T-I-G-E-R-S...TIGERS!
What a game last night! LSU kicked some Buckeye ass and I for one couldn't be happier! I thought the Tigers looked great and for once, and when it especially mattered, they didn't defeat themselves with penalty after penalty. Matt Flynn came out there to win. I'm happy.
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Okay, so I'm going to write about yoga again! I know, I know, but it's so much fun to talk about. On Friday, I went to the hardest class I've ever been to-Mike's Level 3 Freestyle Vinyasa at Seventh Street Yoga. I practiced with Mike a few years ago at Yoga Yoga when I was getting my Master's and Bodhi's schedule didn't really jive with mine. I thought he was great back then, so when I found out about Seventh Street, a fairly new studio, and that he was there, I knew I had to go. I finally went and bought ten classes. There were some pretty advanced students in there, much more advanced than I am. And we didn't stop for an hour and half. His style of teaching is really refreshing, too. He's very soft-spoken so it's sort of misleading. You think you're going to have a mellow flow and then all of a sudden, you think, "Hell, I'm getting my ass kicked." Or at least that's how I felt. I went last night, too, and it wasn't as difficult. I felt much more at ease for some reason. I think, and I know this is silly, that it's because there weren't as many super strong, uber flexible, I-can-do-any-crazy-arm-balance-he-calls-out, yogis in there as there were on Friday. There were more "regular" yogis. I talked to him after class and he said that Fridays are usually pretty tough. Good to know. I figure that I just have to be honest with myself about what I can and can't do and the more often I go, the stronger I'll get. I did stick a handstand last night without the wall and that's always fun. I think I stick handstands like 1 time out f 20 and that may be generous.
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I'm so proud of Cody. Between Thanksgiving and Christmas, he went to the doctor for a checkup for the first time since I've known him. And yes, he went because of my borderline nagging for years. He needs to lose some weight and his cholesterol is high. He's only 31, so I think it made him sort of nervous. Every new year, I change my diet to try and lose weight and just be healthier in general. Since Cody does all the cooking in our house (I'm a lucky lady), his diet changes, too by accident. But this year was the first time he actually expressed some real interest in making major changes. He's cut back the beer to a 12 pack a week and he saves it for the weekend usually. He's also been cooking a fair amount of vegetarian meals. They're yummy. Since he is a chef by profession, it's difficult to make healthy choices at work, especially at his establishment. The food is Italian and it's fantastic. They eat pizza everyday and he recently told me that he had been eating a cinnamon roll every morning along with cookies every afternoon. That had to stop. So, now he eats scrambled eggs with some vegetables mixed in instead of the cinnamon roll and I think he just gave up the cookies. He's trying to eat sandwiches instead of the pizza and he said it's hard because all of his coworkers are shoveling Italian pies into their faces while he's trying to decide what to eat. I think if he keeps this up, his cholesterol will drop a good amount quickly. And because he's a man, he loses weight quickly. Every year, when I'm consciously trying to lose weight, he'll lose it by accident. Maybe, just maybe, he'll quit smoking soon. That's my real hope.
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Okay, so I'm going to write about yoga again! I know, I know, but it's so much fun to talk about. On Friday, I went to the hardest class I've ever been to-Mike's Level 3 Freestyle Vinyasa at Seventh Street Yoga. I practiced with Mike a few years ago at Yoga Yoga when I was getting my Master's and Bodhi's schedule didn't really jive with mine. I thought he was great back then, so when I found out about Seventh Street, a fairly new studio, and that he was there, I knew I had to go. I finally went and bought ten classes. There were some pretty advanced students in there, much more advanced than I am. And we didn't stop for an hour and half. His style of teaching is really refreshing, too. He's very soft-spoken so it's sort of misleading. You think you're going to have a mellow flow and then all of a sudden, you think, "Hell, I'm getting my ass kicked." Or at least that's how I felt. I went last night, too, and it wasn't as difficult. I felt much more at ease for some reason. I think, and I know this is silly, that it's because there weren't as many super strong, uber flexible, I-can-do-any-crazy-arm-balance-he-calls-out, yogis in there as there were on Friday. There were more "regular" yogis. I talked to him after class and he said that Fridays are usually pretty tough. Good to know. I figure that I just have to be honest with myself about what I can and can't do and the more often I go, the stronger I'll get. I did stick a handstand last night without the wall and that's always fun. I think I stick handstands like 1 time out f 20 and that may be generous.
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I'm so proud of Cody. Between Thanksgiving and Christmas, he went to the doctor for a checkup for the first time since I've known him. And yes, he went because of my borderline nagging for years. He needs to lose some weight and his cholesterol is high. He's only 31, so I think it made him sort of nervous. Every new year, I change my diet to try and lose weight and just be healthier in general. Since Cody does all the cooking in our house (I'm a lucky lady), his diet changes, too by accident. But this year was the first time he actually expressed some real interest in making major changes. He's cut back the beer to a 12 pack a week and he saves it for the weekend usually. He's also been cooking a fair amount of vegetarian meals. They're yummy. Since he is a chef by profession, it's difficult to make healthy choices at work, especially at his establishment. The food is Italian and it's fantastic. They eat pizza everyday and he recently told me that he had been eating a cinnamon roll every morning along with cookies every afternoon. That had to stop. So, now he eats scrambled eggs with some vegetables mixed in instead of the cinnamon roll and I think he just gave up the cookies. He's trying to eat sandwiches instead of the pizza and he said it's hard because all of his coworkers are shoveling Italian pies into their faces while he's trying to decide what to eat. I think if he keeps this up, his cholesterol will drop a good amount quickly. And because he's a man, he loses weight quickly. Every year, when I'm consciously trying to lose weight, he'll lose it by accident. Maybe, just maybe, he'll quit smoking soon. That's my real hope.
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