p90x update

ok so it's been almost a week since i last posted (tues the 16th). i have done 3 workouts since then. wednesday i missed, thursday i did shoulders and arms plus ab ripper x, friday i was at my sister's with my mom and took the day off, saturday my mom left and then i spent the rest of that beautiful day outside with mike, sunday i did yoga x, and today (monday) i did legs and back plus ab ripper x. i know i am not always doing the workouts on a daily basis, but i usually go no more than two days without working out and usually i just miss one. and let me tell ya, i feel guilty when i don't do it. but i figure as long as i am doing it, that is what counts. but i am really going to try and stick to it hard core this week (and not miss a day), which will really start wednesday because i still have one more workout that i will do tomorrow that will wrap this week up.

some of it's still tough. yoga is really no joke and kicks my ass. and it makes you sweat profusely. a lot of people think yoga is simple and for wimps, but nothing could be further from the truth.

as you know, ab ribber x sucks big time! i think i will always hate it.

but i am feeling stronger, but i really want to be seeing a difference in my stomach. not there yet. i'll give it a couple more weeks.

anyway, that's all i got today. loving my soy milk, vanilla soy protein powder "recovery" drink after each workout. it is delicious!

now, off to the shower!

music makes pylo so much better....

and i think it may of helped me burn some more calories since i danced in between moves and breaks. plyo still sucked at times, but music helped it go by faster. although at that half way point i wanted to stop again. but i pushed through. and i sweated my butt off. a good thing about the cardio workouts is that you dont have to do ab ripper x after. LOVE that.

now i have a question for anyone reading this (which is probably no one), does your stomach bloat after you work out? mine always does and it makes it hard to find the workout rewarding when i look like a big bloated mess. i have always wondered about this. any insight anyone?

i am anxious to be over with this week and then next week. i want to see some results. i dont have a problem doing the workouts (well a little), i just want the weeks to be over so i can see the difference.

once i'm a few more weeks further, i will tell you whether i recommend the all mighty p90x or not. i am thinking i will, but stay tuned.

p90x update.

ok so last week did not go so well. i got busy and my mom came into town, so i missed some workouts. so i decided to start week 2 all over again. today was again chest and back plus ab ripper x. this is my 4th time doing this workout. once when i was originally going to start p90x (and then didn't follow through with the rest of the week), and then my first official week, last week, and this week again. so my chest, back, and arms may end up being more buff then the rest of my body. haha...:)

but that is where i am. starting the week over. i just as passsionately HATED ab ribber x today as i have in the past. i would capitalize or bold the word HATE more if i could, because i cant express my HATE for ab ripper x enough. but as much as i hate it, the thing i hate most on my body right now is my belly. i want it gone. i had it gone and the winter brought it back to me. so bring it ab ripper, even though i hate you.

i plan to get back into routine this week. i felt incredibly guilty last week on the days i didn't do it. i actually wanted to be doing it. things are getting slightly easier, meaning i can do more reps of some things, or i make moves a little more challenging, etc. so that is good to see, but i am still weak :P. i'll get there.

until next time..... now get up and move!!!

p90x-the last couple days.

well i think i left off where my next day would be kempo. i did the kempo and it wasn't really difficult, it was just a little strange. i didn't love it. it took some coordination and i was a little awkward with it. it probably takes some getting use to. that was the last day of week 1.

monday i did Day 1 of Week 2. the first 3 weeks have the same schedule. so day 1 this week was the same--chest and back, plus ab ripper x. for some reason toward the end of chest and back i was really getting worn out and by the time it came to ab ripper x, well it wasn't pretty. OH HOW I HATE YOU AB RIPPER!!! it sucks! and it really sucked this day. i threw up a little after this workout. whatever. i am not trying to be pretty, i'm telling it like it is.

yesterday i skipped. i got home late from work and didn't have the time. so today i did plyometrics. actually i wasn't dreading it today. maybe since i went through it once already. i dont know. but i really hate working out. especially for an hour straight. all these workouts are a straight hour. and that little timer in the right hand corner taunts me. i look at it all the time hoping we are almost finished. and i look at it and constantly think about giving up right then and there. thinking, "alright i did enough. i'm sweating. i am worn out." but i press on. i may break sometimes and run in place or do an easier version of a extremely difficult move. and tony says that is ok :)

but here i am. i am sticking with it. i know it is going to take some time to see results. it did the first time i lost weight and got in shape. so i hope to see noticeable results at the 3-4 week mark. and at the end of this i better look freakin awesome! i just want a body that i love and if i haven't mentioned it before i want to be in the best shape of my life before i get pregnant. i figure if i am in really good shape than i will have an easier time getting back in shape. and no, i am not getting pregnant any time in the very near future. but anyway, i will be back in a day or two. till then....

