laughed out loud when I read that and just thought I know how you feel man.
Ok so today I was a little worn out and not really feeling up for Bikram Yoga. Even with the cooler weather, I was just so tired and yawning the whole way back to Richmond. I am glad the 60/60 is forcing me to go because otherwise I would have sat at home and just been lazy. On the drive back I had a conversation with myself about going to the 5pm or maybe waiting for the 7pm. I went back and forth but then just decided to get it over with and take the 5pm. I had to pump myself up and I also gave myself permission to take it easy in class.
I am so glad I went in with no expectations. It’s important to do that every class but sometimes it’s hard to not have expectations, especially if you are type A, perfectionist like myself.
When I got to the studio I saw Pam was teaching and I was happy because I knew it wouldn’t be a crazy tough class. I was grateful that the heat was not intense hot today after pushing so hard yesterday in Dave’s class. I had Michelle in my rear view today and she is always so inspiring and full of great energy. Lisa T was also on my side of the room today and it was great to have her in the room. Chris was also there today and he always has great energy. Katherine was also in class and she is doing the challenge too. We were both talking about the intensity of Dave’s classes. There was one first timer in class today and I was impressed he got through all the poses and didn’t fall to ground. I think just staying the room the first time is a big feat let alone doing all the poses.
One thing that was annoying me today was stray hairs attacking me and trying to steal my peace. I kept saying to myself no big deal, just let it go. But my loose hairs just kept sticking to me today and made me feel itchy. I think the yoga gods were testing my stillness today. Unfortunately I failed miserably. There is always tomorrow.
After class, I helped Lisa T. do a back bend against the wall and it felt good to help her out tonight. It’s so fun to be a part of the progress. She and I are definitely great yoga buddies and it’s great to be at the same place in our experiences. I am so happy I pulled it together and came to class tonight. I just felt renewed and not tired at all after class.
On the way out I saw Marcia and she was teaching the 7pm. I haven’t had one of her classes yet since I started the 60/60. I can’t wait to take one of her classes. She always makes me laugh and has such a happy feeling about her. I told her to save some good material for when I take her class next. I am so happy tomorrow is Friday. It’s been a long week.
Namaste Peeps!
