In between finishing my NLP studies and my Law of Attraction studies over the past few weeks, I found a few minutes to jump on eBay and purchase a Tai Chi DVD, which is now on my iPad. Yep, Tai Chi. It's not just for elderly Chinese folk - it's actually very challenging, according to one of my Personal Trainer staff!
I figured I'd give Tai Chi (or Qi Gong) a go, as I've heard it's very good for the mind, body and soul. I'm not sure when I'll fit it in but I'll re-jig the weekly routine and fit in in somewhere. Tai Chi apparently has a range of benefits - I just want to enjoy something new that may (or may not) compliment my yoga practice and help with my balance. You can practice it practically anywhere and it's actually a Chinese Martial Art, without the violence. Nice!
I'd like to build up to doing Tai Chi and yoga everyday. New goal!
I've also started drinking chai tea (from bags) at home without sugar. This in itself is pretty major - the last bastion of sugar consumption has fallen at last. I bought a bottle of chai mix with hardly any sugar in it (8g per serve), to have at night instead of hot chocolate (which has nearly three times the sugar in it!). I'm reading labels even more than before and comparing products based on sugar levels.
You may be asking, is paying even more attention to food labels actually possible when I go over everything with a fine-tooth comb (or three) ? Even though I'm FODMAP intolerant and need to check that whatever I'd like to consume isn't going to mess with me, yes it is possible to pay more attention to what goes in my mouth.
I need about 140-160g of carbs a day on exercise days to keep my blood glucose levels stable as I'm diabetic and I exercise a lot - basically seven days a week. I may not be smashing out HIIT training every day, but yoga and walking drop my blood glucose levels, whereas cardio and instructing Zumba classes push the levels back up. It's a bit of a delicate balance. I know when I'm low because I get ratty and a little aggressive-sounding. My staff tell me go eat! When I'm high, I get thirsty and want to take a nap. My body would rather sleep it off.
So why all this talk of sugar ditching? Well, aside from the obvious facts that it's not really all that good for you as an added substance to what seems like every food I like (and that I'm diabetic), it feels like poison. Yes, I said it. It feels like poison. I don't like what it does to me. I don't like the fact that just about everything contains extra sugar these days and I sweat far more after consuming sweet stuff.
The sugar sweats are particularly noticeable during yoga. If I've had a little bit of sweet stuff that day (for a night class) or the day before (for a morning class), I'm playing twister on a sweaty water slide in class. Thank goodness for special thin microfibre towels designed for Hot Yoga - I need one for any kind of yoga it would seem! I don't have sweet stuff very often - I'm off chocolate pretty much entirely and haven't had a boost bar in weeks - but even coconut water seems to do it to me.
It's good to get all the toxins out, but better to not let them invade or give them the keys to the temple in the first place.
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