Puffy and Swollen

Yesterday I tried this new sunscreen…

Pure & Free my A$$!!!

… and now my face is puffy and swollen.  I’ve taken quite a bit of Benadryl so I’m hoping that I won’t fall asleep as I write this post lol.  Note: I am 97% sure that this sunscreen is the culprit because only my face, not my body, has had an allergic reaction and I didn’t have anything else on my face but my moisturizer, which I’ve been using for months.

Anyways, I’m still quite sore from yoga on Monday with Heather, who might I add, is super awesome!  We met up at Garden State Yoga and took a hot yoga class together.  I really liked that the yoga class was structured in a way where you didn’t feel forced to do all the poses.  I have learned 2 very important things from my first hot yoga class:

1. Do NOT wear lotion on any part of your body because it will make it very hard to do some of the poses (i.e. eagle pose).

2. HYDRATE! HYDRATE! HYDRATE!

Oh and before I sign off (feeling very sleepy right now), I went to Sephora today and asked for 2 samples of their most popular sunscreens for sensitive skin.  The salesman recommended: Shiseido Ultimate Sun Protection Cream For Face SPF 55 and Clinique Super City Block Oil-Free Daily Face Protector SPF 40.  So now I have 2 generously sized samples of sunscreen which I will test out after my face goes back to normal.  I LOVE that Sephora gives away free samples of their products at the stores because then you can try em’ before you buy em’ .  I’m crossing my fingers and hoping that one of the two sunscreens will work for me.

Yoga Goals

So last night’s impromptu yoga sesh reminded me of my love for it.  My instructor in college was Joanna Spector who teaches both classes at Duke and at her own studio, Hatha House.  I really loved that class because I got to do a lot of neat stuff like inversions and back bends.  With this said, Dave and I looked up the craziest yoga poses.  We google imaged “cool yoga poses” and we found:

Pictures taken from mediation–yoga.blogspot.com

I was utterly floored!  I tried to do pose 1 and nearly fell on my face (I didn’t even bother with #2 lol).  Anyways I was looking at yogajournal.com and found this lovely piece on “Eka Pada Rajakapotasana,”one-legged king pigeon pose.  I am totally inspired.

Yoga for me isn’t so much about relaxation as it is connecting with your body.  Many of the poses take total concentration and focus for me to achieve.  It’s kind of far fetched but I really want to be able to do the one-legged pidgeon pose by the end of the year.  I know yoga isn’t supposed to be all about doing crazy poses but that’s part of the fun for me.  I’ll try to post pictures of my progress.

Anyways today I misplaced my camera and couldn’t take any pictures of my food .  I did get a decent workout in at the gym during the Duke vs Baylor game.  I ran about 2 miles than walked on an incline of 5 on speed 4 for about 20 minutes.  I had to stop running during the game because I’d focus on the game and forget to move my legs!  I almost fell off of the treadmill twice!  I made it to the weight room during half time and did some bi’s and tri’s along with the shoulder press machine and back extensions.  I am really feeling it in my arms and shoulders.  I absolutely loathe the shoulder press machine but I guess I’ll have to just work on it some more to get stronger.

Late Night Yoga-ish

So Dave bet that I couldn’t do this:

Photo of Seane Corn from lucy.com in reverse prayer pose

Then this happened:

BAM!

Guess he didn’t know that I took yoga as a P.E. course in college.  Please excuse my mismatching clothes.  I had been doing the Tracy Anderson Mat Workout earlier and didn’t bother to change.  I love Tracy’s videos because they are really challenging.  I know I’m going to be sore tomorrow.

Today I had some yummy stir fried udon noodles with edamame, tofu and mirepoix, courtesy of Dave again.

I’m seriously considering to have him cook all the time.

On Wishbone’s trip to the park she made more friends.

Sammy – A Chihuahua and Pomeranian Mix

Wishbone says, “What brand is that sweater there?  It’s so couture!”

Tomorrow I’m going to try to hit up the weight room at the gym and attempt to use the machines.  I have to get over the fear of the weight room because my body is way more important than other people’s opinions of me in the weight room.