Make Up Day

So last night I got a bunch of sleep and I'm FINALLY feeling better. This morning I crushed Plyo X and this afternoon I felt so good I tacked on Shoulders & Arms. I'm NOT doing ARX 2 days in a row, though, so I'll make that one up later. I had no nausea or fatigue (more than normal during those workouts) and I BROUGHT IT!! YAY! I'm so happy to be both feeling better AND caught up!

Nutrition is spot on, too. I upped the cals due to doubling up, but I'll have to plug them in to find out how many...

Being Sick Sux

So week 3 is now underway, but I'm sick :( I took an unplanned rest day yesterday due to the busy-ness of life, but today I did ARX and Chest & Back. I had hoped to double up and crush Plyo tonight, but I have this cough that won't quit. I don't think cardio is a good plan today. Also, the battery in my HRM died :( I'm a tech head and addicted to it, lol. I'll need to get a new one this weekend, but I feel lost without it. Today's workout was pretty weak, too. I haven't been sleeping well and despite the extra rest day, I got wasted pretty quickly. I did ok, but not nearly as well as last week. Why couldn't THIS be the recovery week? lol

My nutrition has been so-so. Last night was not a good night. We ended up ordering pizza (I know, you're screaming in horror) b/c we were just so busy, but the rest of the day was crystal clean and today's been great, too. I need to keep the clean eating up b/c we'll be going to MIL's house this weekend and she doesn't believe in clean food...

Halfway through Phase 1...

I'm now at the end of week 2. I completed Legs & Back on Friday, and yesterday was ARX and Kenpo X (not enough time to get ARX in on Friday so I made it up yesterday). Kenpo is just not that challenging of a workout. Cathe could kick Tony's butt any day ;-) I'm seeing good endurance gains, too. I can do just about all the reps of all the exercises in ARX now :D Despite going as heavy as I could and feeling wasted at the end of workouts, I really didn't have any DOMS to speak of this week. Compared to week 1, where I was very sore most of the week, it's a welcome change. I hope I'm still working hard enough to make good fitness gains. I feel like P90X is less about heavy weight work and more about endurance and muscle shaping, which I wouldn't have thought based on reviews. There are SO many reps, though, I'm not sure what sort of strength gains can really be made. Plus, with my heart rate being up in the aerobic zone for significant portions of the weight workouts, I'm sure I'm burning fat, but not sure about the building muscle. Time will tell, though.

Nutrition this week was good. I had a (planned) splurge meal while out with DH at his company Xmas party. Through the other days, though (didn't track on Friday), my average cals were 1528, keeping macros in range. No more weight loss this week, but I am down almost 1% body fat. I have one more active week in Phase 1, then it's onto a Recovery Week! Woo hoo!

Going strong

Well, week 2 has been much better overall (so far) than week 1. I'm hardly sore at all and I'm more familiar with the workout routines so they go much more smoothly. Yesterday was ARX and Shoulders & Arms and I was able to heavy up nicely. Wasted as I was at the end, though, I'm surprisingly not sore today. No matter. Today's workout was Yoga X. This went much better than last week, I was able to get into the poses, the breathing, etc. I even added a lot of pushups during the vinyasas. I even tackled the crane, but I still, for the life of me, can't do twisting half moon. Maybe someday.

Nutrition is right on track, too. 1600 cals yesterday, about 1450 today. Tomorrow will be more challenging with DH's work Xmas party, but I'll be going for the portion control method of dealing with it. It'll be nice to have an evening out with just DH and no kiddos, too!

Bringing it...

I finally feel like I've settled into this program/rotation and I'm really BRINGING IT! My nutrition is in place and I have plenty of fuel for my workouts. Plyo X was today and I crushed it. Ok, well, it was better than last week. I was able to keep up, doing almost all the reps (sometimes missing 1 at the beginning or end) and taking much fewer breaks. I made sure to keep careful watch on my form and knees so I don't end up with any injuries, too. I tacked on seg. 2 of Stretch Max to get extra stretching in, too.

I'll be eating fewer cals today and the next 2 days, then on Friday night is DH's company Xmas party so that'll be a higher day. I'll be hitting around 1428 cals today with macros of 42.3% carbs/ 36.6% protein/ 21.1% fat. Ready to BRING IT tomorrow with ARX and Shoulders & Arms.

The dawn of week 2...

went pretty well! I enjoyed my rest day, and I felt ready to BRING IT today. I cranked it out with Ab Ripper X first. I am now doing almost all the reps. I only wimped out on 5 of the V-up/Roll-up combo reps and 10 of the Mason twists at the end (Tony is really evil adding on there at the end!). My knee was feeling a bit tweaky yesterday, and I didn't notice it at all today until ARX. I'll have to ignore Tony for awhile when he says to fight to straighten my legs. My knee says no, lol. I'll have to be careful to watch form on Plyo X and Legs & Back this week, too. I don't want to end up with an injury. Chest & Back went well, too. I CRANKED out the push-ups, but my back is feeling tired, so I was not feeling it as much with the pull-ups. As many push-ups as I do, though, my chest still feels fine at the end. Hrm. I wore my HRM, though, and I was actually up into my aerobic zone for 25% of the workout. Maybe that'll help boost the fat-burning. A little AWT is never a bad thing.

My nutrition is right on track, too. I'll be taking in 1590 cals today with macros of 47.2% carbs/ 35.1% protein/ 17.7% fat. I'm not looking that forward to Plyo tomorrow, but I'll still be PUSHING PLAY anyway.

Week 1

has (almost) drawn to a close. I banged out Ab Ripper X (yet again) and Legs & Back last night. Those wall squats HURT! In a good way, of course ;-) I liked the combination of weighted and unweighted work for the legs, and even the pull-ups felt good :-O I'm definitely feeling it today, though, in my hamstrings and rear delts. Ow. Today I BROUGHT IT with Kenpo X. It was a lot of drills, no real combos, but I liked it. I'll have to use more intensity next time, though, as my HR just was too up and down. I was only in my zone for 36.5 mins out of the entire hour long workout. I did cheat on Tony, though, by adding on Cathe's Stretch Max afterwards. It felt so good to really stretch all the muscle groups. Tony just doesn't do enough stretching at the ends of workouts for my taste. So, tomorrow is my much anticipated rest day. Ahhhhhh.

Eating has been great this week, too. Yesterday was 1520 cals just about spot on at 40/40/20 and today should be 1574 cals a little closer to 45/35/20. Tomorrow I'll be eating at the lower end of the range (around 1400 cals) due to taking a rest day. I just need to stay strong with the eating through the holiday season. I tend to fall apart then. 6 days down, 84 to go...