I have to admit it’s getting better…
…a little better all the time!
Hey guys! How has your night been?
Thankfully, my day and my eats have much improved since I talked to you last. Around 4:15, Ryan and I headed out for State College, excited for another hot yoga class! About 40 minutes later, we rolled into town, found the yoga studio, met our instructor, and got down to business!
The studio was not NEARLY as hot as the Seattle studio that we practiced in. In my opinion, that’s both a good and a bad thing. I just barely broke a sweat in this class, and in the Seattle class I was DRIPPING. Literally, soaked with sweat by the end. On the one hand, that feels extremely cleansing and powerful. On the other hand, that kind of intensity isn’t always what I want. The studio we went to today had three big heaters set up in the room, so it was hot…just not HOT yoga hot.
While the heat wasn’t as intense, the yoga itself was JUST as intense in this class, if not more intense. Our instructor Doug, who was maybe 45 or 50, looked to be a sweet, hippy-ish man before class started. Baggy pants, holey t-shirt…you know the type.
Then we started class.
He was a drill sergeant! I mean, this man was intense! He was all about pushing you to your max, urging you to get deeper into the pose, and not cutting anyone any slack. He worked us! My legs and arms were shaking and quaking by the time we lay down for the final savasana. I think I’m probably going to feel this class tomorrow.
After class, we headed over to one of our favorite State College restaurants: Green Bowl! It’s Mongolian grill-type restaurant with TONS of veggies. You build your own bowl, choose from about 20 different sauces, and then choose your meat (optional, obviously), and then leave it for the handy-dandy grill men to fire up:
In about five minutes, your bowl returns to you, cooked and delicious!
As we waited for our food, I ordered a hot tea and was pleased to be served a wide variety of TAZO teas:
They had everything from regular green to to peppermint tarragon to African red bush. I went with “Calm,” which was a blend of chamomile and rose.
Before too long, our bowls were served. Mine contained…well, a whole lot of veggies! It had: sweet peas, sugar snap peas, carrots, spinach, bok choy, mushrooms, scallions, cilantro, bell peppers, peanuts, edamame, tofu, bean sprouts, green beans, broccoli, and pineapple. Holy veggies, Batman!
It also had a spoonful of ginger teriyaki sauce, and a bit of spicy soy sauce. Each bowl is served with brown rice.
Veggie bowl goodness:
Obviously I hated it:
This dinner more than made up for my less-than-stellar lunch! After dinner, we walked to a local used books store/cafe/bakery, where I picked up a delicious vegan peanut butter cookie. Perfectly sweet ending!
Hope you had a good night! See you tomorrow, chikas!
I love “calm”. Thank God it’s decaf!
I love Tazo tea! It’s definitely my favorite : ) Dinner looks wonderful!
I am so happy the week is more than half over…I am POOPED this week!
love those mongolian grill-type places! i haven’t been to one in a while.
oh man that veggie bowl looks awesome! great post workout meal!
Yum! I’m glad your day got better!
Wow, that yoga class does sound intense! I need to try out that hot yoga sometime.
And that restaurant looks soooo good. I wonder why I can never find places like that in my area!
Wow, dinner sure looked fabulous! I was thinking just what Lily was thinking “why don’t I have that restaurant in my area?”
Wow that bowl looks amazing! It’s clear why you hated it
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Love that you go to yoga together! I once (twice to be precise) managed to drag Silvio to yoga in London but he stated that he’ll only go to yoga classes abroad where no one he might know sees him. Silly!
Glad things picked back up for you by dinner… your stir-fry looks goood!
That meal looks wonderful!! I wish we had one of those restaurants here. I went to dinner with Joy and Marion last night and caught them up on what you’re doing. Joy is eating gluten-free since she found out she is allergic and said she feels 100% better now, but gluten-free is pretty hard in Shreveport – you have to work at it. They were proud of you for going vegan for a month and said to give you their best.
Sometimes all you need is a good workout and a tasty dinner to turn your day around! Glad things are looking up!
This meal looks very delicious and relaxing…I am jealous about your veggie bowl goodness.
I like Hot Yoga a lot but lately haven’t been afraid of going because of all the flu that’s around…
Your din looks delish!
Yum-o! Have you tried to recreate that at home? I might give it a whirl (except I’d have to throw in some steak for the carnivore.)
That yoga class sounds awesome! I just tried the Calm tea the other day and I’m a huge fan- loves!