P90X 2 Day 2

Ouch, not a great start to this round, second day and I've already missed a workout =/ and am not eating so great eigther. But, like a muscle, self control is built with time and practice I can't get mad at myself for not getting it right immidiately.
I'm actually really comfortable with where I am right now, I feel healthy and would be completely happy to maintain this level of fitness which is probably why I'm not so intense about being dedicated to it this time around. I got to get some of that imagination thing going, because I know I could be stronger and eat better.

Breakfast
oatmeal 1/3 cup
ground flax seed 2 tbsp
almonds 1/4 cup
almond milk 1/2 cup

Lunch
Pizza 1 slice
yellow pepper 1/2

Snack
whole wheat bread 1 slice
fried egg 1
olive oil 1 tsp

Supper
spaghetti 1 cup
pork ribs 10 oz
ice cream 1/2 cup
red velvet cake 1/2 slice

Other
mini doughnuts 5
Tims large latte supreme
gas station french vanilla cappicino medium

P90X 2 Day 1

Not a great start to the first day with chocolate chips, coffee, and candy creamer on the menu. I usually like to begin with an amazing no junk day, but I'm not going to get discouraged about it or obsess over it.

Enjoyed a pretty relaxed day with Wesley and cleaning the house, Lissy came over for a visit and after a short and very cold walk to the park we sat around knitting and crochetting, we where snowboarding yesterday and I know I personally needed to recoup a little.

Workout: Chest and Back, Ab Ripper
Intensity: Chest and Back 10, Ab Ripper 8 didn't comit to the ab routine this time

Breakfast
whole wheat pancakes 2
low sugar syrup 3 tbsp
margarine 2 tbsp
avacado 1/2

Snack
peanuts 1/4 cup

Lunch
spinach 1 1/2 cups
egg 1
shrimp 1/2 cup
greek feta dressing 1 tbsp
grapefruit 1

Snack
chickpea hummus with ground flax 1/2 cup
whole wheat tortilla chips 2 cups

Supper
rye bread 1 slice
peanut butter 2 tbsp
honey 2 tbsp

Other
coffee 2 cups
irish cream creamer 3 tbsp
chocolate chips 1/2 cup

P90X Day 90 reflections

Well the big 90 came and went without much fan fare, it was actually a little anti climactic. Nearing the end I was really slacking off and not getting all my workouts in or watching what I ate so much. I supose I got comfortable, I felt better, looked better what more did I need so I definately didn't reach the full potential.
I didn't even take the 90 day pictures because they would have looked so similar to the 60 day pictures. Actually on the very day I headed out to go camping with my whole family for the weekend and did I eat much unhealthy food? I did indeed.

However I am truly impressed with what results I got it has jump started my fitness I feel motivated to keep going.

P90X Day 85

I walked 3 miles around town to do some erands and visiting but didn't do my workout. I had a headache from being in a room with a pick coil, which was better than being in a room with mosquitos and my eyes burned from the onions that where cut for egg rolls.
I've got to do something about my sleeping habits, I slept in to late to go to moms and tots today I was sad to miss it =(

Brunch
waffles 4
butter 3 tbsp
lite aunt gemimas maple syrup 4 tbsp

Snack
whole wheat bread 2
butter 1 tbsp
jam 2 tbsp
DQ buster bar

P90X Day 84

Surprisingly even after everything I ate yesterday I felt great in the morning.
Wesley woke up at 6:30 in the morning for some strange reason fortunately she wasn't to difficult about going back to sleep.

Breafast
coyotes flax seed ready mix pancakes 4
butter 2 tbsp
lite aunt gemimas maple syrup 3 tbsp
coffee 1 cup sugar 1 tbsp milk 0% 3 tbsp

Snack
arrowroot cookies 2

Lunch
bean soup* 11/2 cups
lite campbells alphabet soup 1 1/2 cups

Snack
bean soup* 1 cup
cheese string

Supper
spanish rice with peas 1 cup

Other
two scoops ice cream cone

P90X Day 83

woo hoo, second time I've done this so far, I woke up at 6:30 in the morning and did my workout it felt so good throughout the day knowing I didn't have it hanging over my head all day. In the evening I sat back and thought, you know I'd be struggling to find time to fit this in now, but I've already done it so yay me.

I guess I should really start thinking about what I'm going to do after day 90. I did taekwondo from when I was 15 to just last year at 6 months pregnant so I know how to be intense which is probably why I'm getting such great results even with an unhealthy snack here and there.

Part of the reason I had initially started P90X was because I went back to class 5 months after having Wesley and couldn't stand how poorly I did, in my head I knew I could do the things they where asking me to but my body just wouldn't do it, I actually gave up half way through and left.

