Fitness

[inulro]

As I can no longer afford my yoga classes, I decided to check out the options at my gym as that's already paid for. I went to my first Pilates class on Saturday morning. At the time it seemed much less intense than yoga, but three hours later I was in crippling amounts of pain and had to go lie down. As I've been doing yoga in the evenings, it's hard to make a comparison.

First, the good news - I've been doing far more exercise than I ever would have thought was possible. I'm up to 45 minutes at the gym on a good day, and that's on top of walking to work 2 days a week (I am also too poor for bus fares). It may sound pathetic to most of you, but I really did expect I'd still be struggling to do more than 20 minutes at this point. I've been quite disabled with my illness & thus pretty inactive for the better part of 15 years, after all.

Then, the bad news - I still haven't lost any weight, and my clothes still don't fit. I can only cut down on my intake so much when I'm on meds that turn me into a Hungry Hippo. Plus, I hate being hungry and don't see the point in starving myself & making myself miserable (as it is, I can't remember the last time I had a muffin, or any other of the baked goods that make life worth living).

Comments

[notpluggedin.livejournal.com]

I hear yoga is good for stress, so people keep telling me! but it's good that you're keeping active, I'm sure you'll see benifits soon.

Clothes not fitting sucks! Same problem, I'm down to like 3 pairs of jeans that fit and that's it. Yay for hippy skirts I say.

Hope things improve soon.

[inulro.livejournal.com]

I'm not so sure about the stress, but yoga is really good for my back problems.

Hippy skirts and knitwear for the win! Then again, part of the reason I got so big without really noticing is that, as I don't iron, I am the Queen of Knitwear, and you can expand a lot before it starts to be noticeable.