Day 92

Technically this post SHOULD have been two weeks ago...however with my husband being sick, and me being lazy on summer vacation with my kids, I decided to wait until he jumped back in it with me.

That was yesterday, day ONE (again) Phase 2 of P90X.  It was chest and back, and it was brutal.

Today I'm on day 2, or day 92 however you wish to look at it.  Today was Plyo.  I still hate Plyo.  Hate it.  Hate it.  Hate it.  I always feel like such a train wreck afterwards, it's a wonder I was able to accomplish anything today.  It was brutal.  Not as brutal as day TWO of phase one, but more brutal than it would have been if I hadn't gone on hiatus for over a week.

I realized something today while renewing my drivers license, when I got the license four years ago I was at 140 pounds.   I have since had two kids and I'm at 147 now, which isn't too bad for me being in my thirties.  A old friend from high school saw my blog here on P90X and she told me that I'm the only woman who she knows who has carried four babies and still looks good.  What a great compliment that was!  That gave me the motivation I needed yesterday to wake up at 6am and push play.

While doing the DVD yesterday I saw how teeny the gal was on it, and I told my husband, "wow, she looks great, but I will NEVER be that thin, I just don't have that kind of frame."  He looked at me and said "You are FINALLY getting it!"  I'm finally realizing that not all women are built the same, and that I just need to realize to love the skin I'm in, and be comfortable with the body style God has given me.  I was comfortable with myself last summer, pregnant and 193 pounds, and I'm comfortable with myself now.  It doesn't mean that I can't strive for a better body, but I need to learn to be satisfied with who I am, inside and out.  (that's my deep thought for the day)...

I'm heading down to Texas tomorrow for my nephews graduation.  My sister has the P90X DVD's, but I'm not sure where she is on the program, or if she has started yet, but it would be a blast to do some Yoga and some other workouts with her this week....we will see what happens.  I'm not PLANNING to work out on my vacation.  I'm just gonna get as many days in this week as possible.

Day 86

I had missed Plyo for the past two weeks, so I was determined to do it today.  I finally popped the DVD in around 4:30 in the evening.

Five minutes into the DVD doing deep prayer squats and then a series of what feels like a hundred lunges I realized a few things.  1.  I still hate Plyo with a passion.  2.  I still NEED plyo and it's essential to my weight loss and workout regimen and 3.  This workout was going to kick my butt today.

By not doing Plyo the last two weeks, I have really set myself back quite a bit.  Who would have thought ONE workout would pack such a punch.

Tony starts in telling us not to eat for at LEAST one hour before the workout.  Thankfully I had about half a box of vanilla wafers about half an hour ago followed by that large diet Dr. Pepper....


So, Plyo was still as excruciating as ever.  I still CAN'T do plyo jumps or rock star hops without feeling like I'm going to upchuck then pee my pants.  Both results of having four kids.  My insides are just not where they should be and when I jump it feels like my stomach goes into my neck.  The pee thing, well, gals you know...


I find myself quoting Tony throughout the DVD.  I practically have these things memorized.  I know that leg is on FIRE...it BURNS, and it's SUPPOSED to burn!   I've started to modify my moves to take the impact out of it, and my knees have been thanking me for that.


I did NOT do the bonus round.  I was lucky to make it to the end of the regular round without killing myself.

So.  I feel like I have epically failed these past few weeks.  I've eaten whatever I've felt like eating, and I've skipped workouts for several reasons.  This technically should be my last week, followed by a rest week next week, but I'm thinking of extending it two extra weeks and seeing what that does for me.  I'll decide that by the end of this week.

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.

Day 62-65

Wow, have I got completely behind on blogging.  Yikes.

So, I took two days off (Thursday and Friday) because my schedule was swamped those days.  I started my phase three week one on Saturday.  So here goes...

Saturday - Chest and Back.  I blew the dust off this DVD because I haven't seen it since week two.  (I missed this day in week three so it's been a while).  I'm determined this last 30 days to REALLY push myself to get the best results possible.  I do see that I've made progress.  On week one I did 3 push ups.  Yesterday I did 10 push ups.  It's like this on every category, I've made progress.

I took my photos yesterday.  I was a bit upset that I haven't seen that much progress in the past 30 days.  I see SOME progress, but not what I was hoping for.  I know this is because I've been on and off the wagon with my diet.

