Days 82, 83, 84, & 85

I'm totally slacking on the blog, but in my defense I've had a LOT of drama this week.

So, Wednesday day 82-Legs and Back followed by AB ripper X.  Still struggling through the workouts.  Feel like I've taken two steps forward and three steps back...but at least I did it!

Thursday should have been Kenpo.  This day my father who was headed here from Arizona broke down in the middle of New Mexico.  He made it to Amarillo, TX where my husband met him and helped him the remainder of the way here to OKC.  Needless to say that day I didn't get a workout because of all the family drama.

Friday - Rest Day.  I also graduated from college this day.  Woo hoo!  Go me!  Finals are next week.  It's a bummer I have to go back after the graduation ceremony, but at least I'm at the finish line.

After looking at my graduation photos, I felt really disappointed in myself.  I just looked fat in them.  My arms still look SO chubby.  I feel after working out as much as I have been that I should be looking a LOT better.  I know I've been slacking these past two weeks as far as hitting all the workouts, and staying on track with the diet.  This has not helped me one bit.

Today, Saturday was Chest, Shoulders and Triceps.  This one was weird.  It is usually one of my favorites, but what was odd about it is in some exercises I did better than I normally do and some I couldn't do as many reps as I did the last time.  I did ab ripper and made it through ALL the V up roll ups, and did 30 mason twists.  I normally can only get through 20, and have to rest after the first ten.

I'm considering extending this phase by two weeks, since I've slacked so much the past two.  I'm also considering just finishing up this phase like normal, then starting all over again but doing lean which from what I understand is mostly cardio...still can't make up my mind.  All I know is I'm getting burnt out.

Tomorrow is mothers day, and as much as I'd love to rest I just can't justify missing Plyo for a THIRD week in a row.  I really need to hit plyo tomorrow as much as I hate it.  We will see how it goes....

Day 68-73

Wow, have I totally gotten behind.

Ok, day 68 was last Wednesday.  That workout was legs and back and GOSH it was killer.  All I know is I'm having trouble breezing through stuff that I could easily do a month ago.  I guess that is the point of muscle confusion.

Day 69.  I had school this day and a hair appointment that took my entire day.  It was supposed to be Kenpo but I didn't do it.

Day 70 - rest day.

Day 71 - Chest, Shoulders and Triceps.  Did it, brought it, felt great afterward.  Had friends over that night for a party...ate too much and drank more than I should have...calories, calories, calories....

Day 72 - This should have been plyo but I skipped it because sickness was running through my household, hubby and kids were all sick and mommy just couldn't find the time to herself to work out.

Day 73 - Back and Biceps.  Still sore today from this one yesterday.  Felt crappy all day about missing Plyo, but need to just press on.  After the workout I totally crashed.  Had no energy the rest of the day.  I haven't felt wiped out like this in quite some time, not sure if I'm coming down with what my hubby and kids had.

I've sucked this past week, between my botched Yoga day, missing Kenpo and Plyo, I feel like I'm crashing.  I'm having a lot of trouble staying in the game because I've had a busy month.  I have 6 birthdays of immediate family members this month plus an anniversary and finals are in a week for school, so needless to say I'm stretched pretty thin.  I thought in the 60-90 day range I'd feel great and have tons of energy, but I'm having trouble making it through the work outs and I end up crashing right when I'm done.  I'm not eating THAT terrible, but I think it may be a possibility that I'm not eating enough calories to make it through the work outs.  That right there could be my problem.

Days 49-51

Day 49 - Rest day

Day 50 -  Chest, Shoulders and Triceps day, followed by ab ripper X.  I really pushed it on this workout, still sore two days later.  Feel great about myself after this workout.

Day 51 - Should have done Plyo, but it was Easter and spent the day with family instead.  Hopefully will get back on track tomorrow.  (I did jump on the trampoline with the kids for about 30 minutes, so I got a LITTLE cardio in....)

Don't even ask me about how bad I ate this holiday weekend....sigh.  I suck right now.

Day 43-45

Saturday was day 43, start of week two of phase two for me.  I did the chest, shoulders and triceps followed of course by ab ripper x.  Since I got some 8 pound weights I was able to bump up the weight on a few of the exercises.  I'm still feeling it three days later.

