Boot Camp - An update

Date : T-7 to Phuket

Fitness level : Zilch

Toned body : Zilch

Exercise done : Nada

I'm in serious trouble! Am 7 days, an counting down, to Phuket and I've accomplished nothing since my last Boot Camp post! I had urges to come home and trash it out in the swimming pool but where the mind is willing, the body is weak! And instead of doing my gruelling 20 laps as I should, I came home instead to dinner and telly!

Worse, our yoga session got cancelled this week so whatever little exercise I get during the week dwindled to nothing! I find it hard actually to fit in exercise on a normal workday. By the time I get home by 8, exhausted, I'm ravenous and all I want is some dinner and a hot shower! As for waking up early to fit in some exercise, alas...my gym bunny days of waking up at 5.30am to make it to the gym by 6 are long over! Looks like I'd better roll out the yoga mat this weekend! *desperately does sun salutations*

Please be nice if you chance upon a little pale beached whale on the beach!

*Note to self: Next time choose a cold holiday destination. Everybody looks gorgeous in a coat!

Boot Camp

I conveniently took a week off my usual yoga lesson and almost died during class today. Couldn't hold my poses and was falling all over the place! The instructor said it was as if I was back to square one! Eeps..2 months of lessons gone down the drain just like that!

I'm horrendously unfit and despite trying to fool myself into thinking that yoga once a week constitutes some form of exercise, I think a sloth runs marathons compared to me! Sigh, why can't exercise mean my fingers flying over the keyboard at work or me walking around in the mall during lunch?!

With less than 2 weeks to go before I head for a sunny beach where some wear less than bikinis, it's Boot Camp, baby! What minimal exercises do you recommend? Preferably those that don't involve me getting on a treadmill :p

Hold It There!

I was extremely tempted to skive my usual yoga class last Thursday night. I didn't really have enough sleep the night before and was having the twang of slight gastric pains. But the reminder of exercise being good for you and more importantly, the fact that I had already paid my fees for that month made me drag my sorry self down. And what a class it was!

Our instructor put us through a punishing routine of sun salutations, standing warrior positions and downward dogs non-stop! Getting into a pose isn't that hard. What's tough is when she tells us to "Hold it there!" I used to be quite happy that my feet could finally touch the floor when doing the downward dog but last night, she pulled my body into the correct position and every muscle screamed in agony. Now I know, when a pose is comfortable, it's not correct!

Towards the end of the class, my body just gave up and I couldn't go on anymore. I was enveloped in exhaustion and taking a shower after that required sheer willpower! Needless to say I slept very well and woke up this morning feeling fantastic! I do love yoga! However, lesson learnt: Always, always have enough rest and a good night's sleep before the yoga class!