Hot yoga! (pics)

I am slowly adding more and more to my exercise route... I dance on the weekends for 4-5 hours, walk daily for an hour or more and now I am doing hot yoga 6 times a week. Hot yoga is doing yoga in a room that is 100 degrees... you sweat like crazy and it's very intense but it's SO worth it! I have been doing a lot of strength training and even though my weight is stuck at 165, I can see the skin slowly tightening up. Today I looked at my old body photos to remind myself of how far I have come and I just cried...  joyfully of course. I stood in front of the mirror and took a photo to compare... it's not the best photo, but it'll do. The skin hangs, but I don't care... I am working on it really hard right now and the benefits are showing. 
 

My skin is filling out more on my arms:

Elena,

OMG, you look amazing.......Keep up all the exercise, your young and everything will tighten up for you......I'm speechless.....Your dedication to yourself is inspiring.......WOW, just WOW.....

Oh, Mail was sent today....

Love ya girl......Kel

You look fabulous!!  Great job!

You look awesome!  For as much weight as you have lost you barely have any skin hanging.  not sure where you are seeing it!  Great job!

You look FANTASTIC!  I agree with a PP...with how much you have lost the amount of sagging skin really appears minimal. 

I see on FB that you are loving the hot yoga...I wonder if they have anything like that in MN??  I really need to do something to help with the skin issue because I'm really noticing it in my arms and waist.

Elena, you look GREAT!!!

Samantha, it does exist here in MN.  I have a coworker who lives in Waconia and goes.  I am not sure where he does it but it is likely in the west metro.

Elena...you are just gorgeous....absolutely beautiful!!

Congratulations you are really doing an outstanding job!!!

Hugs .....connie d

Wow!! You look amazing!!!  Keep up the excellent job!! I am soo proud of you!!! 

Hugs!
Lucy

Hot Mama is more like it!  What a great transformation, rock it girl!

Elena you are looking wonderbar. Had to read the post just to see what hot yoga was. Enjoy your year in Korea. Looks like it is good for you. Just getting warmer here in northern MN. Of course the humidity is tight up there today as well. Hugs