P90X Adventures: P90X3 Challenge Week 1 Day 3: X3 Yoga

Last week, X3 Yoga was one of the few routines that actually turned out to be way easier on me than I was initially expecting.  With the exception of that one pesky Crow move, I was pretty much able to handle everything at least in some fashion.

This week was even that much easier.  Since I'd already been through the routine once, I was able to keep up with all the transitions in time with everyone on screen.  This, of course, was Zu's first time at this yoga routine so she was doing all the typical fumbling one would do when attempting all this stuff for the first time.  She and Yoga aren't on the best of terms most of the time so there was a bit of angry flailing, but far less than she ever had with Yoga X.  I mean how could she? It's only 30 minutes... :-P

She got in there and hit most of the positions really well. I was impressed.  Of course, she's a bit more flexible than I so she can do stuff like touch her toes, but I'm just playing patient because I knew how much more flexible Yoga X ended up making me over time.  We stretched, we posed, we tried to balance... We both said "EFF YOUUU!" to Ted.  It was good times.

The real work is gonna come today with the return of The Challenge.  Man, I'm gonna soldier up and stick with my 15-12 numbers and concentrate on making those work I think.  We'll see how close I come later this evening.

Next up on my fancy juice exploration is Bitter Melon.  This thing is an amazing powerhouse of a food. Especially for diabetics.  Karela, often referred to as bitter melon, or bitter gourd, is good for digestion by killing off toxins that kill the good bacteria and flora in our digestive system.  It can be juiced or used in a tea to weaken just about any virus out there, even HIV.  But it's best property is that it can increase insulin sensitivity in diabetics.  This thing can naturally lower blood sugars which is great, but you have to be careful, because consuming too much can cause hypoglycemia easily.  It does have a strong bitterness about it which can easily be counteracted by adding fruit so this is where I came up with:

Bitter Melow
1 Bitter Melon Seeded (important* the seeds are toxic)
1 Cucumber
2 Apples
1 Orange
1 Lime
3 Sticks of Celery