I’ve been doing yoga three days a week for two weeks now. Yay!
That’s a little bit of self-praise to keep me going. I want to get fit again and I need to motivate myself to do yoga consistently.
See, though I kept telling myself I will start an exercise routine or do Hip Hop Abs in the morning, I wasn’t really able to follow through because… well, I like sleeping. I used to.
Until one of my blouses ripped. It was a small sheer cotton wrap around blouse. I bought it when I was at my thinnest. One day I wore it and it kept hiking up my back. So I pulled it down once.
And it ripped. Not good. So not good at all.
I realized I needed to do something serious about my fitness but I couldn’t just over exert myself either. Good thing, the Hip Hop Abs DVD I bought had a bonus session from Project YOU by Kathy Smith.
So I started gently and I’m just doing 20 – minute yoga workouts for now. I always manage to wake up at 7am which leaves me enough time for everything else. I love how yoga wakes up my sleeping muscles and energizes my body in the morning. The workout comprises mostly stretches and lunges but they’re all doable even if you’re a beginner.
When my body gets used to this, I’ll move on to Power Yoga or Hip Hop Abs depending on what I fancy at the moment. I like doing different workouts so I can keep doing them. Put me in a boring gym and I’m gonna bail after the third day.
I’m not doing any measurements for now, that would be pointless since it’s only been two weeks or six sessions to be exact. But I’m expecting great results soon. (Closing my eyes to visualize.)
A friendly reminder
I’ll try to keep this positive because I always believe it’s the best way to deal with things, but sometimes I still get just a little bit peeved.
Remember how our moms used to say, “Keep quiet if you don’t have anything nice to say”? I try to keep that in mind and always try to give a compliment every time. If I don’t feel like it, I simply smile or nod at you. Or if I’m really out of sorts, I’ll just ignore you.
I think that’s way better than saying something really rude. Like: “Oh you got fat!” or “You got fat, didn’t you?” Saying one immediately after the other just makes it doubly rude.
Here’s the thing:
If you think I’m fat, try to compliment something else about me like my nicely curled hair or my cute little shirt. If you don’t feel like doing that, just ignore me. Don’t worry I can take it.
Bottomline is:
Don’t tell me or (worse) ask me if, I got fat, because I already know the answer to that.
If you don’t have anything nice to say, just keep quiet. ( I told you I’ll try to keep this positive.)
So there. Feeling much better now.
For what it’s worth, I’m even more motivated to get fit. I’m doing this for me.
Back to happy programming.
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I’ve wanted to do yoga for the longest time, but have been unavailable to squeeze it in. I wish you well on your yoga and I’m sure you’ll be getting results soon. Usually, when someone says I got fat, it hurts but I try to ignore it. I’ve been teased a lot in grade school and high school for being chubby. I do know several people who’d just say out loud, “you gained weight.” I really hate how that sounds.
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I did enroll in a Bikram Yoga class before. It was great but it was also very expensive so I really had to stick to it everyday. But now I’m just using DVDs for my workout, they’re much more practical. Maybe you could try DVDs for starters just to get a feel of it. You’ll feel really good after a workout.
Bahala na si Lord doon sa mga tao who make rude comments.