I just committed to 30 days of Bikram. Today was Day One. I've already written down the countdown in my trusty little Moleskine Planner. 29 more days to go. Today I idiotically left my bottle of water in the locker room and had set up my mat at the very far corner of the heated room and laid down in Savasana when I realized what I had done. Just then, the instructor walks in and it's too late for me to get my bottle of water. The last time I had forgotten a bottle of water, I felt feelings of desperation and anxiety I had never really known whenever I heard the crackle of a water bottle being downed by someone next to me. So today sucked. After the class, I was the first one out the door.
Yea, I don't know. I mean, they say 30 days of Bikram will transform you physically and mentally, and I'm prepared to discipline myself into it. Every time I've done Bikram in the past, I've felt like I was on a high the rest of the day. Sometimes though, I also feel exhausted. I want to document it all on here though, since it'll give me something to look forward to. A girl I knew once told me that when she was quitting smoking, she used to draw a big X on a big calendar for every day that she didn't smoke. She said she'd be carrying around a fat black sharpie for the majority of the day, but it helped her quit. I'm kind of the same way with going to the gym and doing yoga and all that kind of stuff. Every time I do it, I have to write it down in my planner that I went, and for some reason, it gives me a really good feeling. Strange. But hey, whatever works, right? I just hope I don't turn into crazy Bikram Lady who goes to Bikram 3 times a day and has these callouses on the bottom of her feet that are white from being moist too often. She dripped onto my yoga mat the other week and I went out and bought a new one. Disgusting.
Okay, so I don't have much more to say, other than N is sick and it's rainy, which gives me an excuse to bake some chocolate chip cookies! I baked an apple tart last night, but I think today is a day for cookies. So here we go! Here is a recipe if you're interested:
from THE BIG BOOK OF CHOCOLATE:
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1 stick unsalted butter, cold, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips *sometimes I like to use milk chocolate
1 cup walnuts or pecans, toasted and chopped
Preheat oven to 300F
Beat sugars and butters together until smooth. Mix in egg, vanilla, baking soda.
In a separate bowl, stir together the flour and salt, then mix them into the batter. Mix in the chocolate chips and toasted nuts.
Scoop the cookie dough into 2-tablespoon balls and place 8 balls, spaced 4 inches apart, on each of the baking sheets.
Bake for 18 minutes, or until pale golden brown. Remove from the oven and cool on a wire rack.
2 comments:
(i'm interested.)
ummm does this mean you're gonna do yoga on christmas?
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