I Shall Try Yoga

I’ve been following Georgina Wilson and Anne Curtis in twitter and got curious about some of their tweets on doing Bikram Yoga. I researched about it online and I really loved what I saw/read. I know some of the gyms in the city have Yoga classes, but I don’t think they have Bikram. I found this Yoga studio in Damosa, South Studio, which offers something similar to Bikram – Hot Yoga – and I was thinking about trying it out. It’s a little pricey (400 per session) but hey, it’s all for the better right? *CROSSFINGERS*

So yeah. I’m really going to do it. I’ll try Metro and Holiday Spa next week. I’m waiting for Frank’s go signal to try South Studio though.

For more about Bikram Yoga, check out the video below.

This is an article I found online about Bikram Yoga:

A lot has been said about the 26 poses of Bikram Yoga and from the reports found all over the Internet. Bikram Yoga is not a special branch of yoga. Rather it is a set of twenty-six specific postures or asanas which need to be performed in a certain sequence in an environment that is pre-heated to 100-Fahrenheit degrees.

The whole exercise takes about 90 minutes and it has to be done every day – in return Bikram yoga claims it would keep you as healthy as it comes. The Bikram Yoga is special in the fact that it is copyrighted to Bikram Choudhury, a person who has been giving yoga classes since he was 20 years old.

Bikram wrote a book on the way he thought that yoga could be used for maximum benefit – “Bikram’s Beginning Yoga Class” for which he obtained copyright in 1979. Ever since, he had demanded that anyone who taught his style of yoga should apply for a license from him – as Bikram Yoga had become copyrighted style of yoga. In 2002 a court in USA granted him this right and ever since Bikram Yoga has been a style or method of yoga that intellectually belonged to Bikram.

What Makes You Eat More Food

7 ways our body tells us we’re hungry — even when we’re not

1. TIME OF DAY. Through routine, we condition our bodies to expect breakfast, lunch and dinner at the same time each day, says Randy Seeley, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Cincinnati. "Part of the reason you’re hungry at noon is because that’s the time you’ve eaten for the last 100 days."

2. SIGHT. Research using MRIs shows that brain patterns of people viewing photos of foods they like and foods they don’t like are "very different," Seeley says. "The body anticipates when food is about to enter the system." And that’s why your mouth starts watering when you see Mom’s pie.

3. VARIETY. Even after eating a large meal, we often "make room" for dessert, because a desire for sweets hasn’t been satisfied. Ann Gaba, a registered dietitian at New York Presbyterian Hospital, says that sometimes all it takes is a bit of fruit in a salad during a meal to curb a sugar craving.

4. SMELL. Scent is one of the key ways we cue our bodies that food is near. Once the trigger goes off, it can induce the insulin secretion that makes us think we’re hungry. Says Sharron Dalton, a nutrition professor at New York University: "Smell and sight alone activate the appetite cascade."

5. ALCOHOL. Drinking has not been scientifically proved to stimulate appetite, but too much beer, wine or liquor can impair judgment, causing us to eat more. "Most people who are on a diet will say it’s a lot harder to push themselves away from the table if they’ve been drinking," observes Seeley.

6. TEMPERATURE. The colder the temperature, the more people tend to eat, which is why restaurants often keep thermostats low. "Your metabolism drops when it’s time to eat, and eating warms you up," says David Ludwig, professor of pediatrics at Harvard. "Heat is a satiety signal."

7. REFINED CARBS. After a meal heavy in refined carbohydrates, like white pasta, the body may crave food again within only a few hours. These foods cause blood sugar to drop, and "when our blood sugar is crashing, we’re going to be a lot more interested in food in general," Ludwig says.

 

Source: TIME MAGAZINE

Changes

Soon enough, I’ll be trashing my current diet for a new one. Thanks to Chic, I’ve learned quite a few things last night about the body.

So goodbye No Rice diet! Hello change!

Diet Diaries: Day 9, 10, 11 & 12

Diet Diaries: Day 8

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Diet Diaries: Day 6

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Diet Diaries: Days 4 and 5

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Diet Diaries: Day 3

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