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in reply to: I am quite overweight and doing hot yoga #6259
Hi fellow newbie!
I will tell you that I did my 8th practice last night. I have not seen any results on the scale, but this morning, I put my pants on and they fit much, much better. I recommend that you take your measurements right away. I didn’t take mine until after already doing 7 classes so I am not able to monitor what I lost in inches.
Good luck!
Loriin reply to: So what do you wear? #6243Hi,
I just recently found some plus size yoga clothing on junonia.com. I have not yet received my order, but they have the wicking material. Their products look great; however, I am not impressed with their website. The orders take forever to update online and it’s not very user friendly. I am looking forward to getting my order. Womanwithin.com also have a few things (sports bras). I also found some sports bras at Sears after driving around all day trying to find them. They were basic hanes sports bras. Picked up tank top at Old Navy although they only have up to XXL in the stores, they have plus size online. good luck – it sucks. I had to spend a lot of time shopping for plus size clothes to work for my hot yoga!in reply to: I am quite overweight and doing hot yoga #6236Hi,
Thank you so much for the response! Yes, I was diagnosed with arthritis is both knees. This was due to overuse, most likely due to the extra weight. I went through chemotherapy back in 2004 for breast cancer, and gained about 50 pounds from being inactive and the change in hormones, etc.I have been on many medications for the pain in my knees and they crack and pop when I climb up the stairs. I have had several great classes over the past week! The instructor I at first thought was so TOUGH is now my favorite. She came over and showed me several modifications using a towel and I also realized that I could do the camel pose, on my knees, just going back a little, as best as I can do. I am most struggling with the balancing poses although my balance on all standing poses is much, much better than when I started. I have been doing Weight Watchers along with the yoga and find myself naturally making healthy choices with little to no thought about it and not needing to track what I eat. That is NEW to me. I also found that alcohol (I used to drink a glass of wine or two here and there) does NOT agree with me. Wine gives me a massive headache, and I don’t sleep well, whereas, since starting hot yoga I have been sleeping better than ever before – so I will be sticking to water and herbal tea. After 7 classes, I just can not believe amazing I feel, and I have never had an exercise program that I looked forward to going to, and I am sticking with it and not dropping out. I have read so many comments where people are saying that this yoga changes their life – and I believe them 100%. I also notice a huge improvement in my skin!
Thank you Gabrielle!
Loriin reply to: I am quite overweight and doing hot yoga #6174Hello everyone,
I am so glad I found this forum! I did my first Bikram Yoga class last week, and completed my 4th class tonight. I love it, and am planning my busy schedule around getting to yoga.My question(s), I am overweight, and have bad knees. I have a difficult time doing any of the poses sitting on my knees. Most of the standing poses I am able to do some form of the pose, but once we get on the floor, I completely lose interest since I can’t do any of the poses. I try and lay there and breathe, but it’s difficult for me to stay in the room at that point.
I did notice an improvement tonight in my flexibility and ability to do some of the standing poses.
Any advice you can give, would be most appreciated!
Thank you!
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