Day One: Over and done

Very awesome class this morning. It was an early morning, but surprisingly not too packed considering it's the first day of a 30 Day Challenge. I had fears of it being packed like the gym on January 2...but it was fine.

Tough class too...there was a lot of downward dog, planks and those reverse push-uppy things...then back to downward dog...like between everything. It was exhausting and my palms felt raw all day. The early morning classes are only an hour but this morning felt like longer. It was great though. It was also very nice to leave the class and drive home in the daylight.

Here are the benefits 30 days of hot yoga is meant to provide (taken from the Moksha website):

• Complete Detoxification – Yoga enhances blood supply to internal organs, as well as lymphatic drainage. This unique ability to flush out toxins makes yoga a  superior activity of choice.
• Increasing Flexibility – Yoga postures invigorate every joint in the body, especially those not commonly exercised or given attention to.
• Weight loss and improved body composition – Excess flab is shed through the repeated stimulation that comes from regular yoga practice. Remarkable toning of muscles is attained in a relatively short period of time.

So that's all great. How much weight am I gonna lose? I went online and found a hot yoga calorie-burning calculator:  http://www.bikram-yoga-noosa-australia.com/weight-loss-and-yoga.htm (scroll to the bottom.)

So for my weight, I can burn around 1000 calories per class. So knowing that I have to burn 3,500 calories to lose a pound...let's see....1000 x 30 = 30,000 calories burned....30,000 divided by 3,500 = 8.5 pounds lost in a month purely by exercise! 

So that's what's supposed to happen. And if I eat well, it should be even more. Tonight I had bangers and mash so I'm actually up 2 lbs. BUT imagine if I hadn't gone to yoga this morning!!

Today at work I was starving all morning...even after the protein shake I had afterwards...so I have to sort that out. I got really headachey too so I did something wrong. And actually, I think I know what it was. I left my full water bottle in the car overnight so that it would melt during the class and would be extra delish and refreshing. Well it didn't melt fast enough and I basically just licked a giant block of ice during the class. I looked like a thirsty hamster. Dumb. I could've died.  

But so far, except for the near-death experience, the hot yoga challenge is already improving my life. I felt great all day that I'd already worked out, and I was wise at work...twice:)

Now it's time for a glass of wine in bed with last night's episode of Downton Abbey.

Nite All.

Justy

xo

ps. I promise I'll never sign these posts off with "Namaste".