Everything Zen
I was thoroughly shamed by Higginbottom, who got up this morning at the asscrack of dawn so she could go and do yoga in our tiny, dirty living room. She is getting all up on the whole bootcampery while I am laying in bed and dozing. I fail at life.
I weighed myself this morning, prepared for the inevitable. My blood pressure has been spiking as of late, and I’m worried about it. The BP has been weird in that that systolic has continued to go down, but the diastolic is going back up. I want it stay under 100. It has to be below 90. It better go below 80. But it was above today. However, the sys has been 139-145, which while not a victory, is cool.
But my weight this morning? 203. The fuck? My goal weight for this week is 202. Which is three days away and completely doable. Much like Jesus. That was sacredelicious, even for me. I need to get my shit together and start busting it out.
Higginbottom believes I will benefit from yoga, in that it should lower my blood pressure. I find it too….fruity?…to take seriously. Who knows though? My heart’s been doing the rage cage tango all week, so that would probably help. Higs says that thinking positively and acting positively might be causing me to lose weight.
All I know is, I can see my ribs. Over my tremendous gut. I truly feel like the Buddha.
chaiyoga said,
March 19, 2008 at 11:48 pm
I hope you’ll find as I did, that with yoga, you’ll lose more than inches off your waistline.
bendtheround said,
March 20, 2008 at 6:08 am
Higginbottom is absolutely right! Yoga’s a great idea. Even if you just do some breathing exercises, it should help lower your stress levels (which can only help your BP).
I’ve been off the mat for over a year now, but when I was practicing last I was actually starting to work toward teaching. One of the first things I was told was that if any of my students had high blood pressure, to make sure that the poses practiced keep the student’s head higher than his heart. I know it sounds like baloney, but if you try hanging upside down or maybe just hanging off the side of the bed, you’ll probably feel your eyes trying to pop out of your skull. That’s part of what you’re trying to avoid – a BP spike in your brain area. Higginbottom probably already knows all about it, but I thought I’d mention it. So, try to keep the headstands to a bare minimum!
(In case you’re wondering, I stopped practicing because I hurt my wrist being a moron while moving to the townhouse I live in now. It’s finally healed up now and I should start up my practice again. It’s just been hard to jam it into my schedule with all the running. Poor excuse, but it was the only one I had…)