Saturday - Week 2

Today wasn't so great, but I did get some of my goofy workouts in. My favorite was when I was cleaning Coop's room, his magnets were all over the floor. I did a combination of walking push ups and over and under push ups to pick them up and put them on his magnet board. While I was talking to Hubby (he was in the shower so he couldn't make fun of me) I did sit ups on the yoga ball. I added things to my usual cleaning method - I clean one room until I get an object that goes in another room, then I move on to that room. When I got to the new room, I'd do a minute of jumping jacks and I would "speed" clean.

Anyway, tomorrow we're super busy, but I'm hoping I'll be able to stay active at least.

Friday - Part Deux

I made tuna noodle casserole tonight for supper. I altered my original recipe and it was SOOOOO good. So I ended up having seconds. And thirds. Add that to the bowl of ice cream this afternoon, I was feeling kinda icky. So I did Cardio X too! I was so proud of myself - I managed to do 99% of the workout (1% was Steam Engine - I hate those and Coop wanted milk. So I accidentally didn't press pause)

I need to workout at night more often - I have so much energy! Wait, that's not a good thing. It's 9:45 and I am WIRED! If it wasn't dark and I could manage both dogs, I have enough energy to take them for a run. Anyway, I have homework to finish - so I will see y'all tomorrow!

Friday!

I'm off to push play! I'll be back in a bit!

Sooo... I worked out. Kenpo X. I figure I'm too far behind to really catch up this week, so I'll do cardio stuff until Monday. Here are some pictures - some taken by Coop, others by Connor, and some by me. (I love the self timer setting!)

Cooper's attempt to take pictures - you can see my new shoes at least!

Trying to get in the frame

Knee kicks

Jab/Cross switch

Side lunge/High sword/Low hammer

This was taken towards the beginning of the workout - you should have seen my hands after! You can't accuse me of not putting my all into my punches!

I think my thoughts were, "Sunny beach! That was a workout!"

And the stretch. I stayed here a little longer than Tony did, that's for sure!

Thursday - Week 2

GRRR... I didn't get a workout in today either. It is Hubby's birthday today, so I cleaned (like REALLY cleaned) and then we did dinner and a movie. The good thing about today is my diet wasn't super horrible. But, tomorrow is a new day!

I'm BAAACCCKKKK!!!!

Chest and back today. I'm sore - every keystroke is a little tingle of accomplishment. I did the first round on the chin up bar instead of the bands. And it's so much harder! I remember attempting a pull up when I started. It wasn't pretty. I didn't get any good pictures today though, but I'm thinking I might bust out a Cardio X later too. So there is still hope.

Rest day!!!

Sunday was my rest day. It took all I had NOT to do Cardio X or SOMETHING. I improvised and did all my cleaning super fast - getting my heart rate up a little, then slowing down (interval training). Anyway, this morning I finally hit the 145.6 mark.

Today was a little hard. Hubby was home and Connor had surgery this morning. I love working out with Hubby - he pushes me a little harder than I normally would. So I waited for him to do his workout, but he didn't. I debated on working out after he went to bed, but I had homework due yesterday, so I finished that instead.

I'm not going to beat myself up over missing today. Yes, I wanted to really stick to the program, but you have to do your best and forget the rest! I will bust out a workout tomorrow morning, and, maybe if I have the time, I'll do another in the afternoon. If not, I'll just workout on Sunday this week. Options.

Another reason I didn't want to workout (even if I didn't have the homework) is I would have a hard time getting to sleep after that. Well, here it is, 12:14 and I'm still WIDE awake. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, here I come.

End of Week 1

I ended off week 1 with Kenpo X. It was an awesome workout - the only down side is it was Connor's birthday today, so we had cake. I had a small piece, but I still feel guilty about it. Anyway, here are the pictures from today!

Jab/Cross

Jab/Cross/Hook/Uppercuts
Connor kept telling me to stick out my tongue - this was sweaty nasty me obliging him.

Still getting told to stick out my tongue. Silly kid.

Day 4 and 5...

I forgot to blog last night! I feel so horrible. But I also didn't get pictures working out today. I'm really slacking. The pictures are all backwards and what not - I'm so tired I don't want to have to sort them out.
This is my favorite stretch ever!


Wide front pull ups

Toe Roll Iso Lunges - I HATE THESE!!!

Toe Roll again

Chair Pose

Switch Grip Pull Ups

Quad stretch

Connor took this picture - I like it cuz my hair is all shiny.

Anyway, yesterday I did Legs and Back - tonight I did Cardio X. I weighed in today with one of my groups on fb. I'm up .6 pounds from Monday, but I'm down 2.5 inches. I sat down and figured out what my weightloss is since I really started and here are the stats.

Weight - 3.5 pounds (8 months at Curves) +1 pound + 11 pounds (4 months P90X) = 15.5 pounds

Inches 3 inches (Curves) +14 (P90X) - 1 (arms) = 16 inches

So yeah. There ya go.

Day 3

I did Plyo today. I was always terrified because during the warm up Tony warns it's the mother of all workouts. And it is! It's not for the faint hearted! But it's my new favorite workout. Connor couldn't take very good pictures because it's all jump training, so I set up the camera and took some myself. They're kinda funny... but here they are!

I don't remember which picture is which exercise, but I was SOAKED by the time I was done! K and I also went for a long walk tonight with Cooper (which was a good thing - I had a small bowl of ice cream after supper)

I'm not sure if I'm going to weigh myself tomorrow morning. I was up .6 pounds from yesterday. I know it's not a lot, but if I gain 2 days in a row, I tend to get in a funk.

I'm going to get to bed - hopefully I'll get some sleep tonight!

Day 2...

I'm down a pound - 146.2 this morning. I did Shoulders and Arms today instead of Cardio X - mainly because I'm sore from yesterday. I skipped my recovery drink because I didn't feel too bad after Core. Dumb. Even now my legs are just SORE.

But anyway, I did most of the Shoulders and Arms with the red bands. I've never been able to do that before. That's one of the highs I LOVE about working out - when you exceed what you did before.

Here's a picture - I think my arm just looks fat, but oh well.

Connor has been my little photographer. So hopefully he'll get a couple good pictures every day and I'll be able to post them on here too!

I'm off to bed!

Pictures so far...

March 29th, April 27th and June 17th

Round 2!!!

I started round 2 of P90X today. Core synergistics. If all goes well, I'm going to be going back to Minnesota in 2 months to visit for a couple weeks, so I want to be at my goal weight by then. I'm looking forward to the challenge of every day pushing play. I've found that if I put my shoes on, I'm more likely to actually work out.

Anyway, I recorded my measurements on beachbody. Some went up from the last time, but so I'm looking forward to those going down. But my weight this morning was 147.2. I know it's not going to be tomorrow, but I'm so excited to see 145, then 143, then 141... 139... and so on (I guess the even numbers would be good too.) My goal is 125, but we'll see. I decided when I get to where I'm satisfied and healthy, I'm going to maintain that, whether it's 135 or 115.

I better get to bed. I'll be on tomorrow - along with every day pushing play, it's every night, going to write!

Here is a picture Connor took today! It's SUPERMAN BANANA!!!!