honestly, i feel really guilty for not being able to update this diary as often during the last 5 days. there is a perfectly good reason for that. my work has been super duper hectic, plus i haven’t been sitting in front of my computer much as well.

also, during the last few days, silly old me, mistaking the pain on my arms and shoulders as using my muscles during sun salutation, i pulled it instead. rendering both my arms kinda useless after, and not able to do the other poses which uses the arms as well. this is not such an innocent mistake. it is a very common and taken for granted mistake. the lack of preparation and warm-up.

so while my arms are healing, and using more of my legs, i’m going to take this pretty painful lesson as a good smacking for not having good common sense. one of the most important lessons in yoga, good warm-up and awareness of the body.

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i didn’t make it for the morning class, but made it for the evening one. indra had already made my meal in the morning and saved it for me, so i went to pick it up during lunch.

Veggie Kebab

and again i was super late on Wed & Thurs.

i realised why i’ve been so tired & exhausted the last 2-3 days. it’s a monthly thing. my body starts to breakdown a day or two before my cycle starts. and because my body is still getting used to doing yoga for the last two weeks, i got extra tired. i just couldn’t get out of bed this morning, despite already being half awake.

my body is telling me not to push it any further. i’ve not done any form of real exercise in months (maybe even years), and i’m no spring chicken either.

i used to lie to myself that, yeah, i am exercising what.. i’m dancing in clubs.. counts rite :p
no, dancing in a club does not count for exercise. its not as intense as dancing in a real class for 2-3 hours straight. it can’t even compare to my 1 hour of yoga every morning. so therefore, it definitely doesn’t count.

no worries, i’ll be back and bouncing again in another 2 days..

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meals for the last 2 days

we had chickpeas & olive salad and wheatberries & fruits salad

this was really yummy on its own..

annnnddd my wheatberries & fruit salad

was supposed to wrap this too, but i didn’t have time this morning

as i didn’t get to go to class this morning, my dearest cousin, who’s also in the challenge together with me, dropped it off at my house. thanks yvonne!