...and our instructor came by and said to me, "Good, good." and gave me a little pat on my foot. It made my life!! I was ridiculously happy!
Today's class was Moksha Flow and it totally kicked my arse!! I could barely keep up...it was moving so fast, and every time we would abseil from downward dog to plank then lower to the ground, I nearly ate mat every time. I had absolutely no tricep strength today at all. OR DID I????
So Day 15 was the day I was going to attempt to push myself up off the mat into this....
...and I totally did it! Just once. There was the option to do it 2 or 3 times...but after the first attempt, which I got up on, I couldn't do it again. But who cares, because I said I was going to do it and I did it! (I didn't get a foot pat for this one, but maybe he didn't see:)
Oh - and the other awesome thing that happened today is that I'm down 4 lbs! Nothing nothing nothing...and then Bazinga! 4 lbs!
And now here's something bad that happened in class:
I tried to do this today...twice. The first time I just couldn't, and the second time I nearly got it but then my knee shot off my lotion/sweat covered arm and I fell on my face, exclaiming "Sh*t!" in a crowded, yet silent yoga room. I barely cared. I'm sure I wasn't the first.
So there you have it. The halfway mark and I'm still going strong. I'm feeling limber, stronger, more calm at work (not that my colleagues would agree with this statement, but if you only knew how much I would normally want to kick off right about now, they'd understand how much the yoga is helping me...and them.), and if you can believe it, thinner. Not considerably but I can tell where I've slimmed down down around my upper chest and around my rib cage for sure. There's a slight possibility that something good is happening to my legs too, but that just might be my NEW FAVE LULULEMON WUNDER LEGGINGS!!!! Have I mentioned how great these pants are?
Oh - and here's another product that has been my best friend throughout The Challenge that was under my nose all along. An old stand by. An unsung hero, if you will. As you may know I used to live in the UK and one of my favourite products from there is Simple Cleansing Wipes. I always stock up when I go and I am on my last packet! Gulp.
These miracle wipes get voted Britain's best beauty product every year in magazines and they are wonderful. They take off all of your make up without leaving oils or remover lotions on your skin or in your eyes like so many wipes you can get here in Canada. These are far above any other make up removing wipe I've ever used. Even after you take your eye make up off before practice and then sweat into your eye...there's no stinging at all...because there's nothing there. And they are so cheap. You can usually get them 2 for 5 quid, or $5 Canadian each - which is so much better than paying anywhere from $10 - $14 for wipes that are guaranteed to give you a sty! So, if you are ever in the UK, be sure to stuff your suitcase with these and if any of my lovely Brit friends are reading this, please feel free to send some my way, ok Paulette? ;0)
Well that's all for tonight. Hard, hard class - but very rewarding.
Goodnight all.
Justy
xoxo
ps. God bless the wipes.
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