Phase two

January 25, 2013

I have just completed my first week of phase “two” of the cleanse. The food got a little more exciting while I got a little less so. With the initial glacial break of eating habits in the first half over and done with, the process is now more like a glacial melt with changes happening every day I’m sure, and yet get passed by my eyes almost unnoticed from day-to-day. I am certainly still enjoying where this is going. I am just getting a bit worn by “all work, no….work.” When I’m not working, I am spending time sifting through an endless backlog of personal goals. I’d say this overwhelming list feels like a web but at least those have cohesive connections. No, the projects in my brain appear more like glitter bombs. Everything is so shiny and I just stand there, intrigued and confused. I usually end up tackling the least important tasks, peeling the skin away and then throwing out the juicy parts. Or I work on something for someone else.

The one personal project I’ve managed to be consistent with is my exercise. As I promised myself, I managed to do some kind of significant exercise every day this week. On Tuesday, my mother and I went to a free yoga class at A2 Yoga which was kind of a bust on a body that hasn’t done yoga for weeks. The woman teaching was very much a “go getter gal” and she had us in a perpetual loop of Chatarangas (plank poses slowly lowering in a push-up motion) for almost the entire class. I made it back to the fitness center a few times also, this time coupling my meandering regime with structured classes. I can handle running on a bike for 25 minutes but after that,  I’m at a loss. Yesterday, I finally had the gusto to go to the center of the room and try out one of the weight contraptions attached to lengthened pully mechanisms. Up until that point, I’d stuck with the more compact machines that sort of shelter you fro being seen as you explore whether or not you can work the damn thing. The two that I tried are ones worth getting comfortable with, as they both work some major arm muscles.

Testing out the different classes has been fun as well. This week, I stuck to the basics of yoga and a weight/stretch class but next week I’m going to branch out into some dance moves. Oy, soon enough I  might be shaking pom poms.

All of this working out is a lot of…work. I mean, besides my muscles feeling it, it takes so much time to fit it into my schedule. But one of the things I’m beginning to learn more and more is how things come together through phases and stages and that I will develop this for as long as I need to and my attention will shift when ready.

Another thing that is taking up my time is recipe searching. Right now, I’m soaking and sprouting some grains for different crackers and breads. I’ve also decided to get back into some sauerkraut-making.