Getting Back in Gear

I was finally able to get back to the gym, yay! I felt really great most of the day. Getting in a workout and making healthy food choices put me in a good mood.

Unfortunately I had to face some of the stresses of going to a new university today. If you have been through college recently you know that most schools have TONS of different systems that they use for e-mail, financial aid, student life and online learning just to name a few. Now, mastering these systems at one school is a challenge, but having to re-learn everything at a new school...even worse! I believe part of my problem is that I grew too accustomed to Texas A&M's systems, so now I expect every university to operate like they do. Unfortunately for me, UH is very different. Thus, I spent most of my evening working on how to navigate through the countless programs, and locking up my various accounts because I tried too many times to log on with the wrong username, user ID, password, what-have-you.

Now that I've done some venting, the best part of my day was yoga class! If you haven't tried yoga before I highly recommend it. It is amazing how much better you feel! I started taking yoga my junior year of my undergraduate degree, and was surprised at how much better my body felt. I continued with a yoga class for the two semesters after that, and then took a semester off. In that one semester that I wasn't practicing yoga I could feel my muscles tightening up, and I had some problems with a sore back. When I started my fourth yoga class during the fall of my super-senior year, I immediately began to feel the benefits. I decided then that yoga was something that would always be a part of my life. This year I was able to convince my sister to join me in yoga, and she is already feeling the benefits. I'm glad I was able to get her involved.

Breakfast: egg sandwich on a whole wheat bagel thin with 2/3 less fat american cheese and That Green Sauce; cantaloupe, raspberries, blueberries and banana slices

Workout: elliptical with a resistance mountain for 30 minutes; yoga for 50 minutes

Lunch: salad with romaine lettuce, power greens, bell peppers, cherry tomatoes, walnuts, turkey bacon and salad dressing (olive oil, apple cider vinegar and tomato paste)

Dinner: salmon, roasted asparagus and pasta with a power greens pesto

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