Weight Lost Journey: Day 3

Day 2 didn’t happen. I still had some movement, but it wasn’t like this morning. However, I did make a workout plan that I will be using for the month of August. It’s a total of 30 minutes, which is a great workout time. Its primary focus is on core, thighs, and arms.

Yoga warm-up

You know your girl needs to get her daily yoga in. So I started off in child pose with a block under my forehead (aka 3rd eye chakra). Then I did child pose twist. It’s a great stretch to wake up the sides. 5 rounds of breath on both sides before moving into:

• Table Top
• Cat/Cow
• Organic movement in Table Top (focused on waking up my hands and wrist)
• Birddog (great for shoulder/hip rotation movement and core awakening)
• Thread-the-needle (focus on opening/closing the chest and twisting in the spine)
• Circle the thighs (great for the ball-to-socket joint of the hip)
• Downward dog (focus on lower back, arm strength, and full body balance)
• Walk-the-dog (you stay in downward dog and bend one knee and then the next. It focuses on hip movement, knees, and ankles)
• Downward dog (great movement to take 3-5 rounds of breath to see how the body feels so far)
• Forward fold (focus on stretching the back of the thighs)
• Forward fold twist (you keep one leg in its natural spot and then move the other leg behind it. It focuses on the IT band. It feels great!!)
• Forward fold
• Extended Mountain (feel groundness in the bottom of your feet)
• Mountain (same as extended mountain)
• Sun Salutation (energize the body and welcome the sun for the day)
• Forward fold
• Vinyasa (It’s like a transition from warm-up to workout or workout to workout. It’s like the chorus of a song.)

Yoga Workout flow

Pilates did not happen this morning because I did a yoga workout flow, and I also have a yoga class to teach today, and I'm going hiking with my partner, so... yeah. I decide to focus on yoga and weights. Anyways, here's the workout flow.

• 3 legged dog
• Knee-to-nose (did 3 of these from 3 legged dog)
• Runners lunge
• Low Lunge
• High Lunge (did 3 low lunge to high lunge)
• Warrior 2
• Star
• Goddess Squat
• Goddess Squat Side Bends (arms go behind the head and try to touch elbow to thigh/knee. Did 3 of these on each side)
• Goddess Squat
• Star
• Wide Downward Dog
• Skandasana (side lunge, both sides)
• Wide Downward Dog
• Hug into the legs (holding onto the calf and pulling yourself inward)
• Star
• High Lunge
• Chair pose
• Forward Fold
• Vinyasa (transitioning from the right side to the left side of the body)

Yoga Cool Down

I’m not much of a fan of a cool down when it comes to yoga. I’m not sure why, but I did something. Here’s that something:

• Supportive Bridge (block underneath my seat bones)
• Figure-4 (both sides)
• Figure-4 supine twist (both sides)
• Happy Baby

Weightlifting focus

I pretty much did the same thing as day 1. I am still learning about weightlifting and starting with focusing on my arms. So I did 10 reps of:

• Biceps Curls
• Hammer Curls
• Laterials Raises
• Around the world
• Shoulder presses
• Upraise curls
• Side Bend (just got added yesterday. We all know the love handles are hard to slim down or tone up)

Conclusion

While getting up early, between 4 and 6, is still a challenge. I am enjoying a movement to focus on myself before focusing on everyone else. I really would like to keep up with it. I’m enjoying working out again and feel safe in the space where I work out. I don’t go to the gym or a yoga studio. I do everything in a shared office space I have with my partner. I look up ideas on Pinterest or videos on YouTube. That is it for today. Have a good day! Bye!!