Did the Stretch X DVD this morning before work. Didn't break a sweat but I definitely needed it. It's a mix of stretches and yoga moves, many of which I could not do. So that right there proves I need to do this every week. I am completely inflexible and have a long ways to go to be able to do what they were doing. A good end to my first week. I can't believe it's a week. It really hasn't been terrible. I do still miss Diet Coke a bit and pizza sounds pretty good but I'm not really craving anything and I'm definitely not starving on the 1200-1400 calories I'm eating a day.
Travel day today so hopefully I can pack my cooler well enough to make it home tonight without any slip ups. I don't plan to ruin the week now :)
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Day 6
So Kenpo X is essentially Billy Blanks without Billy and with a few more jumping jacks. It was a good workout, don't get me wrong. And I was sweating all the way through. But it wasn't anything I haven't done before. He keeps it pretty engaging and there aren't a lot of breaks so the hour went by pretty fast. Tomorrow is Day 7 which means Rest or X Stretch so I plan to try the X Stretch in the morning before work. I figure on my first week I can use all the extra stretching I can get :)
Other than eating pretty much the same thing every day the nutrition part is going well. In some ways bringing all my food for the day actually saves me time because I can eat during meetings and not have to try to find time (or energy) to think about what I want to get for lunch, etc. It takes more planning and prep time at night but does make the day a lot easier, especially when my calendar is back to back meetings all day from 7 to 6.
Other than eating pretty much the same thing every day the nutrition part is going well. In some ways bringing all my food for the day actually saves me time because I can eat during meetings and not have to try to find time (or energy) to think about what I want to get for lunch, etc. It takes more planning and prep time at night but does make the day a lot easier, especially when my calendar is back to back meetings all day from 7 to 6.
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Day 5
First leg and back day. The routine was pretty good. I think legs are probably my strongest body part (from all the running) so this one was tough, but not as challenging as some of the others. Then again, I did a lot of the moves without weights to make sure I knew what I was doing first. Next week I'll add some weight and we'll see...
Then I did the Ab Ripper and it kicked my butt. Normally it kicks my butt, but today after working my legs and my back, apparently I didn't have much left. I barely made it through most of the moves and had to take more breaks than I remember taking this weekend. Oh well.
Food went well. I was able to get the yoga in last night (all 90 minutes!) and then head to Walmart to grocery shop. Picked up a George Foreman and a single-serving blender so was able to have a Shakeology shake for breakfast this morning on the way to work and grilled some chicken for my salad and some turkey burgers for tonight. Not too shabby.
Dare I say I already feel much better, or at least more consistent throughout the day. Without the caffeine and sugar highs/lows my blood sugar and energy levels definitely seem more consistent. I'm also eating every 2-3 hours so that's probably helping.
Then I did the Ab Ripper and it kicked my butt. Normally it kicks my butt, but today after working my legs and my back, apparently I didn't have much left. I barely made it through most of the moves and had to take more breaks than I remember taking this weekend. Oh well.
Food went well. I was able to get the yoga in last night (all 90 minutes!) and then head to Walmart to grocery shop. Picked up a George Foreman and a single-serving blender so was able to have a Shakeology shake for breakfast this morning on the way to work and grilled some chicken for my salad and some turkey burgers for tonight. Not too shabby.
Dare I say I already feel much better, or at least more consistent throughout the day. Without the caffeine and sugar highs/lows my blood sugar and energy levels definitely seem more consistent. I'm also eating every 2-3 hours so that's probably helping.
Monday, June 6, 2011
Day 4
First travel day going ok so far. I'm actually sitting at ATL waiting for my last flight to Jackson. I packed a soft-sided cooler this morning and ate my perishables in my first few hours (because I don't have ice or anything to keep it cool) and now am noshing on almonds, protein bars, my shakeology shake and some raw veggies. I've stuck to just water (although it was almost second nature to reply "Diet Coke" when they asked me what I wanted to drink on the plane :) and am feeling pretty good.
Working out today is going to be tough. I land at 6, head to the hospital and then have a scheduled session with the night ED supervisor from 8-10p. Unfortunately this doesn't leave much time for my Yoga workout (90 minutes) nor my grocery shopping. If I can get to the hospital in time I may try to run to the grocery store before 8 but we'll see. I'd prefer not to be doing Yoga in my hotel room at midnight tonight but I guess we'll see...
Working out today is going to be tough. I land at 6, head to the hospital and then have a scheduled session with the night ED supervisor from 8-10p. Unfortunately this doesn't leave much time for my Yoga workout (90 minutes) nor my grocery shopping. If I can get to the hospital in time I may try to run to the grocery store before 8 but we'll see. I'd prefer not to be doing Yoga in my hotel room at midnight tonight but I guess we'll see...
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Day 3
Today's workout was shoulders/arms and Ab Ripper again. The shoulders/arms weren't too bad but I probably need to increase my weight next time and do less reps with more weight rather than the light weight and high reps. Regardless, I will certainly be sore tomorrow. More sore than I am today? Is it possible? I'm sure it is. Also probably why yoga is scheduled for tomorrow.
I managed to make a pretty delicious salad today with lettuce, grilled chicken, quinoa, broccoli and avocado. I think the avocado just gives the salad that creamy texture that makes it feel decadent even when it's not. I'll have to keep that in mind. My headache is better today so I think the caffeine is leaving my system once and for all :)
CK's still away for his basketball tournament so I've had to be creative with timing my workouts. Reese helped me again today while Asher was sleeping which worked pretty well except that she wanted to carry the weights around which, of course, wasn't very safe. I gave her the 2-pounders because I don't use those anyway.
