Monday, August 27, 2012
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
*sigh*
It seems my workout partner didn't survive the vacation-break, and is all but done with P90X. As of right now, we've renegotiated cardio 3x/week, and I snuck in a "core" activity this weekend disguised as fun (stand up paddling).
Just when I was starting to see the scale move.
*Update* Gretchen to the rescue!! August CORE Challenge!!! GO!
Just when I was starting to see the scale move.
*Update* Gretchen to the rescue!! August CORE Challenge!!! GO!
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
I got narc'd out.
My dearest Gretchen, this is for you!!!
It has been awfully quiet around here. Vacation happened, and we've been getting back in the swing of things. We were out of town for 10 days, and basically picked back up at the start of the partial week that we were in prior to leaving. So, this is week 10 (minus the two weeks off).
It's been a little rough getting back into it, even though we were not supremely gluttonous on vacation. We did have some adult beverages, and some good food though. Jason has seen more results overall than I have, so I think he's all "I'm ahead of the game, I can slack a bit" ... which makes it harder for me, on top of the fact that I haven't seen as big a change as he has. Sigh. Just a little frustrating.
So.
Back to it. Last night I was weak, and we skipped chest/arms/tris. Tonight is cardio. I will be doing cardio, whether he joins me or not. I have serious bicycle withdrawal, and may entertain schedule modifications to get in some generic riding around the neighborhood as a supplement to the P90X plan. I'm also doing some reading on stand-up paddling, and will be giving that a whirl in a couple weeks (more to come there, supposed to be core city!).
Diet is still relatively boring, lots of chicken boobies and veggies and wild rice, Shakeology in the mornings. More cheating with frozen delight for lunch than I prefer, but work has been such a madhouse lately that it is hard to carve out the time to make a simple healthy lunch. One more thing to work toward!!! :)
Speaking of work, back to the grind ...
Holy smokes .. I forgot the most important part. I had to spend $170 on new clothes before vaca because I SHRANK OUT OF MY OTHER CLOTHES. 9 lbs officially gone (I was down 10, but found one, grrrr). Haven't done measurements / pics though.
It has been awfully quiet around here. Vacation happened, and we've been getting back in the swing of things. We were out of town for 10 days, and basically picked back up at the start of the partial week that we were in prior to leaving. So, this is week 10 (minus the two weeks off).
It's been a little rough getting back into it, even though we were not supremely gluttonous on vacation. We did have some adult beverages, and some good food though. Jason has seen more results overall than I have, so I think he's all "I'm ahead of the game, I can slack a bit" ... which makes it harder for me, on top of the fact that I haven't seen as big a change as he has. Sigh. Just a little frustrating.
So.
Back to it. Last night I was weak, and we skipped chest/arms/tris. Tonight is cardio. I will be doing cardio, whether he joins me or not. I have serious bicycle withdrawal, and may entertain schedule modifications to get in some generic riding around the neighborhood as a supplement to the P90X plan. I'm also doing some reading on stand-up paddling, and will be giving that a whirl in a couple weeks (more to come there, supposed to be core city!).
Diet is still relatively boring, lots of chicken boobies and veggies and wild rice, Shakeology in the mornings. More cheating with frozen delight for lunch than I prefer, but work has been such a madhouse lately that it is hard to carve out the time to make a simple healthy lunch. One more thing to work toward!!! :)
Speaking of work, back to the grind ...
Holy smokes .. I forgot the most important part. I had to spend $170 on new clothes before vaca because I SHRANK OUT OF MY OTHER CLOTHES. 9 lbs officially gone (I was down 10, but found one, grrrr). Haven't done measurements / pics though.
Monday, June 18, 2012
6 weeks down!
The tragedy of all tragedies has occurred: we are out of Shakeology!! My normal auto-ship will go out this Thursday. BUT .... my impatient ass ordered more today anyway. It should be here probably Thursday, I'm guessing. In the meantime, I picked up some Muscle Milk protein mix at the grocery store ... it is SO not the same. Less flavor, less goodies ... lower carbs, but meh overall. It is better with milk than water, but is still lacking and watery in general.
Now, onto the workout part. We've completed 6 weeks of workouts, meaning this is our last "normal" week of phase 2 before the off-week. I can't say I will be sorry to see Chest/Shoulders/Triceps leave the normal repertoire .... all the pushups are really hard on my wrist. Which reminds me, I want to get stands this week to at least make the last bit of it easier. I'm also assuming there will be some pushups/chest/upperbody workout in phase 3 of P90X, which will help me to justify the purchase haha.
