#yogafix90

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YOGA FIX 90. DAY 10. STRONG SHOULDERS. And once again Lesley provided a routine I was so in need for, as my shoulders are not the strongest part of my body 😆 That was a flow I really enjoyed. One of the biggest surprises with this routine was the progress with straightening my legs up while lying on my back as well as straightening them forward when balancing on one leg. I was never able to straighten my legs in these poses, and this time I was! 😃 Also, I am starting to notice some progress with the handsatnd. When I started this "yoga every day" project, I was only able to do an itty bitty tiny little hop from that shortened Down Dog position (I hope it makes sense, I don't know how to explain it better). This time I was able to do quite a big jump up with one leg (and a little bit smaller one with the other leg) and even control my body a bit on the way back down 😀 It is certainly a good progress. I hope that soon I will be able to start practicing full handstand against the wall 👍 This Day 10 routine (I practiced it yesterday afternoon) didn't feel like a big deal, but this morning my shoulders, my upper back, and my glutes are a bit sore, which probably means I did a goo job 😇

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So happy with myself, I can finally do a head stand without touching the wall! It's not perfect, but it is progress. 😄 My little cat just loves to get involved, bless him! 🐱 For me yoga isn't about the asanas, although they do feel amazing when you achieve the difficult ones. I love how peaceful yoga makes me, it makes me feel more conscious and grateful. I look forward to it every day. Namaste. 👏🏼💛 #yogafix90

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Food and Fitness Log

Mostly sore today! Can definitely feel the exercise I’ve been doing recently. Also my cold is terrible, particularly this afternoon/evening. Food could have been better, but it wasn’t completely terrible. At least there were some vegetables in there?

Food:

Breakfast - scrambled egg w/ chorizo

Snack - doughnut, nakd nibbles (date,cashew,raisin)

Lunch - butternut squash and chickpea curry w/ wholegrain rice

Snack - 7 or 8 smallish homemade chocolate biscuits

Dinner - pizza (shop bought pizza express ~630 calories)

Fitness:

Walking - around 8k steps

Yoga - Day 11 of YogaFix90

Push-ups - 2, 3, 3, 2, 2

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Food and Fitness Log

I can’t believe it’s going to be September tomorrow. Wasn’t February only yesterday? Didn’t I just get back from Italy a week or so ago? I haven’t responded to one friend on FB since July! What’s going on with the world!?

Food:

Breakfast - 9bar, 2 (I think? Can’t remember) Babybel

Lunch - Seeded, breaded cod. Wholewheat pasta w/ sundried tomato pesto, spinach, bacon

Dinner - Salmon, broccoli and spinach bake in cheese sauce topped with hulled hemp seeds, creme fraiche and more cheese

Fitness:

Short walk to Tesco, which shouldn’t really count as exercise but it was most of the movement I did today.

Day 7 of Lesley Fightmaster’s YogaFix90

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Food and Fitness Log

I’m on the mostly feeling better but still tired and started to sneeze/get a chesty cough stage of this illness :/

Food:

Breakfast - one slice of cheese (cheddar) on toast

Lunch - beef burger w/cheese on two slices of buttered bread (super healthy - fat on fat on fat >_>’)

Snack - caramel cappuccino and chocolate brownie

Dinner - wholewheat pasta w/ chicken, onion, red pepper, spinach, sundried tomato pesto

Snack - toast w/ butter

I mean, when I look at it like that... oops? Lunch was delicious though.

Exercise:

YogaFix90 Day 5 - lower body strength day. I have never sworn so much through a yoga video, I had to stop several times, and I skipped some bits. But I got through it, and that’s what matters in the end!

I also did a bit of housework, but not a huge amount.

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I don’t think yoga sessions are supposed to include quite so many “oh fuck off”’s directed towards the video, but at least I got through it? >_>’

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Food and Fitness Log

Food:

Breakfast - 3 egg muffins

Snack - 1 pumpkin power bite

Lunch - Wholewheat pasta w/ chicken, onion, red pepper, spinach and sundried tomato pesto

Dinner - Beef burger w/cheddar and Moroccan roasted vegetables

Snack - 1/2 mint chocolate protein bar

Fitness:

Day 4 of YogaFix90 - this one was tough! Only 17 minutes including corpse pose but I had to pause it 2 or 3 times to take a bit of a rest. Glad I stuck it out though!

10k steps including 4.5 mile walk around Hampstead Heath. Half of this is up hill (and therefore the other half is down hill).

Can definitely tell that I’ve done something (and that I’m still under the weather) - legs are starting to ache already! Must be the combination of sickness and yoga from the last few days on top of the walk, because this is a usual route for me and I don’t normally feel it afterwards.

Tomorrow’s yoga vid is a 40 minute lower body strengthener. I fear it may be a challenge!

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Yoga day 4/90 complete! Even if I did have to take two attempts at day 3, I’ve still done something consistently for 5 days in a row now. 

Nearly gave up today - 6 minutes in I closed the video and thought ‘I’ll have to do this later’, but I realised it’d be even harder if I restarted in a few hours since I was already feeling it, so I re-opened it and continued. Had to pause 2 or 3 times and couldn't do everything, but I got through most and consistency is the key!