Sunday, July 31, 2011

It's Getting Hot In Here

At the beginning of this month, I decided to redeem my coupon for two months of classes at Funky Door Yoga on Polk Street, about a 15 minute walk from work. I needed something to do and I didn't want to get back onto my bike. I usually take a vacation from the bike until the fall. So I decided to give yoga a shot.

It has been seven years since I stepped into a yoga studio and had a regular yoga practice. When I lived in the Mission, I frequented Bikram Yoga in the Mission (now Mission Yoga or something like that) for a challenge- take 4 or 5 yoga classes a week for 8 weeks and get two weeks of yoga free. I figured this was a good challenge and I was game for it. I did it, got really skinny and was a really strong rider for ALC 3. However, I was so burnt out from doing it so often for 8 weeks that I really didn't enjoy the 2 free weeks. I tried going to other yoga studios but they didn't do it for me. Finally I rolled up the yoga mat and focused on biking and running.

Usually around this time of year, I'm training for a marathon or a half marathon as of late. But my posture still sucks so I will have to put off running for awhile.

I'm having a love/ hate relationship with Bikram yoga. Well, not exactly hate but sometimes not wanting to go. I read somewhere that if you don't want to go to yoga class, that's the best time to go.

I know that it is suggested that one should go three times a week (at least) to get the benefits of Bikram yoga. I sometimes get bored because we're doing the same 26 poses for the 90 minute allotted time. I am managing to go at least twice a week. I'm taking a slower pace and not putting a lot of expectation that my life will change dramatically like the woman in the O Magazine article last year talked how 3 months of Bikram yoga (she went every day since she was in between jobs) changed her life. I'm not going at it hard assed like I did seven years ago.

At least my shoulders are opening a little bit more. I am finding myself looking forward to recovery from class with coconut water (I don't like the taste of pure coconut water; I need it to be flavored- same amount of points). I'm putting a lot on it that I will lose a ton of weight but I need to temper that expectation with what I am eating and putting in my mouth.

We'll see where I end up around September when my Groupon expires. That's all I expect. A wait and see attitude.

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The First 100 Days

Usually one would watch carefully the first 100 days of a public official's term in office as taking the pulse of that administration, seeing if the term of the public official will be a good one. Rich and I haven't reached our 100 days yet (we're at day 92 as a married couple). So far, things have been good.

We've lived together for about two years before we got married. I have to say that married life is different. There is a shift that the two of you share that no words can explain. We're more now thought of as a unit, not two individuals.

So far, we've opened a checking account, inherited a lot of furniture from Rich's brother Ed, and looked for mattresses. I've made the appropriate changes to my social security card and my driver's license (that will be tomorrow).

I have to say that I am overall happy about our marriage. We're going through some challenges such as Rich deciding what to do career wise and struggling with money. Other than that, nothing really much is happening.

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