Day 5 P90X

As I stated in day 4 I didnt do my Yoga on day 4 so I did half of the Yoga work out on day 5 PLUS the whole work out on day 5. OUCH I may have almost over done it but I SURVIVED!! So I was also killing myself (during the work out) to burn off the brownies and cake I have eaten over the last couple of days.  The Brownies were my HUGE downfall, but they were delicious.  I replaced water for Cherry Juice and it added just a hint of delicious cherries... here is a little tip: make sure you have a ton of people there to share them with or you will eat the whole pan I know I almost did.  I know denying myself 100% of all things sweet would be horrible to do to myself because I want to be fit not grumpy haha. Getting back to topic at hand, the legs and back PULS ab ripper x was tough, pull ups of any type kick my butt, and then the leg workouts made me hurt at the moment but I barely feel it today so I must start working harder because as much as it sucks the pain the next day shows me that I am working hard.  OH yeah... I personally think resistance bands SUCK!! I have GOT to get some weights, OH yeah and remount the pull-up bar.

So the 1/2 Yoga session was HARD!!! seriously, I realize more and more I have zero balance.  I am guessing after time goes on I will be better at this whole thing.  Thanks to a friend letting me use her Yoga Mat, I can actually do the workouts but does anyone else have a problem with their hands getting sweaty making it hard to do all the poses on the ground? I know my hands get so slippery that I just had to put my towel on the mat so they dont slip haha

Day 4 P90X

Yeah so Day 4 was my 29th birthday, so seeing as I had my day full of appointments on top of the regular routine I totally missed my workout... unless you want to call going for my health assessment with them getting my heart rate up and all that stuff a workout but not quite how the p90x schedule wanted me to do it so... I did 1/2 the yoga workout on day 5 PLUS doing the day 5 work out.  So this will be a short blog because other than my BMI isnt as bad as I thought and to be within healthy range I only need to loose 6% and my heart rate is DOWN!! I believe my weight is down as well, but I didnt even look because I hate seeing what I weigh.  It actually is a slap in the face to stare at the scale especially when you think you are doing the right things... it was my prompt to do this, and the fact I will be 30 in less than a year and I dont want to start my 30's out in the body of my 20's... If at all possible I want to be better than my teens but for now lets reach for the goal of best I have ever been in my 20's.  

Day 3 P90X

Well, after last night my whole body is killing me but I press on.  Whew Shoulders and Arms PLUS ab ripper x?? OUCH!! it took everything in me to do the workout today. It took me knowing that I give up now I have let the fat win!  With the TV line up tonight I totally could have vegged out.  Some of the work outs were nearly impossible with the bands so I got the bottles of 64 FL OZ of juice with the easy grip to work with.  Sadly with some of the workouts it was exactly enough weight... apparently my triceps are not as strong as they used to be.  They say that bands will work exactly the same but I say NO WAY!! the transitions are harder to make sure the tension is the same on both arms, it gets wrapped up on my legs and it is just awkward.  I didnt give up today! I worked through the fact it hurt to stand up or sit down and not to mention the fact I had to lug Jocelyn around today including the outside of a building because I forgot to put her shoes on her when I quickly left the house this morning.  Tomorrow is the meeting with the people to do a health assessment, I am hoping my blood pressure is down and I have lost a lb or two, but I am not going to be upset if I havent seen amazing results in three days I am not giving up because I do deserve to have the body I have always wanted.  OK so now it is time to put away the juice bottles and bands, and now to get back to the house wife and mother tasks.  

Day 2 P90X

Plyometric workouts were super hard today, especially since I am hurting from yesterdays work out.  So there I was jumping around and everything, every jiggly part of my body bouncing around like it was totally acceptable for it to be doing that... at one point I was doing this jump turn thing and seriously I thought all my fat was going to just bounce off the floor and hit me in the face, but hey maybe that is what I need.  Maybe I need to be slapped in the face for letting myself get this out of control.  I guess it is important that I am realizing this now instead of later in life when my bones and joints are so worn out from carrying excess everything that I am falling apart with heart disease and all that fun stuff that comes with being overweight.  So, I am going to post pictures of my pre-body this isnt really pre-body because I took the pictures after the second work out but who cares, it isnt like 2 days are going to make that big of a difference.  I am posting these as a starting off point, please do not judge me and my body like ewww because it takes a big step in someone's life to actually say I have had enough.  I want to do this for me and I am tired of being unhealthy... they want you to take a picture of how you were before because of a reference point and I am sharing with everyone because I want to really document everything for you guys and for myself, and judgments are for high school and I assume anyone reading this is an adult and can react as such.  This is a big step for me, I dont take pictures of myself, let alone pictures of myself with my stomach just out there with all my stretch marks, fat and all that I have become.  So here I am

