Back to Pure Barre…
K Deer striped leggings (medium) | I’ve had these a couple years and really love them!
My other favorite leggings for pure barre by Alo – I’ve had them for years too…
Yosemite James Perse fleece pullover | a couple years old
AllBirds wool loungers
Wearing/Shopping
Not much wearing, no buying. Only window shopping (see yesterday’s post). Honestly, I’ve been hibernating this week, I don’t know what to do with such cold weather.
I did decide to return the Vince high-top sneakers this week. My routine is usually that I wear things around the house for a couple days before wearing out, and then, if I don’t reach for the item in a couple more days, I return it. I just didn’t want to particularly wear these when I was getting dressed, instead I chose my AllBirds or Vince Warren sneakers. I think it’s really because they’re TOO specific, and I just didn’t like them with certain things I wanted to wear (sweatpants, mostly LOL). I still like them, and if I didn’t need to use that money on other things, then I’d probably have kept them.
The James Perse Winter sale ends this weekend, free shipping is still valid: GRCHNWINTER18 (it’s good on the whole site BTW, if there’s anything in the new arrivals that might have caught your eye!). I didn’t buy anything this time around, did you?
Reading/Watching
Watching The Crown. LOVE IT.
Reading Old Path, White Clouds: Walking in the footsteps of the Buddha – it’s basically a biography of the Buddha and history of Buddhism. I bought this at our local used book store last weekend, and am eating it up. I read a little everyday, but last weekend, I read about half the book. Noah from Secular Buddhism mentioned it as a great “reference” book, and that it is. I mostly enjoy the parables, and stories that the Buddha tells to illustrate his point.
Doing
I’ve been back to Pure Barre three times this week and my body is screaming at me! I’ve been exercising on the Peloton all this time, but Pure Barre exercises DIFFERENT parts of my body and they’re getting used to it all again. Good news is that I can still do everything (hold the plank for 90 seconds, etc), my body isn’t as weak and fragile as I thought.
When I look at myself I still sort of see fragility, especially if I’m wearing oversized clothes; I think that just seems to exaggerate my “smallness” lately. It’s all such a weird experience, honestly. The whole thing, obviously, but also being this “small.” I did get to weigh myself today and lost 10 pounds since my last visit to the dr, which was 4 weeks ago. I weigh 135. I haven’t weighed 135 pounds since middle school. Maybe even elementary school? It’s been a very very very long time.
When I lost weight several years ago, I struggled to get to 140 but my body really didn’t like being below that, so I stayed around there or 145, and was perfectly happy at that weight. I have just been trying to stay healthy and keep my weight right around there.
Anyway, I can’t say I’m unhappy at 135, but I’m not going to suffer to stay here. I CANNOT WAIT TO EAT PIZZA AGAIN.
So here I am, in the home stretch; I’ll get the wires off next Thursday morning. I’m already starting to feel like my jaw is getting stronger, and am feeling better eating soft foods like eggs, yogurt, sweet potatoes, etc. so I know it won’t be long until things are back to “normal” – whatever that is. No, I don’t want to go “back” to anything, I want to move forward with a strong body (strong jaw!) and mind into the new year.
What are your plans this weekend? Hope you have a good one!!
Oh, and I forgot to mention…20% off SALE ITEMS ONLY, and all sales will be final with the code. I can’t believe it’s been two years…
Thank you for saving me $10 postage! I have just bought the Combat Pants in Trooper. Looking forward to living in them in the spring here in N. California.
I meant Cropped Cargo Pant. Don’t know where the combat came from. Maybe too much news.
Love your leggings! Thought of you yesterday when I was trying to figure out what to eat after having a tooth pulled. For some reason it hadn’t occurred to me that I might have any limitations on my diet. It made me appreciate how challenging even a couple of days of a “special diet” feels and I don’t even have my jaw wired shut! You have been a very good sport.
Re: Buddhism — I love “The Library of Tibet Series” (written by the Dalai Lama) starting with The Way to Freedom.
So glad you’ve made it back to Pure Barre! That must feel good. I’m glad you’re healing and the wires are coming off.
My weekend plans include rehanging blinds and artwork in the dining room – we painted last weekend- and other various chores. The temperatures are going to be above freezing for the first time in a week. I look forward to not feeling cold all the time!
oh, nice! glad to help 🙂
I am totally digging those striped leggings! I feel you about smallness. I’ve embarked on a very different eating plan to control my diabetes, and I lost 23 pounds in the first month. My body feels sort of deflated and weird, but I’m getting used to it.
Congrats for getting back to Pure Barre! And yay for pizza! Years ago when I did Weight Watchers and got down to 127, it was completely not sustainable for me without super severe eating restrictions, which was not worth it. And I leveled out around 140. (Not that I’m there now…that was oh, 10 years ago).
Spent some time this weekend downloading every clothing transaction I had in the last six months, and really shocked at 1) how much I actually spent, and 2) how many of the things I bought I could easily live without now. Now, some of them were completely worth it—my Elizabeth Suzann kimono sweater, EZ Patti shell, two Black Crane dresses, a beautiful vintage silver and malachite necklace. But there were a ton of other things that I (still) bought that were non-returnable, impulse purchases, or things I thought I had to have but now feel meh about. Ugh.
Hi Grechen – so glad to hear you are feeling better and back at Pure Barre. I was wondering: has your studio gone to 45-50 minute classes with “increased intensity”? The studios in Denver have, and I have mixed feelings about i.
haha. YES. i miss the stretches we did in between, but i sometimes still do them anyway LOL
i don’t mind it too much, i sort of like the increased intensity!