No zero days

Entering its fourth year, here are the guidelines for Pledge to Progress 2016!

Share your photos using the #pledgetoprogress tag OR choose to keep then for your own viewing. This is about helping you see the change for yourself.

These rules are not set in stone. They are guidelines to help remove inconsistencies in some before/during/after shots I’ve seen in the past. This is what happens when you watch so many Mythbusters episodes.

Who remembers this?? Many of us began the #FG365YOGA Yoga Challenge this year intending to do it every month, but most of us didn’t stick with it. Well, here’s your chance to finish this year on a high note and to see how you’re doing with these poses! If you have some pictures from when you started this challenge, then you can compare and see how you’ve done this year.

Are you happy with your progress?

Do you need to practice more in the coming year?

What are your yoga goals for 2016?

What do you say we ring out 2015 with one more month of poses? Let’s finish this!!

Even if you didn’t start this before, you are more than welcome to join us for the month of December! Never done yoga before? That’s fine! You’re welcome to join us too! Everyone is welcome! 

Interested? Here’s how to join:

Reblog this to spread the word

Follow your two hosts: Val, @fatgirlgetsfitatlast , and the lovely Harmony,  @mybigfatfitlife , who is co-hosting and finishing 2015 strong with me.

Do the poses each day and post photos or videos. Tag your posts #FG365YOGA. You can also tag @fatgirlgetsfitatlast and @mybigfatfitlife if you’d like.

Follow the #FG365YOGA tag to see how everyone is doing, offer support to your fellow yogis, and maybe make some new friends along the way!

If you have pictures of these poses from earlier in the year, post those with your current photo and let us know how you think you’ve done.

If you don’t have pictures from before, that’s fine! You can just post your current poses.

Your co-hosts will reblog posts tagged #FG365YOGA randomly every day. These will go out to 16,000+ dashes – so more chances to make new friends!  Let your personalities show!

The challenge begins December 1st and runs through December 31st. If you need to post some poses in advance due to the holidays, that’s fine! We understand!

Here is the list of poses with links to ‘how to’ videos or guides. 

Forward Fold

Downward Facing Dog

Lizard Pose

High lunge

Toppling Tree

Half Frog Pose

Standing Crescent Moon

Wide-Legged Forward Bend

Boat Pose

Scale Pose

Warrior i

Reclining Hand to Big Toe

Eye Of The Needle

Side Plank

Triangle

Plank

Pigeon Pose

Extended Side Angle Pose

Lord of the Dance (Dancer)

Chatarunga

Upward Facing Dog

Warrior III

Standing Split

Half Moon

Head to Knee Forward Bend (on mat)

Revolved Goddess Pose

Extended hand to toe pose

Camel Pose

Half-Lord of the Fishes Pose

Tree

Try something that you’ve never tried before! Crow? Headstand?  Standing Head to Knee?Lotus?

If you have any questions about a pose, feel free to message us and we’ll be happy to try and help.

 . . yeah, YOU. Have you been sitting for awhile? Working hard? It’s probably time to get up and stretch your body a little. Maybe drink some water too.

See! Better, right?? 

Day 14 of #FG365YOGA - SIDE PLANK

I did a few versions of this today just to see what I could do. For the first time EVER I was able to lift my top leg up and not fall on my ass! I could only do it on the right side (right arm down), couldn’t manage it on the left. Still, that’s cool! I’ve tried that before and always just fell over if I managed to lift it at all.

I could NOT do a side plank on straight arm on my left arm  I think because of the rotator cuff tear I have, when I tried it my deltiod started screaming, so I just stopped.  I see that I was also collapsing a bit onto my ankle on my left side, even on my elbow, something I need to work on.

Announcing….the Holiday Hustle virtual 5k!

It will take place any time this weekend, 12/19 -12/20. Run, walk, jog or shuffle your way to 3.1 miles. Post about your run…take a selfie…tag it @theholidayhustle by 9pm EST on 12/20 - and you will be entered into a raffle for a prize! Easy peasy, Weezie!

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@mitochondricity

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@deartreadmill

YEAH THAT WOULD BE ME

I AM UNDER 180

HELL YEAH

I'm at 177.4 now. WHAT IS THIS I HAVENT EVEN BEEN EXERCISING REGULARLY

I have been eating really healthy though so I should keep at it.