This much I know. If the salesperson at Lululemon tells you something, you believe it.
As you know, my soul has slowly been dying under a heap of soaking wet, festering yoga laundry that seems to multiply exponentially the more loads I do. On Thursday I freaked out and went to Lululemon and bought a whole new outfit because I couldn't bring myself to wear the same set of yoga pants and same top that has been in rotation for 2 weeks now. I decided to go for a nice cropped legging but I didn't just want black which I always tend to go for. I chose a grey, flecky pattern that actually had some texture to it. When I told the salesgirl that I wanted them for hot yoga she shook her head and told me I was going boil in them. I laughed in a condescending manner and asked her if that wasn't, in fact, the point? She showed me another cropped legging that I liked the weave of just slightly less - but it was a cropped legging that was apparently supposed to be the bee's knees. So I tried them on and they were cute enough and the mall was closing in 5 mins so I took them up to the till and grabbed a cute flouncy red yoga top to go with them. And a new yoga mat...just a thin one. What the hell, I thought. I deserve nice things! (And also I suspect my current yoga mat may be to blame for the faintest whiff of Ugg Foot that I've been shooting other people accusatory looks about all week.)
Up until yesterday I have been wearing selections from my workout clothes closet which is primarily made up of Lululemon products - but not specifically for hot yoga. I figured good quality workout wear is good quality workout wear. And you're going to boil anyway. No big whoop.
Holy Hell Balls! There is no way to measure the degree to which I cannot express how much of a difference this gear made. The pants were so light weight and comfortable and they held me in - I felt dry the entire class...it's like the pants repel moisture altogether. I don't know where it goes! It was incredible. It's like the leggings come with their own angels who just fly the sweat away. Remarkable and $$ well spent. I will get a couple more pairs of these...I honestly feel like I can't do hot yoga in any other pants now. Up until now, I may as well have been doing yoga in a PVC catsuit. I feel like a fool!!
Also - my red top impulse buy was a winner too. I think I look like an adorable pregnant lady in it because it's quite "smocky" but it hides my gut and any "handles" that I fixate on while I try to balance and I think that's what's throwing me off. Again - amazing light weight weave...perfect. Where has this top been all my life?
The thinner yoga mat made a big difference too. I went for the $28 mat over the $68 one because it was really just an impulse buy as I ran to the till. But again - the thinness of it has really helped with my balance. I liked or thought I liked my old mat because it was squishy and comfy to lie on. It was also like trying to balance on the Princess and the Pea bed!!
What have I been thinking all these days??
Here are the links to these amazing pants!! If I were famous or my opinion carried any weight at all, I would endorse these pants!
Bye All. Until next time:)
xoxo
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