I can't believe I'm actually writing down my thoughts as I begin another journey towards fitness and weight loss. My initial thought for creating a blog was to help my accountability so have a written record that I can review and document. When I picture myself for a moment I think I'm just like the 17 year old boy 5"11" 158 pounds running around the tennis court for hours on a beautiful summer afternoon. The reality is I'm 34 years old 5' 11" 220 pounds male, married, with two wonderful children and after a doctor's checkup told that I am borderline obese. I knew I was out of shape. Well, probably the worst shape of my life but not obese. That was about a month ago in late July and the doctor told me I need to incorporate more exercise in my life and eat healthier. This is the exact reason I didn't want to get a physical! Being told exactly what you already know. My doctor did have some good news for me. Cholesterol was great and blood pressure was excellent. She gave me a lot of junk literature stating how you should stretch and breathe. Something you would expect to give to your grandmother or grandfather. I needed some serious exercise that would give me lasting results and hopefully quickly.
After high school I attended college and quickly added 20-30 pounds. I lost a lot of the weight after getting married but found myself gaining all of the weight back after starting my first job. Everyone ate lunch at their desk and did not take an actual break from work. This unhealthy eating was almost like binge eating on the job. Trying to cram an entire sandwich while working on the computer in just a few minutes is not healthy, especially when you don't exercise and repeat the same eating habits the next day. Ten years later and I'm in the doctor's office and she tells me I should be 175 pounds rather than 220 pounds. 45 pounds over weight! How am I ever going to lose this weight and get healthy again? I thought of all the exercises I've done in the past: running, biking, swimming, going to the gym, tennis, and yoga. My favorite sport activity has been tennis. Loved it the first time I played back when I was 7 or 8. Unfortunately, I haven't played more than a couple times since high school-16 years ago. I also love yoga! I worked for Bank of America and they offered free gym membership to employees and one of the classes I tried was Ashtanga yoga and Bikram Hot Yoga. The Bikram or Hot Yoga was taught in a non heated room and only did half of the 26 poses. But I still gained an appreciation and understanding of what Hot Yoga can do for your body. I want to look for a Yoga studio near my home and take a few classes in the coming week. I hope to post another message after my first class. If anyone has any thoughts on Yoga, weight loss, or tennis and fitness please feel free to leave me a message. Thank you for reading my first post.
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Do you know at what temp the Hot Bikram yoga is set at? The ones I've tried seem to have different levels. Curious if you know what the standard is.
I've read that the room should be 105 and 40% humidity. My first class said 98 but that was at the end of the class when the heater was off. It was probably around 105 when the heat was on.
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