Week Two - March 28

Phew, I am exhausted today! I didn't get a great sleep last night, but I woke up bright and early this morning and did a 30 minute yoga video. I didn't want to get up, but man did I feel great afterwards! It was wonderful starting my day like that. I do a ton of walking on weekdays (I'm gone for usually 14-16+ hours throughout the day, and I don't drive, so I walk a lot, especially across/around campus) and my legs are usually quite sore when I get home, but tonight I feel great and I honestly think it's because of the yoga this morning. Today I have the same relaxed-stretched-muscle feeling as I have when I finish a hot yoga class.

Today Karena and Katrina e-mailed out a new workout: the Lean Legs Pyramid!
20 squats, 30 lunges, 40 toe-touches, 50 second wall sit, 100 seconds jumping jacks, 50 second wall sit, 40 toe-touches, 30 lunges, 20 squats
Man, oh man, did I feel that one! I did this workout when I got home after work and I am definitely ready for a long, hot bath now! I think I'll do this one AGAIN tomorrow, I loved it that much, though! It was quick and straight-forward but I most definitely felt "the burn" haha!



Exercise:
30 minutes yoga
Lean Legs Pyramid

Food:
Apple oatmeal
1 piece of apple pie
1 cup mashed potatoes (and a little bit of salt)
1 can tuna, 10 rice crackers
1 bowl of Vietnamese food (Someone else ordered for me, so I'm not exactly sure what it was, but it was noodles, carrots, chicken, and lettuce, and some white vegetable cut into stringy pieces)
3 bottles of water
a ton of green grapes
a few hand-fulls of trail mix (munchin' while I study)

Overall, good day. I'm not really seeing any results yet (it's only been a week, mind you) but I am starting to feel different. I haven't been eating the healthiest over the past few months or working out this consistently, so my body has definitely noticed a change and is telling me so! But it's a good change. Hopefully over time this will become more of a lifestyle for me and less of a "challenge." I want to challenge myself right now, though, and push past my comfort zone. I do want to be a healthy person, and I do want to feel great and look great this summer (even if I don't sport a bikini at all). I'm feeling motivated and, most importantly, excited!