yoga & exercise (week report)
Some time last week, I watched this TED talk this one given by Sandra Aamodt on Why dieting doesn't usually work. Absolutely loved it! I always feel we are too focused on our weight than looking at the bigger picture of health - our lifestyle, eating mindfully, physical movement.
And there were a string of other articles on sugar in our daily lives and our addiction to it! As I look at what we eat at home, every meal has so much of added sugar. You really have to make things from scratch or fly to Europe to get stuff without so much sugar. grrr…
But this week has been good exercise wise. Weekly yoga class has been beautiful to the body (and mind). Went to the gym 3 times last weekend. Skipped the weekend. I should have gone at least one of those days. I want to make it that I get exercise in 5 days a week at least.
Monday, was a beautiful morning and so took a hike on the trail. This morning was the class. How inflexible my body has gotten and oh so stiff. But saw such a difference in just a week! Very nice! It really has made me more conscious of my posture on a daily basis.
Hubby also brought home a flourless chocolate cake! We have it hidden from D and eating a small slice a day… oh how delicious! But have cut out any other snacking to compensate.
Haven't had a cup of tea in a week too! It wasn't intentional except once, when I decided to go with a grapefruit! Grapefruit is such a filling fruit!! It's sad that I never grew up incorporating fruit with meals. It was always at snack time. So, that kind of stuck and since D was born, it has been replaced with a cup of tea and some biscuits, crackers, or rusk.
And there were a string of other articles on sugar in our daily lives and our addiction to it! As I look at what we eat at home, every meal has so much of added sugar. You really have to make things from scratch or fly to Europe to get stuff without so much sugar. grrr…
But this week has been good exercise wise. Weekly yoga class has been beautiful to the body (and mind). Went to the gym 3 times last weekend. Skipped the weekend. I should have gone at least one of those days. I want to make it that I get exercise in 5 days a week at least.
Monday, was a beautiful morning and so took a hike on the trail. This morning was the class. How inflexible my body has gotten and oh so stiff. But saw such a difference in just a week! Very nice! It really has made me more conscious of my posture on a daily basis.
Hubby also brought home a flourless chocolate cake! We have it hidden from D and eating a small slice a day… oh how delicious! But have cut out any other snacking to compensate.
Haven't had a cup of tea in a week too! It wasn't intentional except once, when I decided to go with a grapefruit! Grapefruit is such a filling fruit!! It's sad that I never grew up incorporating fruit with meals. It was always at snack time. So, that kind of stuck and since D was born, it has been replaced with a cup of tea and some biscuits, crackers, or rusk.