fasting up to 5.8 for some reason today, but was nice and normal 5.2 yesterday. Did have a SF jello mousse dessert at 930 for bedtime snack. hmmm. I have a colleague off sick and one of vacation, which leaves 2 of us to do the work of (almost) 4. Had 3 deliveries since Monday am as well as lots of clinic visits, so have been working long hours. Have stuck to plan in spite of this, so am pleased. (after all, if I can't stick to it when I am busy, and I am busy about 1/2 the time I'm not on holidays, then how will I ever manage real life?) I also got to yoga last evening for a nice class. I didn't push myself as hard as usual, There was a new teacher and I was generally bagged for work. My intention was to re-energize through the class, so I took it easy and worked hardest on the stretching and opening poses, and less on the balancing and back bends and strength poses. Seems to have worked. Not too stiff and slept well and have good energy this am.
There was one scary thing at this class though. I saw my first truly anorexic woman, and I had trouble not worrying about her all through class. (warning, long winded .....)
She is not slim, as many are in yoga, they are slim and have little body fat, but are muscular and healthy looking, just kinda skinny, and thats ok. (There are also some of us who are overweight, thank goodness not just me!)
This woman's body looked like a skeleton with skin. There was no muscle, no muscle definition, no anything. I don't know why she wore a sports bra. She could do all the poses, and didn't seem to wear out, but she also only had 2 sips of water through a 90 minute hot yoga class (most people drink a litre or more of water) and didn't sweat. Most of us have soaked a towel during the class. The temperature is about 35 degrees, and we work hard, its quite an aerobic workout. So I was worried about electrolyte imbalances causing this woman to to pass out or worse, and I was reviewing the CPR protocols in my head, which is very distracting during my workout.
It looks very different from a skinny person, and I wondered if someone might look like this after a bad bout with cancer and chemo etc. but I am doubting it.
What a sad state of affairs. I cannot say how upsetting it was, and I hope I don't see too much of her, because it definitely affects me. We are supposed to be in moving meditation, and thinking about this takes away from my meditation and workout, but was too distracting for me, when I can usually leave the world behind when I am there.
ok, long winded rant is done.
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