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seems like you are swinging between extremes…try just going twice a week.

Basically you are expending more energy than your body has available which is dangerous imo. If you want to go everyday then your diet has to be at a premium. Coffee, cola, fatty foods etc wont give you the energy you require or allow the proper absorption of nutrients from your food intake. At the celluar level if your potassium / sodium balance is out of wack then your energy will be also. Try eating bananas ! which have lots of natural sodium and potassium. Cut out all crappy food. Eat lots of raw fruit and veg. Also I’m not a believer in going every day as I think the body needs at least one day of rest to recover. Not even elite athletes train so hard every day. One other thing 🙂 if you are a guy then one way to conserve energy is to keep your semen in your body for periods of time ! so you can look into this. Cheers

doctors, dentists and optometrists all hate it if you demonstrate some knowledge about their profession…a couple of years ago a dental hygenist sees one of my larger fillings and tells me that the world is going to end and I need to get it crowned ($1500). I’m thinking honey just stick to cleaning my teeth and I tell her I think it’s fine. She then goes into more doom and gloom about how it could break and many many stories of the like(The use fear tactics like no tomorrow).

Two years later at the same place the dentist does a small amount of work I needed then I ask him about the filling. He sais mmm I think it looks fine, I’d just leave it.

Moral of the story is you will always know your body better than any professional so trust your instincts and always get a second opinion. They will vary greatly !

I’m just starting to change what I eat after reading Tonya Zavasta’s books about raw food. Really inspired me. I dont think I can go 100% raw but maybe one day. The part I liked the most about her philosophy is having the smallest meal at night or not at all. She stops eating at 2pm (extreme) ! My biggest meal has usually been at night but they say if you have it at lunchtime you will lose a lot of weight. So if I can suggest anything it is to have the salad at night and preferably as early as possibly. This combined with the bikram and you will see really really amazing results…

mmm yes it can all become pretty expensive. Personally I think 2 hot yoga classes a week is a good place to start for a beginner. You could even do a normal non heat yoga class (closer to home) just to work on poses and balance without the heat. You just need to be careful that you goals are small to start with otherwise it all becomes too much.

For you I’d start with just 2 hot yoga classes a week (especially given the distance) and a few power walks in between. Make your yoga days specific days that fit in with you and try to finish one month and build from there. I’d skip the $200 gym membership for now but remember if you feel motivated you can always go and pay a one off fee of $15 – $20 dollars or something and join in their classes (bike, pilates, dance).

Also with the hot yoga it will probably be easier for you not to do early classes as you have to get up way too early which is not good for you 🙂

well you have to set your self some mini goals. Like pay for a month and say to your self you are going to go every Tues and Friday for that month without fail. Also for your first class you will find it pretty hard going so dont be discouraged. You will feel like stopping and lying down because it will seem too hot so dont worry about it. In my first class I had to lie down after 15min because I felt like I was going to pass out lol. It happens to everyone. Just hydrate well before your class and let us know how you go.

I think once or twice a week is fine for beginners. It allows you to build up your ability to handle the heat (your bodies cooling mechanism) slowly over time…the same with your lung capacity. The more you can conciously breath in class the less dizzy you will feel. So if you are a beginner and you are getting dizzy all the time try some cardio exercise outside of yoga to build lung capacity. There is no rush…and yes you will still get super benefits from even one class per week. Just think how much you sweat out during one class.

I take a 600ml bottle of staminade for after class…it has potassium, sodium and also magnesium. Seems to do the trick. You can also try powerade and gatorade but Staminade seem to have the best balance of electrolytes for the best price.

Update; A cheaper alternative is to just drink water with some added sea salt (1/2 teaspoon / Litre is plenty) and perhaps some lemon juice and honey. Then for potassium and magnesium just eat a banana after class. A banana has 400+ mg of potassium and 30mg of magnesium which is far more than any sports drink or tablet and costs half the price. Also 1 orange has about 200 mg potassium and 15 mg of magnesium.

Here is a comparison;

One litre of staminade has Sodium 290 mcg, Potassium, 160 mcg, Magnesium 24 mcg.

One litre of water with 1/2 teaspoon of salt + one banana has Sodium 1000 mcg, Potassium 422 mcg, Magnesium 32 mcg

Yes I got a bad head cold when I started, just getting over it now after two weeks. I think it is part of the initial detox process. It is also possible that your immune system becomes compromised (due to the temperature fluctuations) until you become used to it.