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I’m doing P90X, and Yoga X is a part of the program. I do it about once a week. For every 4th week, it changes and I have to do it twice in the recovery week. I thought yoga was going to be relaxing and somewhat interesting, but I find it way to boring to get anything out of it. The whole time I’m doing Yoga I keep think about how boring it is. I get so frustrated with impatience. I’m not sure if it’s just the particular type of yoga I am doing, or if I just am not interested in yoga as a whole. Yoga X is an hour and a half, and the vinyasas are for about an hour. Those are the moves I really can’t stand. They are so repetitive. The poses afterwards where you have to hold them for a bit aren’t as bad, but I still don’t see myself wanting to do yoga for fun.
Brit's Life List
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1. Read 50 books in 2011
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2. Make a list of 100 movie quotes
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3. eat healthier food
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4. be a happier person
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5. be more confident
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6. Find myself
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7. Lose 10 pounds
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8. go to London
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9. articulate my thoughts more clearly
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10. learn to love myself
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11. find new friends
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12. communicate better
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13. watch an NHL game live
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14. Move out
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15. learn german
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16. lose 15 pounds
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17. eat more vegetables
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18. Visit Canada
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19. run a 5k
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20. run 3 miles
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21. run 5 miles
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22. run a 6 minute mile.
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23. Get up to an hour run
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24. Buy and wear a VS bikini by next August
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25. Watch every episode of NCIS
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26. Rate 1000 movies
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27. List 100 of my favorite songs from movie soundtracks!
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28. Do the One Hour Runner (OHR) program
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29. Find a topic that interests me and learn all about it
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30. move out of Louisiana
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31. Go up and down all the stairs in a stadium
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32. graduate from college
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33. Run a marathon
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34. Be happy
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35. complete P90X
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36. Get an MBA
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