Shakeology Cleanse Day 2

I made it through Day 1.  Felt pretty good all day until just after dinner when the headache started.  I drank more water to try to get rid of it but it lingered most of the night and was still there a bit this morning.  That's what I get for my 5 Diet Cokes a day habit recently.  I was semi-hungry most of the day but not starving.  I guess that made it manageable.

I weighed in at 134.5 this morning.  Not too significant but I also didn't cut my calories that drastically for fear that my milk supply might be affected.  I didn't work out yesterday but did walk on the treadmill for 75 minutes while working.  Regardless of what I do to prepare, Insanity is going to be a shock to my system :)

Hopefully Day 2 of the cleanse will go smoothly.

Starting Again: Shakeology 3-day Cleanse

Emily is 12 weeks old today so despite the fact that I've been walking a little on my new treadmill and have even done a fitness DVD here and there, I have really done nothing to get myself back into shape post-baby.  That all changes today.

Today I'm starting the 3-day Shakeology Cleanse to prepare myself for my first official round of Insanity (starting Friday with the Fit Test).  I don't travel until Thursday this week so that gives me 3 full days at home to cleanse and only one day of travel to deal with as I get myself back into Clean Eating and intense workouts.  I am modifying the cleanse slightly since I am nursing and want to ensure I'm getting enough calories.  Here's what Day 1 will look like:

7a: Green Tea
8a: Shakeology with water, ice and banana
10a: apple
11:30a: Shakeogoloy with water, ice, raspberries
1p: apple or pear and Green Tea
4p: Shakeology with water, ice, natural PB and banana
6p: salad with grilled chicken, cucumbers, vinegarette,
8p: snack if I'm starving of fruit or nuts
lots of H20

I weighed in at 135.5 this morning so we'll see how it goes.  Not expecting miracles since I'm trying to keep my calories up but this should at least cleanse out all the crap I've been eating for the past year and get me back on track to eat well over the next 60 days of Insanity.

INSANITY Day 1 (Fit Test)

After a weekend of rest and eating whatever (and feeling gross and uncomfortable because of it) I started Insanity today with the Fit Test.  Below are my results (so I can compare them to the Fit test 2 weeks from now):
Switch Kicks: 105
Power Jacks: 52
Power Knees: 80
Power Jumps: 35
Squat Jumps: 9
Suicide Jumps: 14
Pushup Jacks: 20
Plank Move: 22 (44 total)

I am going to track what I eat on MyFitnessPal.com and try to stay around 1900 calories and try to eat clean 80% of the time or more but I'm not going to be quite as strict as I was during P90X.  I will use the scale and my progress to judge whether I need to rein it in.

Here's to fantastic results 60 days from now!

P90X: Final Results

I finished my 3 day Shakeology cleanse yesterday.  My weigh in this morning showed 122.5 lbs which is 6.5 lbs down from my weigh in Wednesday morning (I was high anyway from poor eating last weekend and bloating).  My guess is I will gain 3-4 lbs of that back but I'd be happy to end up around 125 for now.  This morning we took my final 90-day measurements and pictures.  Here are the stats:

                       Day 1          Day 90          Change
Weight            128              122.5            (5.5lbs)
Chest              33"               31"               (2")
Waist              34"               29.5"            (4.5")
Hips                41"               39"               (2")
Thighs             22"               20"               (2")
Biceps             11.75"          11.75"          none
Body Fat         31%            28%             (3%)
If you're counting that's a total of 10.5" gone!  Woo hoo!

P90X Round 1: Done!

Yesterday was officially Day 90.  Although I definitely slacked a bit this last week (had some not so clean food at Sarah's shower this weekend and a slice of Reese's birthday cake Tuesday night) and didn't get every single workout in this last week due to travel fun, I am proud that I made it to the end.  I decided to finish it off with a 3-day Shakeology cleanse (am on Day 2 today).  So far so good.  I will take my final measurements/weigh in/pictures Saturday morning after the cleanse is over.  Then probably rest a bit for the weekend and it's on to INSANITY starting next week.  Wish me luck!

Day 78- beginning of week 12

Today beings Week 12 which is the last "tough" week of P90X since Week 13 is a recovery week.  I have been doing pretty well these last few weeks.  I have not missed a core P90X workout but have not made all of my double workouts with my travel schedule.  I have also not be as good with my diet.  I'm probably about 80% with clean eating and although the 20% is not cake and ice cream, it's also probably pushed me over my calorie targets on a few days.  Anyway I would like to commit to finishing strong so I'm going to try to do every workout and eat well for the next 2 weeks.  I'm also considering doing the 3-day Shakeology cleanse at some point, probably towards the end so it falls in the recovery week.  13 days to go!

Day 68

I put on my brown suit this morning and the pants were HUGE.  While this made me smile it did make for a dilemna as I didn't think to pack a belt this week.  A safety pin from a co-worker, however, saved the day.  I did my Cardio X workout this morning and was wiped throughout.  I think I may not be eating enoug carbs.  I had a weird day yesterday after working late Sunday night in the ER so didn't get in all of my meals/calories.  That probably affected my energy level this morning. 

I made a great stir fry from CE magazine this weekend and liked it so much I made it again last night for dinner with leftovers for today's lunch.  It's weird to think I only have 3 weeks left.  I'm feeling good but now starting to worry about how I can maintain this while also incorporating more cardio, different exercise, etc.  I want to keep the muscle tone but also do more cardio and I don't think there's much more time in the day to add workouts so I'm going to have to create some kind of hybrid.