Sunday - today was plyo.  Oh God how I hate plyo.  I didn't miss this workout one bit.  I stuck with it and did the bonus round.  (I promised myself for the last 30 days I'd do the bonus rounds on all the DVD's.)  I didn't realize the bonus round was like three moves.  I actually felt silly for not doing it sooner.  By the end of it though I was sweating buckets and I felt really great about myself.

Diet today, low sugar quaker apple cinnamon oatmeal for breakfast.   Cashews for snack, salad with red wine vinegar dressing for lunch and turkey slices on it.  Atkins low carb protein bar for afternoon snack, and two large bottles of water.  I'm doing pretty snazzy today.  The last few weeks we've had anniversaries, birthdays and had sweets all over the place and that is my weakness, if there is sugar in the house I will eat it.

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 30, 31 & 32

Once again got behind on my blogging (and my workouts).  It's not as bad as you may think though.

Day 30
This would have been Sunday, and it should have been Plyo, but I only got four hours of sleep the night before (we had a vomiting incident with my six month old and had to call the ambulance, it was a total fiasco night, but thankfully she is fine).  Therefore I skipped my workout on Sunday to try and recoup from a traumatic evening the night before.

Day 31
Today I took my thirty day photos.  Good Lord this day couldn't have come any sooner.  All my worries and fears about my progress were relieved.  I have been loosing weight BUT gaining muscle (and driving my husband crazy with my moaning and bitching for the past thirty days).  You can definitely see improvement in my  photos and for that I'm so thankful.  My stomach has gone down, I'm loosing that second chin and lunch lady arms and that ugly back fat I had (oh God did I just admit on the internet that I have "back fat?") are going away gradually!  It gave me new motivation and I've been on this high ever since!  My hubby was in "told ya so" mode.  He has been telling me he could see a difference, but I just didn't believe him, I had to see the proof for myself.  My plan this day was to do plyo in the morning to make up for the day before then do back and biceps in the afternoon.  Problem with this plan was that plyo completely wore me out.  I think it's a combination of the rest week then jumping back into it complied with the fact I am still sick.  I can't seem to shake this black plague of death that has come over me...

Day 32
Plan for the day, Yoga in the morning, then do back and biceps in the afternoon to make up for yesterday.  My two year old threw up this morning and was in complete meltdown mode, so I only got through 45 minutes of the Yoga until I had to stop because I had a two year old using my downward dog as a tunnel.  Poor kid as I was doing the leg lift and bringing it through, I totally kneed her in the head as she was making a pass through her "tunnel."  I figured it was time to shut down the Yoga for the day because stopping the DVD every five minutes to deal with the household traumas can't clear your mind of distractions and keep you in the present.  Obviously this was NOT working today.  I was hoping to at least catch up with back and biceps this afternoon, but after a three hour grocery shopping trip, I came home feeling like I got hit by a train.  Body aches and fever were back.

Tomorrow is legs and back, so I doubt I'm gonna get back and biceps in this week which is a bummer, but there isn't much I can do about it at this point with the bubonic plague making it's waves through my household....

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.

Day 15 & 16

Day 15-

I'm two days behind in my workout journal, mainly because I didn't feel like coming on here and being honest about how badly I did this weekend.  I'm combining my weekend journal into one.

Saturday we took a trip to Tulsa to take a look around the aquarium, and by the time we got home it was after 8pm, we were too exhausted to exercise, so we skipped that day (we were supposed to do chest and back followed by ap ripper).  We also ate out that night, and I tried to do good at Applebee's by getting grilled chicken and steamed veggies, but not working out that day made me feel lazy and doughy.

Day 16 -

I started the day with a bowl of oatmeal, because I'm in desperate need for some good grains, and I'm having trouble getting good fiber in with the lack of carbs.  I won a free dinner at a Mexican restaurant from our church, and hubby and I decided to eat that for lunch to save some cash, however it totally blew our diet.

That night doing Plyo, I could totally feel what that dinner had done to my body and I was hurting pretty bad.  I made it through Plyo feeling MUCH better about myself after working out again, and swore to myself to not eat that poorly again.  It just hurts my body to eat so well through the week to just blow it on the weekend.  Also, it hurts my workouts because after not eating properly I run out of steam a LOT faster during the exercises.

I'm not down any weight this week (no big surprise there considering I didn't stick to the diet well), however last night while stretching after Plyo I did notice my calf muscles are looking really nice!  I know this working out and eating right is paying off, I just really need to step it up if I want to see major results!

"Just do your best and forget the rest!"  (just keep telling myself that)