So far so good. Of course it's the weekend and I don't have much else going on. We'll see how this works starting tomorrow with airplanes, hotel rooms and long work hours. Wish me luck.
I managed to make a pretty delicious salad today with lettuce, grilled chicken, quinoa, broccoli and avocado. I think the avocado just gives the salad that creamy texture that makes it feel decadent even when it's not. I'll have to keep that in mind. My headache is better today so I think the caffeine is leaving my system once and for all :)
CK's still away for his basketball tournament so I've had to be creative with timing my workouts. Reese helped me again today while Asher was sleeping which worked pretty well except that she wanted to carry the weights around which, of course, wasn't very safe. I gave her the 2-pounders because I don't use those anyway.
So far so good. Of course it's the weekend and I don't have much else going on. We'll see how this works starting tomorrow with airplanes, hotel rooms and long work hours. Wish me luck.
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Day 2
Well, I made it through Day 1 and am about halfway through Day 2. I've been battling a pretty constant headache, from the lack of caffeine I'm sure. Sad how addicted I've become to that little silver can. Looking forward to getting rid of that addiction once and for all.
Eating has gone pretty well and seems relatively easy as long as you plan ahead. I'm sure it'll be a lot tougher next week with 2 full days on an airplane and 2 more at work all day. I didn't purchase the P90X recovery drink that you're supposed to use after workouts but others online have said it's mostly just important to drink/eat something with a 4:1 carb:protein ratio. Turns out simple skim chocolate milk does just that so I'm trying that after my Plyometrics workout today. Speaking of which...plyometrics...ouch. As sore as I was this morning from my chest/back work yesterday I can only imagine how tomorrow is going to feel from all this jumping and squatting. Wow. I made it through, however, despite Reese trying to "help" by holding onto my leg at times. It was pretty tough but I was able to finish it. Now we'll see if I can walk tomorrow :)
I went to bed last night with the kids at 9:30 and we all got up at 6a this morning when Asher woke up. I was still tired enough to fall asleep on the couch this morning while the kids were in the playroom. I'm glad Plyometrics is on Saturdays so when CK is here (normally) I can hopefully sneak in an afternoon nap in the future :)
Eating has gone pretty well and seems relatively easy as long as you plan ahead. I'm sure it'll be a lot tougher next week with 2 full days on an airplane and 2 more at work all day. I didn't purchase the P90X recovery drink that you're supposed to use after workouts but others online have said it's mostly just important to drink/eat something with a 4:1 carb:protein ratio. Turns out simple skim chocolate milk does just that so I'm trying that after my Plyometrics workout today. Speaking of which...plyometrics...ouch. As sore as I was this morning from my chest/back work yesterday I can only imagine how tomorrow is going to feel from all this jumping and squatting. Wow. I made it through, however, despite Reese trying to "help" by holding onto my leg at times. It was pretty tough but I was able to finish it. Now we'll see if I can walk tomorrow :)
I went to bed last night with the kids at 9:30 and we all got up at 6a this morning when Asher woke up. I was still tired enough to fall asleep on the couch this morning while the kids were in the playroom. I'm glad Plyometrics is on Saturdays so when CK is here (normally) I can hopefully sneak in an afternoon nap in the future :)
Friday, June 3, 2011
Day 1
My P90X adventure has finally begun. Today was the Chest/Back & Abs. It was pretty tough but about what I expected. I would say I was able to do 75-80% of the reps. The Chest/Back routine is a lot of different types of push-ups, all of which I have to do on my knees for now. I am hoping that by the end of 90 days I can do many of them as regular push-ups, though. I also don't have a pull-up bar (which is probably fine because there's no way I can do even 1 pull-up/chin-up right now) so I do those moves with the resistance bands. The bands will also serve as my weights when I'm on the road but on days like today (when I'm at home) I use my free weights. Overall I feel pretty good about my first workout. It feels really good to be working out again and pushing myself. I forgot how much I just enjoy feeling like I'm doing something active.
The nutrition plan has been fine (for the entire 6 hours I've been doing it). The increased protein and more frequent meals means I'm eating before I actually feel hungry. This is in stark contrast to my usual waiting 6-8 hours between meals and then scarfing down anything in front of me because I'm starving. I'm tracking what I eat on myfitnesspal.com which is a pretty cool tool and will help me know if I'm sticking to the 50%Protein, 30% Carb, 20% Fat ratio that is recommended for Phase 1 of P90X and if I'm getting enough (or too many) calories.
I had my first Shakeology shake today, which I received as a free trial with my P90X system. I have the Chocolate version and it tastes pretty good (I mixed it with milk and frozen raspberries to eat after my workout). It's expensive so I'm going to see how my diet shakes out for the first week or so before I commit to actually ordering more of it but it could be helpful as a breakfast or dinner meal substitute.
The nutrition plan has been fine (for the entire 6 hours I've been doing it). The increased protein and more frequent meals means I'm eating before I actually feel hungry. This is in stark contrast to my usual waiting 6-8 hours between meals and then scarfing down anything in front of me because I'm starving. I'm tracking what I eat on myfitnesspal.com which is a pretty cool tool and will help me know if I'm sticking to the 50%Protein, 30% Carb, 20% Fat ratio that is recommended for Phase 1 of P90X and if I'm getting enough (or too many) calories.
I had my first Shakeology shake today, which I received as a free trial with my P90X system. I have the Chocolate version and it tastes pretty good (I mixed it with milk and frozen raspberries to eat after my workout). It's expensive so I'm going to see how my diet shakes out for the first week or so before I commit to actually ordering more of it but it could be helpful as a breakfast or dinner meal substitute.
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