I’ve made it through 10 days of bikram yoga plus a healthy paleo-style diet! I’ve still got 20 days to go, but I thought I’d give a little update on how it’s going so far. It has been tough but it’s also been great. It can be hard to fit 90 minutes of exercise in each day, but because I’m…
Here’s the delish recipe I mentioned yesterday. It’s based off this Buffalo Chicken recipe from FabFitFun, edited to fit what was available in my kitchen: Ingredients:For the chicken: 8 pieces of boneless, skinless chicken tenders or breasts ½ onion, diced 4 garlic cloves 16 ounces fat free low sodium chicken broth some salt, some pepper, some cayenne pepper For the…
I’ve made it through the first week of my 30 day Bikram Yoga Challenge! Yes, 30 days of consecutive yoga: 7 down, 23 to go! When the week started it was rough. I wasn’t used to the 105 degree heat + 90 minutes of yoga and I finished the class feeling a little defeated. Throughout this first week I’ve had…
[gallery] I did it! I saw all 9 of the films up for Best Picture! It wasn’t easy, but I did it. Here are my reviews of each in 4 sentences or less: Life of Pi: The film was beautiful and worth seeing in theaters to catch the 3D version. Should it win best picture? Probably not, but it was…
I’ve heard from a few people that they are in love with Circuit of Change, a fitness class in NYC that is “bootcamp meets yoga”, resulting in a zen approach to fitness (I think?). I don’t actually know much about it, but based on the reviews from friends, it definitely sounds like something worth checking out. Classes are normally $20-$27…
Last night kicked off the 30-day challenge, and I’ll be honest, it was pretty rough. I haven’t taken Bikram since October 2010 so it took me a bit to get my bearings. Once we started through the poses I was pleasantly surprised that I remembered a lot. However, I was unpleasantly surprised by how steamy the room was; it seemed…
