Week Three is now complete! Gio and I have started eating our egg whites with spinach, tomato, and cheese for breakfast and dinner because we are obsessed and still haven't gotten sick of it yet. For lunch, I've been subbing in these really delicious yogurt parfaits from Publix and three hours later I eat this great Power Crunch protein energy bar. I usually like to keep the protein bar in the freezer because it ends up tasting like a chocolate wafer bar which satisfies my chocolate fix:
The yoga class that I want to discuss this week is Detox. This workout has really become one of our favorites. It's filled with a variety of spinal twists that feel AMAZING and really gets you sweating. Here's a small clip of The Ultimate Yogi Detox class with Travis Eliot:
I was excited this week to do this workout because with me having such a bad head cold all week, I figured it would help me sweat out some of this sickness. All of the deep twists throughout the class had us sweating like crazy, helped us ring out our toxins and flush our internal organs with freshly oxygenated blood. After the class was over, I felt like we had just gotten an adjustment at the chiropractor. It restored our spine's natural range of motion and stimulated circulation. It left us both feeling brand new on the inside as well as the outside. Here are some of the poses we did in class:
This is move is called Plow Pose, also known as Halasana. This pose has so many benefits. Not only does it give you a great spine and shoulder stretch, it also massages the abdominal organs, improves digestion, calms the brain and nervous system, relieves stress and fatigue, flushes mucous from the lungs, and massages and stimulates the thyroid glands.
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Today I did my weekly weigh-in, and lost 3 more pounds. In just three weeks of The Ultimate Yogi as well as eating a healthier diet, I've lost a total of 8 pounds! Gio who started the program at 185 has been cutting weight for his MMA fight this coming weekend at 165. Today he weighed in at 175 pounds which is right where he needs to be at this point. We are both becoming more balanced, flexible and happier overall. It's safe to say, we are loving our first cycle of The Ultimate Yogi. I'll send you off with a before (alternate pose) and after picture of one of Gio's newest accomplishments, the Backbend Pose!
~ "The nature of yoga is to shine the light of awareness into the darkest corners of the body" ~
Jason Crandell
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