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.

Day 59 (Phase 2 stats and pics)

Here are my 60 day "results":

                               Day 1          Day 29           Day 59

Weight                    128              129                125

Body Fat                 31%             30%              29%

Chest                       33"              32 7/8"          33"

Waist                      34"               31"              30.5"

Hips                        41"               40.25"           39"

R Thigh                   22"               22"                21 7/8"

L Thigh                   21.5"            21.5"             21.5"

R Arm                    11.75"          11.5"             11 1/16"

L Arm                     11.75"          11.5"             11"

Here are the Day 1, 30 and 60 pics side by side:

I'm certainly happy with the progress, especially in the last 30 days.  I like that I can see ab muscles again and I feel a lot stronger.  I'm muscling through my double workouts and still hanging in there with the diet plan.  Overall I am pretty pleased.  The real question now is should I break out the fake tan and airbrushing/makeup for my 90-day pic? ;)

How cute is this?

Day 58

I stepped on the scale this morning and...125!  I hit my first goal weight and now weigh what I did when I got pregnant with Reese.  I'm pretty happy with that and it's nice to see the hard work paying off.  Got up and did my Cardio this morning (after a double yesterday) but still have Plyo this afternoon.  This will be the first time ever doing Plyo on a day with another workout so I anticipate it being pretty rough.  The necessity of a Friday-Saturday-Sunday doubles schedule because of my travel is going to be rough.  6 workouts in 3 days.  But it's worth it to get them all in and try to finish what I've started.  I also switched to the Phase 3 eating plan which is 20% fat/20% protein/60% carbs so that should help get me some more energy.

Day 56: end of Phase 2

Today is the last day of Phase 2.  Tomorrow I start Phase 3 Doubles (4 days a week of doubles).  Phew!

My first week back traveling went well.  Monday was a really long day as I arrived at 5:30, grabbed food and then spent 2+ hours getting apartment supplies and food and then moving in.  So I moved my stretch/rest day to Monday and didn't work out.  Tuesday I did Yoga and last night I did Plyo (just for fun, crazy, huh?).  Today I finished the week with Core Synergistics.  I definitely didn't feel great during Core today, probably not enough recovery time between Plyo and now.  Oh well.  Lesson learned.  I'm hoping I can get into a good routine next week .  To fit in the doubles I'm going to modify the suggested schedule a bit and do doubles on Friday/Sat/Sunday and then Tuesday so I can avoid travel days (Mon and Thurs) since I have 6a flights both days, making doubles pretty impossible.  Hopefully it will work out well.  I'll be taking Phase 2 measurements this weekend so hoping there's still some progress.

Day 50

Week 7 is complete and I am onto Week 8 which happens to be a recovery/abs focus week.  I weighed in at 126 again this morning but was actually happy with that because I felt like I was eating a lot this week and was worried I would gain weight.  I was just hungry a lot.  I ate well, but just more calories than I had been.  Monday I start traveling again so hopefully I can get back in a good routine that works with that.

I think if I want to lose any more weight i'm probably going to have to cut out the Peanut Butter and the honey and maybe eat less fruit.  Even though it's good for me, the fruit has natural sugars.  We'll see.  i'm going to try switching to Almond butter for the PB as this has less calories/fat and use the honey less.  I know I've been slacking on eating vegetables so I need to add more of them to my daily meals, especially salads.

Halfway (Day 45)

After doing my doubles workout today and still being exhausted after both workouts (although I am able to make it through ARX at least without taking breaks anymore) I sometimes find it hard to believe I am already halfway through the 90 days.  I do feel like I've made progress and I certainly feel in better shape.  But I'm also glad it's not P45X because I don't feel "done" yet either.  Maybe I won't feel done after 90 days, either, but I at least hope to have made more progress in 90 days than I have in 45.  Many other bloggers claim the biggest results they saw were in the 2nd half so we'll see.  I am definitely finding myself hungry often so am eating more calories.  The last few days closer to 1800 or 2000.  I'm still eating clean and healthy and I figure if I'm hungry, I'm gonna eat.  Maybe it's because my metabolism is higher, maybe my body finally recognizes the extra workouts. I don't know.  I just hope it doesn't negate my hard work if my calorie deficit isn't as great as it has been.  Guess we'll see.