As far as day 43 of eating it wasn't too bad but wasn't spot on either.  My husbands grandmother held a messianic passover seder at her home, so I had a little matzo ball soup and of course all the other stuff...but lunch and breakfast I did pretty good.

Day 44 I blew it all around, we had church in the morning and then we went on to Norman for the renaissance fair.  We pulled through McDonalds drive through on the way and I could feel the grease sitting on my stomach.  I immediately regretted my decision to indulge in a burger.  There was a LOT of drama with the little ones, and by the time I got home I didn't feel one bit like cooking OR working out.  We got a Papa Murphy's pizza and threw it in the oven that evening, and yes I ate more than I should of.  I regretted this the rest of the evening.

So, to make up for yesterday I got up this morning (Day 45) and did my Plyo.  I plan on hitting back and biceps tonight and ab ripper, but as for now I'm pretty wiped out.  Eating is going well today.  I'm desperately trying to get back on track.  Hopefully I'll get my second burst of energy to make it through another workout.

Day 36-38

Day 36 (Saturday)
So today was my day to just jump back into it.  It was chest, shoulders and triceps.  I think this may be one of my favorite workouts.  It's my favorite because 1.  It's NOT cardio and 2.  I REALLY feel great afterwards even though I'm sore.  Let's me know I gave it my all.  Ab ripper X went pretty well.  It wasn't like the week before so I'm guessing I was having trouble because of me being sick.

Day 37 (Sunday)
Plyo hell once again.  I HATE HATE HATE this workout.  I don't think I will ever like it even when it is day 90.  Legs are just NOT my thing.  I pushed it though and worked out until I thought my heart would explode out of my chest (I GOTTA get myself a heart monitor).  I'm still not doing the bonus rounds in Plyo, but I told my husband that by third month I plan to.  That's my goal with the plyo (well that and doing the rock star hops without peeing myself every time....hey, I've had four kids people...)

Day 38 (Monday)
Back and Biceps.  Today just was NOT happening.  It started out bad and went to worse.  I only have 5lb dumbells and those have been working for me just fine until I got to this one.  My husband has a cheapy little set he got from Wal-Mart that can switch from 5 to 15 to 25.  Problem is the 15 and 25 were too heavy.  We kept having to stop the DVD every few minutes to mess with the weights.  Tomorrow I head out and get myself an 8 and 10 pound set of weights.  I should have just used the bands, but I have a hard time maintaining proper form with them and I had them set up over the door to do my pull ups.  On TOP of all the drama with the weights, my kids were playing in the backyard at the time we were trying to work out.  The two year old turned on the water hose and was getting herself wet and letting water into the house...then she stepped in dog poop and went on the trampoline...and, well, you get the picture.  It was at that time I called it.  We quit the DVD shortly after the towel pull ups.

Feeling pretty crummy today for not getting in a decent workout, but at least I pushed play.  That's more than I did last week.

Day 29

So, today I started week 5, I know my days don't exactly match up where they should but I had to readjust my schedule to fit my family's needs better.  Still, I'm 29 days into the program though!

So, I woke up and decided to FORCE myself back into the land of the living.  I cleaned up the house a bit and decided to work out while the baby was napping.  Today was "Chest, Shoulders and Triceps."  Wow.  What a workout.  I really pushed myself and my arms are still shaking two hours later.  I'm glad I did the workout in the morning because my sickness is coming back with a vengeance this afternoon.  Also, both my little ones are sick, so I only got half way through Ab ripper X when the youngest woke up in full meltdown mode.

Ab ribber was MUCH more difficult today.  I felt like I was gaining some ground on it, but today was a complete setback.  I had trouble with stuff I was breezing through in week 3.  I'm not sure if this is due to the fact that I was sick or the fact that I had a rest week from Ab Ripper X and now going back into it my muscles are "confused."  If the latter is true, then I guess the workout is doing what it is supposed to, although my stomach still is my biggest problem area (I guess I have my work cut out for me after having four kids though).

At least I worked out today!  Tomorrow is Plyo and I'm not looking forward to having that one back in the schedule.