Wednesday, January 26, 2011

hiiiiiii YA!

I did abs and kenpo karate tonight and I feel pretty good now. I have been slacking the last couple of days and didn't do anything but I did do legs on Sunday. Well most of legs, I didn't make it through the last 15 minutes because I had to get ready for work but I figured most of a workout is better than no workout!

The way P90X works is that there are 3 phases each consisting of the same 7 workouts for 3 weeks and the 4th week is a 'rest' week with a little bit different mix up and then each new phase brings in new workouts. The 7 workouts of course go throughout the 7 day week....my question to myself is when should I move to phase 2? I'm not sure because I have done about 2 weeks worth of phase 1 but over the course of a few weeks or maybe a bit longer with sometimes 1-3 days between workouts depending. I don't know if I should stick to the 1st phase longer than normal or spend 2 more weeks in it. Any thoughts?

My weight has been fluctuating between losing 5-6 lbs to being only 3-4 but I think its because of different times of day weighing I should just pick 1 time...but I also think it has to be the added muscle which in the end will burn more fat so I need to be patient. I do know that my jeans fit looser and a couple people have said I'm looking better so I'll go off of that. :) All 3 sure would be nice though...:P

As far as nutrition, I have my good and bad days. Some days I have milk and juice and fruits and veggies and other days I eat chips and pop. haha. I know I shouldn't but its hard to go all out on it. I just need to make small improvements for now and maybe I will get there.

Thursday, January 20, 2011

yoga tonight

I'm having a hard time getting up the energy to do yoga tonight probably because I know it hurts my wrists and its a really long video, an hour and a half. Sunday I did arms and abs, Monday I did chest and back and abs, Tuesday I did plyo and tonight I need to do yoga.

I have been working out with John and Lexie and having other people to do this with helps tremendously! On nights that I don't work out with them like tonight it is harder to motivate myself but I need to get it done. They did it earlier today so I need to hold up my end.

I still need to get my camera and take the actual 'before' shots before I get too far into phase I and measurements as well.

My weight is at a standstill right now but I think I'm gaining muscle and losing fat and my pants are looser. Things are getting easier too. The first couple times of plyo I could hardly sit afterwards and now I'm barely even sore from it and didn't have to pause it. Ab ripper is always a good workout and I can do most of the reps of everything now minus bicycles those are still a pain.  I can do about 20 pushups in a row (real pushups not girl pushups!) and 3 pullups. 3 doesn't sound like much but considering when I started I could only do 1 and that I'm a chick I think its not too shabby. :)

Im excited to see what another week will bring and how much I will improve.

Friday, January 14, 2011

ARMS!!!

so tonight I will be doing arms and abs. I'm still getting over being sick so I'm glad this one isn't as intense as some of the other workouts. i entered a biggest loser contest where im doing clinicals so i can have more motivation so im excited. i weighed in today at 135 :).
i took a picture the other day it will be weird to post it but what the hay maybe you all 3 whole people want to know where im starting at haha.
i know these should probably be longer but maybe they will be eventually, i just want to keep up on the blogs and the workouts . :)

Sunday, January 9, 2011

and I'm sick...

I was going to do arms and abs yesterday and wouldn't you know it I am sick. I'm coughing, sore throat, headache. I'm going to try and get better and then pick up where I left off. I know some people work out when they're sick anyways and say that it actually helps, I think it sounds like crap. Maybe it works for them but I think it would just make me feel worse and drain my body when it's trying to get better.

Friday, January 7, 2011

Plyometrics

Yesterday I did plyometrics. Tony doesn't lie it is the mother of all the workouts!!! I already knew what to expect because I've done it before but I'm still just as sore every time so far! My butt is the most sore  from it so sitting down is fun. :) I think that my legs need the most work on my body so far. My endurance could use some help too. I saw that Tony just came out with a book about all this so I really want to go buy it in the next couple of days. I could especially use help with the nutrition part of the whole program.

I did spoil myself and go get a massage about an hour ago it was awesome, and much needed. It helped get rid of this headache I've had for about 3 days. I think it was due to my neck being so tight. On every work out and every stretch I think I tense my neck up so I'll pay attention to that.

I probably won't do arms and abs today I know that I should but I will for sure do those ones tomorrow for now I just want to unwind....I know bad me! I'll get there eventually to working out back to back days but for now I'm making progress and I'm happy with that.

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

About a week in now....

Hello,
This is officially my first blog ever and why not have it be about me doing P90X? I figure it will give me more accountability and help me keep myself in check. So far I have done 1 week of it so 6 workouts over the course of actually 2 weeks so my goal this week is to cut down on the days between workouts. I want to get to working out every day but so far I'm not there yet. I am happy with some progress rather than no progress though.

I bought P90X maybe a year ago and I keep starting and stopping it but I really want to get it done this time. My main goals are to lose about 20-25 lbs and get toned. I don't mind replacing fat with muscle so I will try to pay more attention to inches and not the scale...but that is definitely easier said than done! So far though, I am down 4 lbs.

I did the chest and back workout yesterday and am feeling the soreness today. It's a good thing though it means I know its working! Hopefully today I will get plyometrics done, it is one of my harder workouts to do. My favorite has got to be the arms dvd and kenpo. Yoga also kills me mostly my wrists the whole first 45 minutes.

Heres to hoping this blog is semi-interesting and I will try to post photos eventually....:)