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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why all the yoga hate? I mean, if you're going from being pretty sedentary to doing vinyasa flow classes, it's quite an adjustment. I mean, that's me - I take hot yoga, power yoga, flow yoga - and it's kicking my behind. I sweat, I'm challenged to quickly move into the next position, my muscles are sore, and I'm using muscles that I haven't used in years if ever. Sure, a relaxing, stretch focused yoga class won't do it for strength and weight loss. But I'm trying to balance and support my weight and keep up with the pace of the class - plank, dog dog, warrior 3, etc. I can't imagine it getting easy anytime soon.

I'm not counting calories and am adding carbs to fuel my exercise. I'm also doing a weekly yoga class that incorporates weights and a weekly cardio/dance class. But it's the yoga that's truly challenging for me and leading to muscle soreness.

Two months in and the scale is creeping downward. Which is FINE for me. Slow weight loss is good. I'm 5'6" at 145, which some would find heavy and others would find healthy. But I was WEAK and my joints HURT and I'm almost 50 - so I needed change. (12 years ago, I weighed 178 and settled in at 155 just by limiting carbs and sweets, and always eating when I was hungry.)

For OP, keep doing yoga!! Just look at your calories - if your goal is to lose weight, the yoga ain't going to do it quickly. And make sure you're challenging yourself.[/quote]

Muscle soreness doesn’t = muscle growth and it doesn’t = weight loss. Nobody hates yoga. We are just telling OP that it’s not the best match for her explicit goal. Which is weight loss. [/quote]

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