Saturday, October 23, 2010, Check-In

[muck_a_luck]

Hey, EED community!

Here is your daily check-in post! Hope everyone is having a great day!

If you are posting for the first time, or new to the community, please review the community's standards, below.


1. Mod (that's me!) will post a Daily Check In post, for those who prefer to note their daily activities in response to a prompt. Please only place exercise comments here.

2. All members are encouraged to post daily independent posts about their activities, if they prefer that to a prompt.

3. Please place any NON-EXERCISE comments in independent update posts and behind a cut. Some people are sensitive to discussion of diet and nutrition. That is integral to many people's exercise activities, so I want members to be able to discuss that, but for those who are here strictly to log exercise, I would like them to be able to avert their eyes.

4. Everyone is encouraged to introduce themselves, discuss their exercise goals, and post updates on their activities. "I finally made it to running a mile!" or "I kicked up into handstand today!" are updates that we all want to hear about and share! Please put long posts and entries involving diet and nutrition behind a cut, though.

5. Aside from intro posts and injury announcements, please try to include an exercise update in every post.

Comments

[rydra_wong]

Yesterday was incredibly exhausting (for non-exercise-related reasons, alas).

Exceptionally low-key morning yoga, REST DAY.

[shanaqui]

Did pushups, yoga, and went for a walk!

[just_ann_now]

Today I did another sequence from Shiva Rea's Daily Energy, the Water+Heart+Air set. I'm not sure if I was doing exactly what she was doing all the time, but I was definitely doing something. And I actually managed to push up through my hands in Wheel pose! Not very far, and not for very long, but this is definite progress for me, a very good feeling.

A not-so-good feeling was the realization that grazing/snacking all morning and early afternoon =/= "empty stomach" - I've been queasy the last three Saturdays, and I realized today that's the pattern I've been following. It's easy to correct - just accept that I'll have to do my yoga first thing when I get up, like I do weekdays. (I'm writing this down more as a "note to self" than a grand revelation.)

The other thing I need to note today (this is starting to feel like True Confessions) is that I put in my goals for the October challenge, in addition to the 40 Days of Yoga, that I would meditate every day. That fell by the wayside after about Day 11 - that's the last time I remember actually doing it, other than where meditation is incorporated within the practice set. So I'm going to really make a effort to get back to the meditation part of the practice and goal. I did the Lunar Meditation on the Shiva Rea dvd and will most definitely include that each time I used the dvd - a nice calming close to the practice.

One more note to self: I want to try the Fire sequence later later today and see how close it really is to Agni Namaskar, the fearsome 108 Pushups set on the Creative Core dvd.

[resolute]

Finally, finally, getting back on track after weeks of poor behavior on the part of children and then illness of the children. Biked, lifted, STRETCHED PROPERLY, and it feels great.

[foreverinblue]

I went out for a run but didn't feel good at all so I stopped 15 minutes in, tried again another couple of times but only lasted a few minutes each. Then I gave up altogether went home & had a lie down in bed. I was feeling ill yesterday already, so I guess I caught something. Will take it easy until it goes away. Hopefully a complete rest day tomorrow will mean I can go for another run monday.

[semielliptical]

Walking, 45 minutes.