Results, you ask? am I seeing them? Well sorta. I've managed to "regress" in my eating, down to ~1300-1400 cal/day, but I'm not feeling hungry at any point. I've dropped 5lbs overall since starting, and am seeing more of a difference in how clothes are fitting, especially around my waistline. We didn't do measurements on day 28 as we were supposed to ... I think I'll take some before we go on our vacation whirlwind at the end of the month.
Now, onto the workout part. We've completed 6 weeks of workouts, meaning this is our last "normal" week of phase 2 before the off-week. I can't say I will be sorry to see Chest/Shoulders/Triceps leave the normal repertoire .... all the pushups are really hard on my wrist. Which reminds me, I want to get stands this week to at least make the last bit of it easier. I'm also assuming there will be some pushups/chest/upperbody workout in phase 3 of P90X, which will help me to justify the purchase haha.
Results, you ask? am I seeing them? Well sorta. I've managed to "regress" in my eating, down to ~1300-1400 cal/day, but I'm not feeling hungry at any point. I've dropped 5lbs overall since starting, and am seeing more of a difference in how clothes are fitting, especially around my waistline. We didn't do measurements on day 28 as we were supposed to ... I think I'll take some before we go on our vacation whirlwind at the end of the month.
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Tuesday - day 30
So it seems our weekend foodie-adventures caught up with us yesterday. We were not as cautious with our portions, and it was all we could do yesterday to "feel" sated. Nonetheless, workout prevailed. I cooked up several chicken breasts, so hopefully this week will be relatively easy. There's also a pork tenderloin that needs to be cooked up, but I don't know that I will get to it today. Guess I can find things to do with it today, so I can cook it up tomorrow. By the way, shredded pork tenderloin nuked and on a salad is delicious!! (that was lunch yesterday)
Tonight's workout - cardio! Sure wish my joints didn't feel like they were giving out on me. Jumping jacks, running in place, anything with pounding on the knees is a no-go. Modify, modify, modify. *sigh* Speaking of modifications, I'm slowly getting better on my pushup type modifications. Downward dog is still a bit of a debacle, because of the angle between the ground and my arms. Using my chintzy little 2lb weights as handles is helping me. Now I have to remember to rotate my hands in, so my fingers point forward, instead of having my wrists face each other.
Tonight's workout - cardio! Sure wish my joints didn't feel like they were giving out on me. Jumping jacks, running in place, anything with pounding on the knees is a no-go. Modify, modify, modify. *sigh* Speaking of modifications, I'm slowly getting better on my pushup type modifications. Downward dog is still a bit of a debacle, because of the angle between the ground and my arms. Using my chintzy little 2lb weights as handles is helping me. Now I have to remember to rotate my hands in, so my fingers point forward, instead of having my wrists face each other.
Monday, June 4, 2012
4 weeks down!
So here we are, at the start of week 5. It's so bizarre, our workouts are in the evenings, so it's like "free" time during the day.
We completed the first four weeks of P90X, and neither killed ourselves or anyone else. We did a little bit of "celebrating" this weekend, with some wine and some homemade pork tenderloin raviolis. Not completely great, but not a complete bender! It was a great weekend. I think we could have scaled our portions back a little bit, but I wasn't miserable from it - thank goodness.
Going into week 5, we will have photos and measurements tonight before core synergistics. I'm excited to get back to our "normal" routine of workouts, though I think we are "losing" shoulders/arms for the next 3 weeks. I did like that workout, and will likely sneak it in here and there - I would love to have some nice arms, even if they're not super beefy. I am not seeing much difference in weight, but am feeling a bit of change in the fit of my clothes - one step at a time!
The meals are much easier now than they were ... though we're still not doing a ton of cooking on the weekend to prepare for the week. I'm cooking up a lot of chicken oo ies tonight that should get us through a couple days, and we have leftover pork tenderloin from this weekend as well for salads and whatnot. Just add veggies and a hearty grain!
Keeping up with Shakeology for breakfast, usually with half a banana and a tbsp of natural almond butter. My blender tried to kill me last week, new one was acquired yesterday, and broken in this morning. It's not the world's best thing, but it'll work for a while :) Having two people in the house going through it, does make a huge difference. Going to have to figure out a plan for that!
More to come, at some point ....
We completed the first four weeks of P90X, and neither killed ourselves or anyone else. We did a little bit of "celebrating" this weekend, with some wine and some homemade pork tenderloin raviolis. Not completely great, but not a complete bender! It was a great weekend. I think we could have scaled our portions back a little bit, but I wasn't miserable from it - thank goodness.
