Day 27

Today is my 27th day of my attempt to better my health through exercise and proper diet. I say proper diet instead of diet or dieting because the word diet means what you take in, not what you do to lose weight. Most forget the real meaning of the word. Oh, before I digress... Week 3, day 3 X3 Yoga done.

Yoga was good today. I am feeling better with the vinyasas and salutations and able to stay with the pace of the dvd for the most part. The balance is always going to be an issue for a while, but continuing to keep pace is not as much of a problem for me as it has been. The salutation that that goes from crescent pose to warrior 3 then to moon then to twisting moon then to standing splits and then finally back to crescent pose. Whew! That is a mouthful. This is the final salutation of the series before going to the balance pose section. I only can't stay with them on the standing splits move. By that one, my leg just gives out, but I do put some stress on the leg due to my weight. So other than my balance issues, which most of the time you have a hand down on the floor so I can keep up.

I still have issues with plow, but not because of my gut, but more because of my back. My back is very stiff still and I keep trying to get it loose, but it's a slow process. I do miss my chiropractor and the monthly visits I used to have. I will be glad when I can feel that it's loosening up and I can do plow. I know I did that move in P90X but I was also seeing my chiropractor too. Maybe I will be able to find one here that is as good as what I am used to.


I am pretty satisfied with the yoga workout, but I almost miss the Yoga X from the first one. It was much longer and I think it had more impact overall. Maybe I am wrong. Only time will tell. I do like it being shorter, but am worried that I will not achieve the same overall results that I did in that department of my fitness during P90X. I know one thing for sure. I am more flexible. I have better balance, and I am not a bit sore like week 1. I know I am getting used to the workouts, even though I am increasing amount with each subsequent workout. I am losing weight. What can possibly be wrong with all of that?