P90X, Week 3, day 1

Yep, that's right! I'm on Week 3!!! Yea Me!!!! I'm so proud of myself for sticking with it. I told myself I'm not going to measure myself except for at the 30 day mark (I'll take photos then too), so I can't say for sure that I've lost inches, but since our clothes can be a great motivator - I dropped a jean size!!! Yea Me!!!
Shannon and I did our 2 mile run tonight - we really pushed hard those first two sets. It was a great run tonight! Tonight's P90X workout was Day 1 again, so chest and back. What that meant was lots of push-ups and pull-ups. I'm doing well. Each time I do a few more off my knees, so that's always good. I'm also doing a few more pull-ups! Yea!!
The area I'm seeing the most improvement is my sit-ups. I didn't make my goal of 3 exercises at 25, BUT I was able to increase each exercise.
My food today was good.
B-fast - english muffin, 2 soy sausage patties, 1 slice cheese; banana
Snack - jerky and string cheese
Lunch - Tomato Basil Soup with some mac and cheese added
Dinner - grilled chicken and brussel sprouts (drizzled in rasp. vingerette dressing and cranberries).
Snack - Kashi TLC granola bar and recovery drink
My food choices are improving. I'm not perfect, but a lot better then where I was a few weeks ago.

P90X Update

Okay I was having all kinds of problems with my computer here lately. No internet connection for almost 2 days. So here is my update on P90X. I took Thursday off because my Sister and I spent the evening decorating the rest of the outside of my house for Halloween, then had some girl bonding time when the kiddos went to bed. Friday my friend Shannon and I did our 2 mile run and then I came home and did Day 6, Kenpo. It was great. I like Kenpo...I think it's my favorite X cardio.
I also tried the recovery drink on Friday. I liked it. It smells wonderful when you open the jug. It tastes...okay. I mixed it with water. I liked the first half of the drink, but then the last half was kind of tough to swallow. I really thought it was sweet. It had a total of 26 grams of sugar in 12 ounces. I will keep drinking it though because it did seem to help.
I probably should have worked out last night, but I took a day of rest. It's what my body told me I needed. I spent Saturday with my Sister and kids - we did a fall festival place and some shopping. I was really tired when I got home, so I didn't even turn the computer on (not like it was working anyway). I put the kiddos to bed, read for about an hour, and was asleep by 9. Little guy didn't wake up until 6am, and then he went back to sleep. We all got up around 8. I feel so refreshed this morning! I'm hoping to get a jog in and it's day 1 of week 3 - Chest and Back with Ab Ripper X. Bring it!!

P90X, Week 2, Day 5

I heard the following lyrics on the radio today and thought that they really apply to this whole P90X thing, "even on my weakest day, I get a little bit stronger." What a great line!
I met my friend Shannon this evening at 6pm and we did our 2 mile jog, then I came home and got the kiddos to bed, and then came downstairs and ho-hummed around, and eventually just pushed play. Sometimes I feel like a walking advertisement for the P90X workouts, but really the things Tony says stick with you and really do work.
I thought it was funny that I was so excited to be doing legs today because I forgot that it included back. HA! Had to run and breakout the pull-up bar and chair. I really like this routine. I do great on the legs and struggle, struggle, struggle on those pull-ups. I like using the chair though...it really does make a difference on how I feel about the workout. Everyone is motivated by different things.
My eating was not so well today. I like food. I struggle with this whole cutting back on calories. I know how important it is, but when faced with choices I rarely make the right one where food is concerned. I had a repeat of the soy sausage muffin for breakfast (I like those! They'll be a new staple for me). For lunch I met my brother and we had Mexican (my absolute favorite type of food). I ordered a chicken burrito, BUT I only drank water! That counts for something right? I followed this with Starbucks. Um...this has got to be my biggest weakness - COFFEE!! I love, love, love coffee and would be in so much trouble if I worked in a coffee shop. I had a nonfat Grande Pumpkin Spice Latte (my fave until snow arrives then I like Peppermint Mochas). I can't order a tall. I've tried. It only makes me mad. While in Starbucks I happened to look at the bakery case - NEVER DO THIS! I bought a pumpkin muffin. Um...YUM! Dinner was a Boca burger and carrots. After my workout I had a Luna bar (LOVE these!) and chocolate milk. That was my day.
I lost a pound this week! I'm just happy that the numbers are finally going down and not staying put. I'll take a pound a week! I know I could do better if I switched up my eating habits. I normally avoid Starbucks, but when I'm out and about I like to grab a cup.
I'll try to start fresh tomorrow. Looking ahead I'll probably have to do my rest day tomorrow since my Sister is coming over for our weekly movie night! She's on a no carb diet so I normally eat really well with her!

P90X, Week 2, Day 4

Surprise! Yoga was not any easier this week then last. I woke up dreading the fact that I had to do Yoga today. I'm not sure why, but it is not my favorite workout. I do like that I'm drenched by the time the Yoga session is over...I must be doing something right. The Crane and the Plough into shoulder thing still killed me. I at least got into the Crain (with toes on the ground), but I couldn't get into the Plough. That is so going to be my goal for next week!!
I followed the P90X nutrition plan today. Breakfast was delicious! I was really hungry this afternoon though, but didn't eat anything - went for coffee instead. I probably should've just ate an apple. For some reason the plan didn't have any fruit in it? I'm going to stick with the plan for the rest of the week and see how I feel. I'll give anything a try!
Legs is my favorite workout so I'm looking forward to tomorrow - BRING IT!

