BPaula47's Journal, 26 October 2016

Hey all,

Hope everyone is well and happy. We finally got to our first yoga class yesterday. It was and wasn’t what I expected. There was an element of meditation about the class which felt nice. I haven’t been doing my meditation practice for a long time now and it was nice to get a little of that back. I wasn’t expecting that.

I did expect the pain and discomfort I felt though. I know I’ve got some tight muscle structures. It’s usually in my neck, upper and lower shoulder area, but lately since I’ve been walking, I noticed that my hip flexors are throbbing after about 15 mins of walking. Well, the right hip decided to act up yesterday. Most of the moves I could do. Had a problem with the one where you kind of “sit” on the wall (lying on the floor with legs up along the wall). Couldn’t quite get my bottom up against that wall flush. Got to work on that one. In class, we joked about the “Downward facing dog” position. I had never seen this one before (when I could see) and I told our instructor that it didn’t sound all that easy. She said it actually is an demonstrated for my sister who described it for me. I laughed and said “oh, I call that position “try to get up off the floor”. And sure enough when class was over that was the position I eventually got into just before standing upright. It was a great class and we laughed allot. It’s a very very beginner class which is such a good thing.

Went walking today at Karen’s gym. She officially joined today. We still are working off our week long free passes, but I’m afraid mine ends tomorrow. It’s weight training day. I actually like the gym. If I were in a position to join right now, I would. Their walking track is pretty good and I love the machines they have upstairs on the second floor. It’s a little more private and cozy up there. Most of the women work out up there. I’ve got a few things to pay off first like my livingroom furniture and my storage rack (only got one more payment on that one). I’m actually looking into the whole Silver Sneakers thing and trying to see if a disabled person can qualify. If I can then I can use that membership until I get the furniture paid off (in about two years). Then I could join. I need to find us another walking track though. I’m going to look into a Planet Fitness near us and see what their track is like. I might be able to squeeze out a membership there if it’s still around $10 a month. If worse comes to worse, I’m seriously considering giving the tread mill another go. I used to own a Nordic track back in the 90’s and well, let’s just say things didn’t go well. I used it twice, I think and both times I went sliding off the back of the thing and almost broke my neck. I could see then so I didn’t understand what the problem was. I guess eye/foot coordination was not in my repertoire. Maybe things will be different since I can’t see now. No eye/foot coordination, just foot ear? Hmmm. Well, I’m willing to give it another go if we can’t find another good track to walk during winter.

Oh, and I still need to sell my Pilates machine. No room in my place for it now. Does anyone remember those Health Riders or gliders? You would have to hold on to the handle bars and push down with your feet. I loved that thing. Think my neice sold it when I moved to Lansing . Wish I could find another one. Where’d they all go, anyway?

I seem to be eating a few too many carbs lately. But I’m noticing that I’m hungrier too. Wonder if winter has anything to do with this? Okay, hoping winter has something to do with this, lol! If not then I’m just carb pigging out and I’m gonna have to get it under control. I know one thing, I’m sick to death of Optifast products. It’s definitely time to get off the Weight Management program and go it alone. They need some new flavors. They have three main ones that I know of and only two soup flavors. My fav is the Creamy chicken, but how about beef barley or mushroom even. I will miss that Creamy chicken though.

Okay, I’m gonna go and give sleep a try again tonight. Wish me luck.

Blessings.

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1294 kcal

Fat: 29.80g | Prot: 106.68g | Carb: 161.69g.   Breakfast: Bagel Thins - Plain, Fully Cooked Turkey Sausage Patties. Lunch: Kiwi Fruit, Bagel Thins - Plain, Oven Ready Boneless Skinless Turkey Breast. Dinner: Cooked Mushrooms (from Fresh), Organic Creamy Butternut Squash Soup, Jumbo Lump Crab Cakes. Snacks/Other: Multi Grain Cheerios, Nonfat Vanilla Greek Yogurt, Zucchini, 800 Creamy Chicken Soup Mix, 800 Berry Bar. more...

4454 kcal

Activities & Exercise: Walking (slow) - 2/mph - 46 minutes, Resting - 19 hours and 14 minutes, Sleeping - 4 hours. more...