That club isn't running anymore but Wade drives an hour twice a week to another club, they train national fighters, secretly I hope I'll get good enough to make it into that class. Maybe I'll join him with that and continue doing weights on the other days... oh, and I'll fit yoga in somewhere cause I love it so, and stretching because it's so very good for me. In fact I'm not sure which ones I could part with except Kenpo because Taekwondo would replace it.

Workout: Kenpo
Intensity: 9 it was morning and I didn't quite feel all there yet

Breakfast
whole grain bagel
lite strawberry cream cheese

Snack
marie tea time cookies 3

Lunch
farmer sausage 4oz
frozen burger 4oz
white burger bun 2
fried mushrooms 1/4 cup
lettuce 1/2 cup
tomato 1/4 cup
ketchup and mustard 3 tbsp
watermelon 1 cup
bell peppers 3/4 cup
lemon mirangue pie 2 large pieces
chocolate cake 1 small piece
sour cream and onion potatoe chips 1/2 cup

Snack
yogurt cup 1% 2

Supper
mixed bean soup* 1 1/2 cup
greek bread salad* 2 1/2 cups

Other
raspberries 1/4 cup
strawberries 1/4 cup
banana 1/2
milk 0% 1 1/2 cup

*from the recipe book Company's Coming 30 Minute Diabetic Cook Book

P90X Day 82

I got to bed around 2AM last night after completing my workout, the important thing is though, I completed it. I'm finally seeing progress with the chin ups, 83 days later and it's about time I was beginning to think I'd never be able to do more than three (with chair suport by the way) my goal is to be able to do 1 without the chair by my fit test on day 90

We went to the Ichiban Japanese restaraunt for Dans 25th birthday they cooked the food right in front of you and put on a show it was very entertaining and I got to see everything that was going into my food, though I didn't know what all the sauces where.

Workout: Legs and Back, Ab Ripper
Intensty: 10

Breakfast
whole grain bagel
lite strawberry cream cheese 3 tbsp

Snack
value pack protein bar

Lunch
turkey taco salad 2 cups
chinese 5 spice chicken noodle soup
1/2 whole grain bagel

Snack
marie tea time cookie 2

Supper
veggie soup 1 cup
white rice 1 1/2 cup
shrimp 4oz
chicken breast 5oz
sirloin steak 5oz
mixed veggies 1 cup
soy sauce, terryaki, sesami oil type of sauces for everything amounted to about 3/4 cup
traditional japanese green tea 1/2 cup
green tea ice cream 1/2 cup

P90X Day 81

Alright, I must confess, I chose to hang curtains and clean upstairs today instead of do my workout. Wesley went for a wonderful long nap in which I could have gotten it done but I told myself, you know I'll just do it when she's awake I'm sure she can keep herself entertained and play around me while I do it. But I didn't even try it out once she woke up. On the other hand, the curtains look great =D.

I was going to do it after she went to bed as I have taken to doing lately (and wind up in bed by around 1:30AM most nights) but I fell asleep. I'm not discouraged by it though maybe I'll just swap today with sunday and count it as my rest day, then I'll still get all my workouts in, I'll just miss stretching which is sad cause I do enjoy stretching.

In other news, my cat brought a live garter snake into my bed last night the bigest one I've seen in my life, fortunately he was standing guard over it and wouldn't let it go anywhere. That's what I get for falling asleep instead of doing my P90X.

Breakfast
whole wheat bagel
lite strawberry cream cheese 3 tbsp

Snack
value pack protein bar

Lunch
five spice chinese chicken soup* 2 1/2 cups

Snack
whole wheat bread 2 pieces
butter 1 tbsp
cheddar cheese 3oz
no sugar jam 2 tbsp

Supper
turkey taco salad* five cups

Snack I was still hungry at the end of the day so had an extra snack
vector cereal 1 1/2 cups
milk 0% 1 cup

Other
green tea 3 cups
arrowroot cookies 3

*from the recipe book Company's Coming 30 Minute Diabetic Cooking

P90X Day 80

The big 80, only ten days away. I've definately been cheeting a lot this month. I want to get more serious though. I'd like to prove to Wade how incredible this program is so he'll join me for round two later, I'm absolutely certain that if I could get my eating right and stop sneaking junk in with my healthy food I'd blow myself away with the results. Only way to know is to try it.

Lissy went food shopping with me today, yay I love when I've got a whole fresh stock of healthy food in the house it gets me pumped for the upcoming week.

Breakfast
apple cinnamon instant oatmeal
milk 0% 1/4 cup

Snack
milk 0% 1 cup
marie tea time cookie
sunflower seeds 2 tbsp

Lunch
low sodium alphabet veggie soup 1 1/2 cups
canteloup 1/2 melon

Snack
mcdonalds hot fudge sunday

Supper
smokie
white hot dog bun
ketchup and mustard 2 tbsp
mayonaise 1 tbsp
2 pieces little caesars pizza

Other
homemade caramel mocha smoothie
lite microwave popcorn 1/2 bag

P90X Day 78

I did my Plyometrics, I'm so happy with myself. Fed Wesely, bathed her, and as soon as she went to sleep I did it. No stalling or distractions today.