Front and side shots to get where my body is at this moment, I cant wait to see where I am in 90 days... where I am this time next year and where I will be in a few years from now but for now I am taking it one day at a time and GEEZE I hope I dont wake up so stiff in the morning I cant move because I want to successfully complete DAY3!!!! WOOOHOOOO  

Day 1 P90X

Ok I am going this the next day because of chaos in the house and taking my girls for a much needed hair cut.  I woke up hurting this morning:Arms, legs Back, abs, and head.  Seriously the head hurting was horrible but I think it has something to do with the whole lack of caffeine thing.  I have had nothing but water until dinner tonight.  Day 1 was filled with push-ups (I am sure I was doing it wrong) pull-ups (I know I was doing it wrong) and ab workouts (OUCH!!)

While I was doing my work out Jocelyn came in and started doing push-ups with me, luckily her push-ups
were as bad as mine but the sad thing is she is 3.  One thing that they say a ton in the videos is "do your best and forget the rest" that is going to have to be my motto over the next 90 days because I am always comparing myself to others and well, it is counter productive.  So here I am hurting from yesterdays work out but still proud that I stuck it out and finished the whole days worth of work outs.

Pre-P90X

So I have decided to start P90X, as a gift to myself, I am going to try to post every day and MAYBE post pictures of my journey.  I am nervous and excited about this.  Seriously I have been sitting on this system for about 2 years now and looking back, I am not sure why I haven't started it before.  Maybe I wasnt mad enough at myself, maybe I didnt think I deserved to look good and feel good or maybe I was scared but who knows?  maybe it has been all of the above.  I am looking forward to sharing this experience with everyone and who knows... I may become a p90x poster child.

So here is the plan, I am going to take pictures of myself *warning I may be a "little" out of shape* before, after and along the way, I am going to TRY to post every day over how I am feeling and what progress I feel I have made, and I am also going to just have to talk about my mental status as I cut out most sweets and fast food that I normally consume.  WOW I am nervous but I know at the end of the day I deserve to be healthy and to feel good in my own skin.

Any encouragement, advice and thoughts are always appreciated!  Maybe I should have started this three days ago when I started taking the osteo bi-flex.  OH just a tip with those supplements TAKE WITH FOOD!!! See you all tomorrow... you may get to see some delightful pictures of my before body, if I can get up the courage to post them.

let it be someone else's problem.

"My attitude is based on how you treat me." was a quote on someone's FB page and I have to disagree sure to some extent the people around you determine how you treat those people but I have noticed more and more that if you treat everyone great no matter if they are being little "grumpy" towards you, in the end it will always be someone else's problem.   If someone I run into is less than curious to me and I turn around and be rude to them how is that making me any better than what they are doing?  what because they did it first you should retaliate.  that is almost as silly as saying "oh you cheated on me so I am going to cheat back."  However, if you look the rude person in the eye when they are being rude, give them a smile and tell them to have a great day, who knows maybe it will change their day.  Either way, it is not your problem it is their own problem and you are not at their level for being rude back.  I guess what I am trying to say is being a mature person sometimes means that you need to just accept everyone with a grin on your face and maybe just maybe you will make a difference in their lives enough to change someone else's life too.  


I am getting on rants lately because the more I get to remove myself from a situation the more I can look more objectively at the situations that should or should not be.  I cant promise that I will always make the best decisions when it comes to things that I was just ranting about a little but I will try.  OH a second example of the quote is people using people to get what they want... You just be a good friend and then if that person starts to take advantage of you do not get mad just realize you are being the better person by being the example of what a real friend is.  Maybe not help as much unless you know that it is really needed but every time the problem falls on the user not the used.