Going into week 5, we will have photos and measurements tonight before core synergistics. I'm excited to get back to our "normal" routine of workouts, though I think we are "losing" shoulders/arms for the next 3 weeks. I did like that workout, and will likely sneak it in here and there - I would love to have some nice arms, even if they're not super beefy. I am not seeing much difference in weight, but am feeling a bit of change in the fit of my clothes - one step at a time!
The meals are much easier now than they were ... though we're still not doing a ton of cooking on the weekend to prepare for the week. I'm cooking up a lot of chicken oo ies tonight that should get us through a couple days, and we have leftover pork tenderloin from this weekend as well for salads and whatnot. Just add veggies and a hearty grain!
Keeping up with Shakeology for breakfast, usually with half a banana and a tbsp of natural almond butter. My blender tried to kill me last week, new one was acquired yesterday, and broken in this morning. It's not the world's best thing, but it'll work for a while :) Having two people in the house going through it, does make a huge difference. Going to have to figure out a plan for that!
More to come, at some point ....
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
WOW!!
I need a better routine for my blog time!!!
So I haven't checked in since Day 4 of p90x ... but I promise you, loyal followers, that I have been working my tush off!! Day 4 was Yoga, which rocked my socks. Day 5 was Legs & Back, + ab ripper. One of these days I will be able to do Ab Ripper without flopping about like a fish out of water!!! As for now ... that's what I end up looking like on some of the exercises (oblique v-ups anyone...). Day 6 was Kenpo, which I really enjoyed. I think I'm going to get some weighted gloves between now and Saturday, as that disc isn't really conducive to a handheld weight.
Last night was Day 8 - Core Synergistics for the 2nd time. This was SO much easier without having to do the fit test ahead of time, wowza! We made it through the entire disc, only going "over" by 7 minutes - pauses to rest and recover some HR. Tonight is Cardio - wooooo!!! BRING IT!!!
Digressing from exercise to diet/nutrition .... we're still doing a lot of "winging it" on the meal plan. I'm targeting 1600-1800cal per day intake, with a 50% protein, 25% carbs, 25% fat breakdown. I'm not quite there on my percentages .... still taking in too many carbs, but I am (with some work) getting more protein into my diet. Jason is working on the 2400cal plan, and is struggling to get UP to that many "good" calories each day. He is planning to pick up some protein powder over the weekend, and is hoping to get closer to the 2400cal mark, while increasing his protein levels too.
Planning is getting easier, and measuring isn't as big of a deal as it was last week. "New" meals are still a little more time-intensive, but aren't terrible. I'm learning with every meal. Going to have to make time on Sundays to cook up a variety of chicken breasts for the week, I think. Fish is quick and easy, as are veggies and rice/quinoa.
Speaking of planning, it's time to put the turkey breast in the oven to roast! That will be dinner tonight and probably tomorrow too :)
So I haven't checked in since Day 4 of p90x ... but I promise you, loyal followers, that I have been working my tush off!! Day 4 was Yoga, which rocked my socks. Day 5 was Legs & Back, + ab ripper. One of these days I will be able to do Ab Ripper without flopping about like a fish out of water!!! As for now ... that's what I end up looking like on some of the exercises (oblique v-ups anyone...). Day 6 was Kenpo, which I really enjoyed. I think I'm going to get some weighted gloves between now and Saturday, as that disc isn't really conducive to a handheld weight.
Last night was Day 8 - Core Synergistics for the 2nd time. This was SO much easier without having to do the fit test ahead of time, wowza! We made it through the entire disc, only going "over" by 7 minutes - pauses to rest and recover some HR. Tonight is Cardio - wooooo!!! BRING IT!!!
Digressing from exercise to diet/nutrition .... we're still doing a lot of "winging it" on the meal plan. I'm targeting 1600-1800cal per day intake, with a 50% protein, 25% carbs, 25% fat breakdown. I'm not quite there on my percentages .... still taking in too many carbs, but I am (with some work) getting more protein into my diet. Jason is working on the 2400cal plan, and is struggling to get UP to that many "good" calories each day. He is planning to pick up some protein powder over the weekend, and is hoping to get closer to the 2400cal mark, while increasing his protein levels too.
Planning is getting easier, and measuring isn't as big of a deal as it was last week. "New" meals are still a little more time-intensive, but aren't terrible. I'm learning with every meal. Going to have to make time on Sundays to cook up a variety of chicken breasts for the week, I think. Fish is quick and easy, as are veggies and rice/quinoa.
Speaking of planning, it's time to put the turkey breast in the oven to roast! That will be dinner tonight and probably tomorrow too :)
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