Yoga is Awesome.

Tonight I attended my very first yoga class.  Sure, I had to modify just about every pose, but I stuck it out and tried my hardest.  At the end I was totally drenched with sweat and felt more relaxed than I have in a long time.  Why did I wait so long to try this?! Richard Simmons will miss me on Mondays and Wednesdays while I am getting my yoga on instead of Sweatin' to Whatever.

This weekend went really well.  We kinda had some hiccups on Saturday when our faulty planning left us without a plan for lunch, but we worked it out by getting Rudy's.  It was a pretty decent choice, given the other options.  I overindulged in some "me" time this weekend as well, having 2 girls' nights in a row.  It was just what I needed to reward myself for all the hard work I did last week.  We had our weekly cheat night at Casa Garcia's on Saturday and it was divine!  My body had a little trouble the next day so next week I will try to be a little less excessive with my cheat.  Perhaps the gallon of queso, pound of chips, sopapilla, and Dr. Pepper WAS taking it a bit too far!

I got in 3 workouts last week and several walks on top of that so I feel good about that as well.  Now my goal is 5 workouts this week and building up to 7 the week after.  I have always been a bit overambitious when it comes to major lifestyle choices, so perhaps planning to do cardio 7 days a week straight out of the gate after being mostly sedentary WAS taking it a bit too far! (See what I did there?)

I spent most of Sunday in the kitchen prepping food for the week.  I am very proud of this and have a fridge stocked with treats and eats that are making the cravings much easier to bear.  I will post recipes soon, but considering the fact that I am finding it hard to make an extra 20 minutes a day to write this blog , don't hold your breath!  I think several of the new recipes I tried need tweaking so I will probably wait until I reach maximum yum factor to share them.

If I seem a little dry right now its because I am still battling the emotional and physical pain of a raging thrush infection.  I have lost all hope of improvement at this point.  I am taking 15 probiotics a day, rinsing with apple cider vinegar 2-3 times a day, We did 6 days of Gentian Violet, Iris has had Nystatin, I have taken 2 rounds of Diflucan, and I have cut my sugar intake down to the bare minimum.  It is pretty much consuming my every waking thought and I am feeling so broken.  Its been 16 days since I felt the first pang, and I have never had an infection so resistant to treatment. I am calling a lactation consultant tomorrow, but I just don't see what she could possibly recommend that I haven't already tried.  Still, its the only stone left unturned.

So even though I am experiencing some serious successes on the Paleo/Primal and exercise fronts, I am just defeated mentally.  I am trying very hard to remain optimistic, and my determination to make this lifestyle change work is the only thing keeping me from a complete breakdown.  Still, tomorrow is another day.