P90X, Week 2, day 3

Tonight was tough for me. I almost didn't get my workout in. I didn't start until 845pm, so it's now almost 1030...I normally like to be getting into bed by now, so fingers-crossed that the kiddos both have a good night sleep. I spent about an hour and a half at the grocery store tonight. I bought a lot of things I've never bought before and it took me some time to find a lot of it. The one thing I wanted and couldn't find was Quinoa...I looked all over the rice aisle. I wanted to try a fellow blogger's recipe, so I might have to make a special trip to Whole Foods. Although that would probably take me all day since I've never been in one before. LOL.
I sat down with the P90X nutrition plan today and was pleasantly surprised with what I found. I thought it would be in "greek" and that I wouldn't be able to do it, but I actually had a good bit of it already. I'm going to start it off fresh tomorrow! I'll keep you posted on how it goes.
As for the workout, tonight was shoulders and arms. I know this workout is supposed to be a lot harder...I mean aren't you supposed to at least pause when he says bonus round?! I seriously need to go and buy heavier weights. Right now I'm using 5 lbs and I'm maxing out every exercise. The girl in the video uses 10 lb dumbbells most of the time. I think I'll buy a set of 8's and 10's and see how I feel.
The killer is always the Ab Ripper X. I'm getting better at some of the exercises, and on some it feels like I'm getting worse! If that's even possible?!
My beachbody coach brought me a free sample of greenberry Shakeology today. I've never heard of greenberry, so I'm open to any suggestions on how to make a good shake with it. I ordered the recovery drink (I don't remember if I said that yesterday or not), but it shipped today and the notice said I'd have it by Monday. I'll be part way into week 3.
Tomorrow is Yoga. Hmmm...not sure how I feel about that one yet. It definitely isn't my favorite workout.

P90X, Week 2, day 2

Holy-Plyo! Tonight was tough. I don't remember it being this hard last week. I didn't have the energy or focus when it started and had an internal battle about turning it off, but after the first round I relaxed and really started to enjoy it. I just "did my best, and forgot the rest." I feel so much better for actually completing the workout. It was tough, but isn't that what this is all about? Getting out there and changing old habits. Old habits are what got me here in the first place.

Today, for me, really was all about internal battles. I had some serious cravings this evening for pizza. Football was on, it was cold out, I was feeling lazy and just didn't want to cook - even though I'd put chicken in the fridge to thaw. I did some digging around in the cupboard and told myself I can do better then take-out and the calories I would have to deal with from it. I rubbed the chicken in a spicy chipolte mix, grilled it on my foreman (I'm 100 times better at chicken then salmon!!!), put rice on the stove, threw veggies (peppers, onions, mushrooms) into a skillet with some olive oil, then piled it all into a low fat, low carb tortilla. It was so yummy I wanted 2 (but only ate 1). Of course as I was eating it I thought it would've been better if I'd grilled the tortilla too - now that I'm not so good at, my hubby is a pro at it though, but he's not here right now.
Tomorrow is shoulders and arms and it should be interesting...my back is a little tight from yesterday still. Hopefully by tomorrow night I'll be feeling better. I went ahead and ordered the recovery drink mix today. It should be here by week 3. They offer a 30 day money back guarantee, so why not.
Tomorrow I'm going to focus on getting my head straight and "bringing it!"

P90X, Week 2, day 1

Woo-hoo!!! I'm still doing P90X and still just as motivated as day1 - sort of. I tried to talk myself out of it tonight. I kept saying, "I'm tired, I just don't think I can do it tonight." But you know what? I did!! I put the DVD in and pushed play, and the rest is history. I have to say that I feel 100 times better for doing it too. I'm so proud of me right now.
I implemented some changes today. First, I did pull-ups using the bar with a chair. Man, oh man, were they tough! My average was about 8. I did the best on the reverse grip ones. I thought it was funny because I finally found a spot to put my husband's pull-up bar - in the closet doorway...I kept getting my hair caught on the clothes rack. LOL.
My neck is feeling a little sore though so I must've been straining a little too much to pull-up. I should probably try and use my foot a little more to prevent that, or it could be from my push-ups. I might not be holding my neck right. I don't know.
My second change, I did push-ups off my knees (not all of them, but a good many of them). I didn't make that a goal for this week, but figured I'd give it a try. I did as many as I could and then I switched to knees. I felt the diamond push-ups a lot more on my knees since I was able to get further down. My WORST push-ups by far are the decline. I can barely do 3 of them. UGH! I used to do them on a stability ball, boy have I come a long way (in the opposite direction).

I was told that the Ab Ripper X is at the end of the video, and, yep, it was! I had turned it off too soon last week. The ab routine was tough tonight! After sucking your gut in for all those push-ups, then trying to do some of those moves, I actually did a little worse on some of them then last week.
I do know that I'll be sore tomorrow. My neck is sore and even my forearms are feeling a bit stiff, so I just know I'll wake up sore tomorrow. What a great workout!!
I don't even want to go into my eating today. It's my birthday!! No, I didn't have any cake. I didn't eat anything terrible either, it's just what I had was terrible. I decided to do salmon for dinner, so I put it in the fridge to thaw earlier today. Well it was still frozen, so I put it on quick defrost in the microwave and it practically cooked it. Now, I never make fish. I usually have it when my sister comes over or when my husband is home because they make it. So, needless to say, putting it on the Foreman grill after defrosting was a bad idea. It tasted like rubber. Dogs liked it though.
Looking forward to Week 2, day 2 tomorrow! Bring it!!