i don't think im on my on way to yogi enlightenment just yet.

i finally beat my ongoing case of the lazies and decided to take a yoga class last night, starting off at the 0/1 level (0 for anyone having taken 25 yoga classes or less). about 15 of us crammed into a tiny room, mats overlapping in a forced camaraderie. while i was glad to see several other girls following the instructions for the level 0 "easy" modifications (strength in numbers), i couldnt help but feel slightly discouraged at how much i struggled with the supposedly beginners poses. naturally, i found myself seated between two yoga masters, flawlessly executing the poses while barely breaking a sweat. meanwhile there i am, sweating bullets after 2 breathes in downward facing dog. i think its safe to say i wont be making pilgrimages to any indian ashrams anytime soon...

every single one of my muscles struggled every single second of that 75 minutes class. while i may not have felt like the "rockstar" our instructor kept calling us, i am pretty damn proud of myself for getting up off my tush and doing something good for my body. broken feet, rashes, rare eye afflictions and god knows what else ive suffered have reaped enough havoc on my body. time for some good health!

i'm not sure that yoga is quite right for me, that "thing," that soul centering, mind easing path to rock hard abs and buns of steel. i'm too focused on the fact that im not yoga-zen that i never get yoga-zen. i just dont think my body is meant to BE a cobra. or a cat. or dog. in fact, i'm not really not fit to be any land animal really.

now fish are an entirely different story. about that pool membership....

hello sweet sorrow, goodbye fair nuts.

the long awaited results of my food allergy test came back, with a few unpleasant surprises.

of the 42 foods tested, i only tested allergic to 2: kidney beans (eh, no big loss there) and almonds. almonds. as in my preferred granola addition, my favorite evening morcel, my SECOND favorite nut!

once i recovered from the initial shock, the doctor went on to tell me i was mildly allergic to walnuts and pecans. there goes delicious pecan pie, delicious apple-walnut salad.

here goes the next 4 weeks almond-pecan-walnut free...

when the goings get tough (read: SNOWY), the tough get eating (read: FAT).

this past week spent victim to the infamous snowpocalypse saw no boundaries. no limits. no food was too fatty, too greasy, too unconscionably unhealthy. i'd like to think im more in tune with nature, preparing to hibernate by building up fat stores for the cold months to come. what's that? we don't need to do that anymore? stores you say? nonsense.

i believe my diet consisted of popcorn, cookies, brownie mix, fried chicken, rice, beef, bagels...i may have just had a heart attack just thinking about it. not to mention the hours spent sitting around, "working from home," watching movies, tv, the snow fall. most of my physical activity consisted of my going to the grocery store to buy MORE food (brownie mix. you know, the essentials).

sigh. healthy eating plan FAIL.

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