I am so not a Yogi

1/20/2015

I started my morning by throwing on my new yoga pants as part of my workout ensemble.  I ran/walked the Trails (about 45 minutes)and did 50 squats and 50 modified push ups.  Later in the morning I went to the gym.  My workout at the gym included:
2 different Elliptical machines, 53 minutes
Treadmill, 45 minutes
I tried a combo Yoga/Pilates class, 60 minutes.

I noticed a few things during meditation in class today:
1.  Yoga pants are truly built for yoga.  After I completed my run I went to the gym.  I thought I would try to get my cardio started by jumping on the elliptical machine.  Part way through the first machine I noticed that my pants were feeling a little droopy.  The legs of the pants fit just fine, the hips and the waist got really loose.  I think the fix for this will be to wear yoga pants to yoga only and put another pair of shorts or pants in my gym bag to change into for everything else.
2.  I know its only been a little over a week since I started really attempting to get more varied workouts, but I am really bad at yoga.  I also know that in the past I have said that I "do not like yoga or pilates.  Time for a little honesty, I like the concepts of both yoga and pilates.  I especially like the idea of practicing more pilates when I learned that pilates came about as a result of rehabbing injuries to get things back in working order.  Unfortunately the reason I told myself that I did not like those forms of exercise does not hold true.  Yes, they do both move a little slower that a full cardio workout but the reason I did not like them is because I am not good at them, I have gotten heavier and more awkward.  I am NOT flexible.  I have a hard time with balance.  In truth, I am finding that if I keep trying and I make it a point to get to several classes per week I can begin to feel more comfortable in my own skin while in class.  Really I just have to get over myself and get moving.

Lunch today:

a healthy smoothie of spinach, broccoli slaw 1 tsp. of coconut oil, 1/2 a frozen banana, Dole frozen tropical fruit, green tea and water.