Yoga - A day late

I won't lie, my body was happy for another day off yesterday, the first week is so brutal. I struggled hard today. My balance was off and my neck is still sore.

I only managed through the first 50 or so minutes, so I got to the balance postures before I had to get ready for church. I was drenched. It was somewhat muggy and I was working hard. I did manage all of the pushups and man were the first few a challenge.

Legs tomorrow, I know I'm going to hurt a ton after that.

Stupid Real Life

Yesterday just sucked, lots of running around and getting nothing accomplished. I won't lie, my body was tired, but I still would have preferred to get Yoga done.

3 days in and I'm already behind. That's a rarity for me. So it goes.

Shoulders and Arms

I knew I was going to be sore this morning. Happily, not as bad as it could have been. Day 3 is the hardest day for most people to do. Their bodies are crushed as chest/back and plyo. My legs are finally starting to feel better. My chest is definitely feeling it, but not too much. I will admit, huggers are killers right now.

I probably only went 85% this morning, which is a problem I have with this workout. I rarely go for it on all the exercises. I'll have to work on it in the future.

The left side of my neck is sore, I think I pulled something a little during the workout. Hopefully it will feel better tomorrow.

Yoga tomorrow, always a challenge, but I always feel great afterward.

Plyo "What was I thinking" metrics

I had another tough night with my eldest waking up around 11 and crying about a stomach ache...this has often been a precursor to throwing up, so I didn't sleep well, listening for her.

I almost overslept, but got up with just enough time. My legs were still a wreck from Cardio X and, as expected, my upper body was also a mess. Once I finally got underway, I struggled like it was my first time. My jump knee tucks looked a lot like me jumping in place and my rock star hops weren't star studded, in the slightest.

My shirt looked like I had finished an insanity workout, not a dry spot on it.

I'm through the first 2 days, which are definitely the hardest. I'm looking forward to shoulders and arms, which haven't been nearly so devastating in the past.

Chest and Back

To my surprise, my legs are still sore from Cardio X...this doesn't bode well for tomorrow.

Chest and Back is one of my favorite workouts. Chest is my favorite body part to workout. That being said, this workout consistently kicks my ass.

I started out well, keeping a little in reserve for the second round. 20 push ups for each of the first 3 exercises(standard, military, and wide), dropped to 15 for decline and 8 for the diamonds. Struggled a little with dive bomber form, but managed around 8. I need to change my form for Military pushups, I end up pinching my chest between my arms and run out of air far too fast.

I won't even pretend I can do a pull up at this point. I do have a bar and spot myself, so I focused hard on doing it right today and not letting my leg/foot spot too much.

The second round wasn't quite as pretty, but I felt respectable. Working out first thing in the morning, I do sometimes run out of gas and I did struggle for the last 4 exercises. Mostly, just couldn't catch my breath, a little nauseous...standard fair for P90x.

I expect some serious stiffness in my upper body tomorrow, or tonight.

Plyo tomorrow.

I forgot

I forgot just how much fun the first couple workouts are, and I haven't even gotten to the hard stuff yet.

This morning, my hip flexors and hamstrings were definitely feeling it, now, even more so. Hopefully they will feel better tomorrow(probably not).

It's 8:20pm and I'm ready for bed. Of course, the need to get up at 4:40am doesn't help.

Diet

My ultimate failure, controlling what I eat and quantity that I indulge in. I've done 4 rounds of P90x and while I've been in great shape at the end, I haven't lost much weight. I'm up to 262 as of this morning and that isn't where I belong. I'm a big guy and I carry the weight well, but that's just too much. My goal is to get down to 230. That's 30 pounds. That is 10 pounds a month, far from ridiculous.

I'm going to try using Michi's Ladder this time. Rather than telling me exactly what to eat, it categorizes foods with some being excellent and others...not so good.
Here is a link: http://www.teambeachbody.com/eat-smart/michis-ladder

Lets see how I can do with it.

Back in the Saddle

After taking a month or so off, I've got to get back to this. The pants are getting too tight. So round 5 will commence tomorrow.

Since I had time, and couldn't wait to start, I did Cardio X today. I figured it would be a good warm up and help start sweating some goo off. I felt pretty good throughout, only a little panting. The more I do this, the more I realize just how important breathing is.

My flexibility has definitely decreased over the past 4-5 weeks. I know that will come back.

My brother blew out his Achilles, so I'm back to posting here to help with my accountability.