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Hi Karen

 

I've been doing Ashtanga for about 9 months now, but its only in the last 2

months that I've maintained a 5 day week practice. About 4 weeks ago I

discovered that my weight had dropped to below 45kg which shocked me (I'm 5'2")

and my partner said i was looking anorexic!. I'm a very healthy eater like you,

and also a vegetarian, but not overly obsessed about my diet.

Anyway, once I got over the initial shock, I looked at what and when I was

eating and started to become more conscious of it. I increased my protein

intake and just started eating a lot more than I had been used to. Skipping

meals is no longer an option and i'm not avoiding carbs any more (can really

enjoy a big bowl of pasta with pesto now!). I've put on a kilo and am now feel

stronger and more grounded since I've adapted my food intake to support my

practice.

The internal fire and heat created by the Ashtanga practice really burns up all

your fuel. It may sound really simplistic, but just eat more, perhaps more

often, and make sure that it's really high quality food so that it feeds and

nourishes your practice.

Don't panic. Just be sensitive to what your body needs and respond appropriately

to the changes it's going through.

 

namaste

 

 

 

karencoolkid <no_reply> wrote:

I do drink up to 2 litres or more of water a day. I don't think

it's a myth to have to do that, because it definatley keeps me

energized the more I drink. I feel more awake by water, than I do

coffee or tea. My skin is ten times better by drinking lots of

water as well. It does purify your body. About my eating. I do eat

a very high protein, low carbo diet. I eat very little sweets or

snacks (only on special days) and I'm vegetarian. I have been to a

nutritionist before and she said my diet was really good. So I'm

losing all this weight but it has nothing to do with my diet. I am

a little nervous since at times, I lose 1 kg in a few days, at times

in 2 weeks. It is very sporatic. I'm 5"4 or about 163 cm, but now

I weigh between 46-47kg or about 105 pounds. I think. I'm not sure

if losing more is healthy, but I don't understand why I keep losing

it. I do ashtanga yoga 6 days a week and feel so good after, I

don't want to stop doing it. Any suggestions? Is it the yoga?

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Have you checked your blood glucose level lately? To me it seems that there is a

possibility that you could have diabetes. The symptoms are tremendous weight

loss, lots of drinking and feeling tired, among others. Just to advice you to

go to doctor, if you haven't done that allready??

 

 

 

karencoolkid <no_reply> wrote:I do drink up to 2 litres or more

of water a day. I don't think

it's a myth to have to do that, because it definatley keeps me

energized the more I drink. I feel more awake by water, than I do

coffee or tea. My skin is ten times better by drinking lots of

water as well. It does purify your body. About my eating. I do eat

a very high protein, low carbo diet. I eat very little sweets or

snacks (only on special days) and I'm vegetarian. I have been to a

nutritionist before and she said my diet was really good. So I'm

losing all this weight but it has nothing to do with my diet. I am

a little nervous since at times, I lose 1 kg in a few days, at times

in 2 weeks. It is very sporatic. I'm 5"4 or about 163 cm, but now

I weigh between 46-47kg or about 105 pounds. I think. I'm not sure

if losing more is healthy, but I don't understand why I keep losing

it. I do ashtanga yoga 6 days a week and feel so good after, I

don't want to stop doing it. Any suggestions? Is it the yoga?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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yes, your diet is good for losing weight, but for the body? I don't

think so. And the body is like a car, the more you run it the sooner

it will break down. Not in the sense of physical activity, that is

necessary (although too much of it is also not good) but in the sense

of digesting food or even just drinking water. If your kidneys need to

work constantly, (and they do even if you just drink water) then your

body doesn't get any rest and that is strenuous on it. I think that

drinking appropriate amount of water is absolutely necessary, but we

shouldn't just drink and drink all day, if we want it or not.

 

And yes being vegetarian is really good, but eating too much protein is

again hard on your digestive system. High protein diets usually cause,

bad breath, white tongue buildup, bad body odor, constipation and

swelling or "fluffing up".

 

I think everyone should eat what they feel their bodies need, or see

that it does good to their bodies. If that is high protein diet, then

yes, that is what you should do, but don't think it is good for

everyone (certainly didn't do good to my body).

 

About the weight lose: losing weight by dieting one way or other

doesn't work, you have to change a life philosophy - something in your

character that is causing you to put on weight. Usually a lack of

self-respect or self-worth.

 

to that I'll drink, (water of course :)

jana

 

 

 

On Monday, February 2, 2004, at 02:00 AM, karencoolkid wrote:

> I do drink up to 2 litres or more of water a day. I don't think

> it's a myth to have to do that, because it definatley keeps me

> energized the more I drink. I feel more awake by water, than I do

> coffee or tea. My skin is ten times better by drinking lots of

> water as well. It does purify your body. About my eating. I do eat

> a very high protein, low carbo diet. I eat very little sweets or

> snacks (only on special days) and I'm vegetarian. I have been to a

> nutritionist before and she said my diet was really good. So I'm

> losing all this weight but it has nothing to do with my diet. I am

> a little nervous since at times, I lose 1 kg in a few days, at times

> in 2 weeks. It is very sporatic. I'm 5"4 or about 163 cm, but now

> I weigh between 46-47kg or about 105 pounds. I think. I'm not sure

> if losing more is healthy, but I don't understand why I keep losing

> it. I do ashtanga yoga 6 days a week and feel so good after, I

> don't want to stop doing it. Any suggestions? Is it the yoga?

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Hey there

 

you need to look not just at the food and diet but the amounts you are eating

you are doing a "work out" that will give you the psyiology of a marathon runner

so you need to eat accordingly, alot of nutritionalists don't think that yoga is

that dynamic! So you need to make sure you are eating sufficiently and see a

sports nutritionalist if poss!

 

have a great pratice!

 

james

 

 

 

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karencoolkid <no_reply> wrote: I do drink up to 2 litres or more

of water a day. I don't think

it's a myth to have to do that, because it definatley keeps me

energized the more I drink. I feel more awake by water, than I do

coffee or tea. My skin is ten times better by drinking lots of

water as well. It does purify your body. About my eating. I do eat

a very high protein, low carbo diet. I eat very little sweets or

snacks (only on special days) and I'm vegetarian. I have been to a

nutritionist before and she said my diet was really good. So I'm

losing all this weight but it has nothing to do with my diet. I am

a little nervous since at times, I lose 1 kg in a few days, at times

in 2 weeks. It is very sporatic. I'm 5"4 or about 163 cm, but now

I weigh between 46-47kg or about 105 pounds. I think. I'm not sure

if losing more is healthy, but I don't understand why I keep losing

it. I do ashtanga yoga 6 days a week and feel so good after, I

don't want to stop doing it. Any suggestions? Is it the yoga?

 

 

 

 

 

 

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