SkiptoContentMyWeightLossResultsAfter3MonthsofHotYogaPostedonPublished:January16,2017By:AuthorJessicaKortemanCategoriesHealth&Lifestyle,PersonalMusingsHotyogahaswithoutadoubtchangedmybody,healthandentireoutlookonexerciseforthebetter.Icametohotyogawithlowself-esteem,deflatedaboutmybodyimageanddesperatetohaveanexerciseregimenthatgavemeresults,whilealsocruciallyworkingwithinmylifestyle.Iwasstrugglingwith:•Weightandstressmanagement•Bulgingbellyandflabby,undefinedarms•Slowingmetabolisminmy30s•Aworkandtravelschedulethatthrewmyeatingandexercisescheduleforaloop•Findinganexerciseroutinethatwaseffective,fitintomyscheduleand,mostimportantly,thatIenjoyedandcouldcontinuedoingIhadtriedgoingtoaregulargym,doingdanceandaerobicsclasses,running,anddoingyoga,aerobicsandstretchingwithYouTubevideosonmyownathome.WhatIrealizedthroughtheseexerciseendeavorswasthatIdon'tenjoyrunningorlongsessionsonathreadmillorbike,andthatIdislikeanythingthatinvolvesalotofjumping,asisthecasewithsomeaerobicsanddanceroutines(partiallytodowithanoldkneeinjury).IenjoyedexercisingmoreandwasalsomorelikelytofollowthroughwhenIscheduledasetgroupclass.ThiscounteractedthelonelinessanddemotivationIhadoftenfeltwhentryingtoexercisehomealoneatnight,andthesettimeandplacepushedmetomakeroomforexerciseinmyschedule.Istarteddoinghotyogaasatrialtoseeifitwasgoingtobedo-ableforme,bothinitsintensityandwithmyschedule,thatIenjoyeddoingit,andultimatelywhetheritwasgoingtogivemerealresults.Thatlastpartwasvital.Itcouldbechallengingandexhausting(IunderstoodI'dneedtoworkforit),butithadtobeeffective.So,beforeIdiveinaboutmyexperienceandresultswithhotyoga,Iwanttoclarifywhatitisandwhatyoucanexpectfromahotyogaclass.TableofContentsWhatishotyoga?MyfirsthotyogaclassHowsoondidIstartseeingresultswithhotyoga?Whatweremyresultsafterthreemonthsofhotyoga?TipsforthosewhowanttotransformtheirbodieswithhotyogaWhatishotyoga?Hotyogaisbasicallyyogaposespracticedinaheatedenvironment.Theterm“hotyoga”isoftenusedinterchangeablywithBikramyoga,andwhiletheyarebothsimilar