Happy Humpday!
I’m so glad so many of you are interested in hot yoga month! I originally wasn’t planning on making this a structured thing but since so many of you have emailed asking for some sort of guideline, I picked my brain for a set of “rules”. This is what I came up with:
Hot Yoga Month: December 15-January 15 2010
Participants should practice Hot Yoga/Bikram 5x a week.
Drink tea instead of coffee (can be caffeinated; i.e. green, black or yerba mate)
Limit alcohol to one night weekly (this doesn’t mean binge drink on that one night!)
No white flour or white sugar. No artificial sweeteners.
Eat something green every day 
Walk as much as possible.
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Okay, I just sort of made up those rules as I went. They aren’t totally written in stone and if y’all have anything else you would like to add, feel free to let me know. I don’t do “diets” and “rules” and am considering this more of a healthy detox than anything else. Note that I’m not telling you to limit your calories or anything like that. Just make healthy substitutions when you see fit.
With that said, I tried a new tea with breakfast!
Made this oatmeal with 1/2 cup oats, 1 cup water, 1 banana, 1/2 scoop protein powder, 2 tsp maca and 1 tbsp almond butter.
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I’m going to take a walk, work on a chapter of the book I was finishing last night, and then go to a noon Bikram class. See you later!
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I’m sure you’ll feel amazing after the month is over!
I’m unfortunately suffering from chronic illness at the moment and pain prevents me from doing any exercise at all for now (and it would cost me over $200 for 20 hot yoga sessions), but I’ll live healthfully vicariously through you for a little while! Having not had any sweets for almost three years, though, I have to admit that I’m looking forward to Christmas Eve sugar cookies and Christmas Day pancakes this year! White sugar and all!
Jenna, it’s awesome that you and so many others are interested in a committed practice to hot yoga! I’m participating in a formal Bikram yoga challenge in the blogging community–it’s called “Bikram 101,” a 101-day yoga challenge that starts January 1, 2010. If anyone is interested, check it out; we’d love for you to join!
does brown sugar count? I would totally join this with you..but I don’t have access to Bikram yoga (so sad, I know) and on Christmas there is always a dessert contest that I’ll be participating in which means baking and trying tons of desserts until then…whoops! Plus I just love seasonal coffee at Starbucks. I only go maybe once every once in a while, but I love my peppermint and gingerbread mochas! can’t wait to hear about yoga month
does brown sugar count? I would totally join this with you..but I don’t have access to Bikram yoga (so sad, I know) and on Christmas there is always a dessert contest that I’ll be participating in which means baking and trying tons of desserts until then…whoops! Plus I just love seasonal coffee at Starbucks. I only go maybe once every once in a while, but I love my peppermint and gingerbread mochas! can’t wait to hear about yoga month
sounds like a great idea!
I can’t join because there are no Bikram studios by me, and well its Christmastime and I will not say no to some homemade cookies
Totally random…but I LOVE that coffee mug!!!
I too, love that mug!! So much in fact that I am delurking to beg you to tell us all where you got it
Good luck with the book!! I’d be procrastinating so bad.
I’m totally with you!
It was HOT- felt even hotter than before because the weather here in Vancouver was much warmer than before. Random weather.
I went today
I’ll be following your rules (I ran out of my coffee anyway) and try my best to do Bikram 5x a week!
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