P90X Day 5-Legs and Back

Day 5.....oh how i did NOT want to work out today. it took everything i had to put that dvd in. however, i did it and, as one always is, i am glad that i did it. it was very well worth it. it was hard work, but for some reason i don't hate these workouts (lifting weights and stuff like that). i always have said i'd rather lift weights than do anything else, so maybe that's why i don't mind it. the leg stuff even wasn't that bad. some of them really suck in the moment, like the sitting up against the wall exercise (the proper name escapes me right now). wow do those suckers BURN! however, my legs are my least favorite feature on my body and i feel they need the most work.

so i got through it. although, as i started to write this i realized i did not do the ab ripper x. ooops. well i will do it with tomorrow's workout, which is kenpo. it is a form of martial arts so we'll see how that is. and no, i did not finish up the yoga today. i know that is bad, but i'll do it in entirety next week. promise.

with the excetion of tomorrow's workout i know what to expect each day now for the next two weeks. and i love that. because this week i was dreading workouts when i didn't have to because some of them turned out not to be so bad. now i will definitely have the days i dread (yoga x and plyometrics) and then the days i can deal with and maybe almost enjoy. either way, this shit better pay off.

well i finished my workout off with some soy milk and vanilla soy protein powder and i have to tell you it was actually yummy. i may make that a staple in my daily diet. great way to get the protein in.

now, get off your butt and get moving! :)

p90x day 3 & 4

so i have again just finished my workout. i should be on my fifth day i know, but yesterday i worked all day and went late into the evening finishing my national boards stuff. so i didn't end up having time do it. so wednesday was "Shoulders and Arms plus Ab Ripper X" and today was "Yoga X". wednesday wasn't bad. i do need heavier weights. it will make it more challenging definitely. yoga on the other hand was tough. and that bad boy is an hour and a half. i can't do an hour and a half. so i did half and plan on doing the other half tomorrow plus the scheduled workout. ( and p.s. yoga made me sweat more than any of the other workouts).

tomorrow is "Legs and Back plus Ab Ripper X". that is going to suck. i know it. i hate working my legs. it is so painful. and ab ripper x is not my friend either. it's pretty quick though, so that is a plus.

anyway, sorry for such a blah post. i am worn out from that yoga and it's the weekend and i am ready to relax. peace out.

p90x challenge...here i go...

if you have not heard of p90x at this point, then i seriously do not know if you live on planet earth. or at the very least, if you own/watch tv. it is the well-known workout system delivered to you via infomercial. it is a 90-day program that is intense and uses muscle confusion to get you supposedly unbelievable results in those 90 days. i say "supposedly" but i don't disbelieve for a second that if you do it the way you're suppose to for 90 days that you'll have an incredible body and be in unbelievable shape. so me and mike have been wanting to do this for well over a year now (mike still hasn't jumped in on the action). it is somewhat pricey, around $120 and then you have to buy weights and a pull up bar (have not purchased the latter yet), so we never ended up getting it. but mike did purchase me INSANITY, which is another infomercial workout craze and it goes for about the same price. it is suppose to be the hardest workout ever put on video. now that truly lives up to it's name and it is freakin INSANITY, and i really want nothing to do with it. it is basically all plyometrics, which if you don't know what that is, you probably do not want to try it out. it is invloves a LOT of jumping exercises and is basically complete torture.

anyway, back to p90x. friends of ours got burned copies of p90x and they knew we had INSANITY and they wanted to try it, so we swapped workout routines. as far as i know, they pretty much hate INSANITY too. i am pretty sure i got the better end of the deal. anyhoo, i am on my second day of p90x. i started about a week or two ago and stopped, so i am starting fresh. day 2 and i just got done my workout. literally. i haven't even taken my shower yet. yeah i know, i am nasty. first day was chest and back plus ab ripper x. it's hardcore. a lot of push-ups and pull-ups and since i dont have a pull up bar i improvised. my arms were like jello last night trying to wash my hair in the shower, but seriously i rather lift weights and do push ups and stuff like that then pure cardio or plyometrics anyday. but guess what day 2 in p90x was? you got it, pylometrics!! now i dont know if i have gotten in my own head about this and psyched myself out, but i absolutely HATE it and DREAD doing it. but it seriously does kick your ass. so i skipped a few of the exercises in that video tonight, but i did a majority and i broke a good sweat. tomorrow we head into shoulders and arms plus ab ripper x. i don't dread that so much. but a big FU to pylometrics. seriously.

anyway, i plan on blogging throughout my p90x experience. the way i stick to things is by having to be accountable to someone. and if i say i am going to write this blog and report to you guys about it, then i feel i am accountable to you. hey, i need something to get me through and keep me motivated. i need a hot body for our honeymoon to tulum, mexico!!! hey and if you're doing p90x, let me know!