Today Lissy and Mom came over to help me get the house ready for the evaluation they worked on painting the back fence and cleaning my yard, which I am extremely grateful for. Then we went to a second hand store and picked out some nifty decorations for my house and tried to get curtains put up but found we had chosen the wrong size of curtain rods, that was a little disapointing.

Workout: Plyometrics
Intensity: 10 but I didn't do the bonus end bit, I just did some extra stretching

Breakfast
apple cinnamon instand oatmeal pack
milk 0% 1/4 cup

Snack
Value pack meal bar

Lunch
chicken quasadilla wrap
tornados house salad
coffee 2 cups 4 creamers 4 sugar packs

Snack
chocolate milk 1L

Supper
french toast 4 slices
low sugar syrup 4 tbsp
1 egg
1 cup 0% milk

Other
milk 0%
4 marie tea time cookies *I eat these now and then just cause I love them not for any nutrition reason.

P90X Day 77

How did my plan to eat healthy all day today go? Great, it went super untill in the evening when Wade and I got into an argument and solved it by going to Dairy Queen. Dairy Queen is an excellent problem solver. I had a flamethrower burger, fries, and a waffle bowl, mmmm I love waffle bowls I don't know if I'll ever be able to give them up completely, we shall see. Maybe one day I will learn to love salads more =/

Workout: Chest Shoulders and Tri, Ab Ripper
Intensity: 10

P90X Day 76

I'm on day 76 and I feel like giving up, I've got such good results and it's really worked, but this week has just been very discouraging because I'm not making any more progress as I haven't been eating right or getting my workout done. I don't know why all of a sudden I can't seem to eat right or get my workout in anymore I've run out of steam. Maybe it's because Wesleys been fussier than usual and caring for her has been more strenuous.

Looking over everything I've eaten today and have concluded this is my third bad day in these 76 days, and I gotta say, I feel terrible. I'm sure it's partly the heat because it's really warm in here, but I just don't feel very healthy today I've been eating way to much bad food. It's been a bad week. I hope I can do better next week. Tomorrow I'm going to do the same thing I did last monday and see if I can do a whole day of proper eating also, I'm going to call about ordering the meal shake I've been looking into getting.

I'm just discouraged about the healthy eating, I do fine in the morning it seems, but in the evenings I just eat whatevers near by which is ok when I'm in my house where there isn't really anything bad I can snack on. My mentality about food has to change, I need to be saying no more.

Today I went out to the country and spent most of the day doing things with lissy. We went for a bike ride, then swimming, and finally tanning.

I am determined not to give up. I will do better tomorrow, no excuses. I didn't come this far to give up now. I think I can get away with bad food choices, somehow I trick myself into thinking that. I can do this, and I will do it. Tomorrow will be a good day. My last week of working out and I am going to Bring It! whoo!

Breakfast
blueberries
milk 0% 1 cup
protein powder scoop

Snack
value pack bar

Lunch
hot dog
white hot dog bun
ketchup and mustard 2 tbsp
garden salad 1 1/2 cups
chocolate covered mini doughnut 3
small slice of apple pie
half spice cake square
coffee with 1 tbsp creamer and sugar

Snack
yogurt cup 1%
broccoli salad 1 cup
4 marie tea time cookies

Supper
hot dog 2
white hot dog bun
ketchup and mustard 2 tbsp
potato salad 1 cup
broccoli salad 1 cup

Other
orange smoothie cooler
pink lemonade with scoop of sherbert ice cream on top
two mcdonalds double cheese burgers
1 bag of microwave popcorn
1/4 cup reices pieces

P90X Day 75

So far in 75 days I've had two really bad eating days, and this was one of them. At least this day was better than my other one in which I ate unhealthy every meal of the day except lunch, today I had an unhelpful evening. My poor eating choices made getting motivated to do my workout difficult, "I ate so bad today what's the point" but I told myself what's going to help, doing it or not doing it. I chose the helpful option and did it, enthusiastically too.

I'm feeling pumped for the upcoming week. Tomorrow is sunday so that's stretching and then I've got my last week of lifting and then on to the recovery week and I'm done my 90 days. I'm going to see just what all this work has amounted to in the next week, my goal is to be able to do 1 pull up without using the chair by the end of all this.

Workout: Kenpo
Intensity: 10

Breakfast
blueberries
milk 0% 1 cup
protein powder scoop

Snack
value pack meal bar

Lunch
double double coffee
oatmeal date cookie

Snack
oatmeal date cookie
marie tea time cookie

Supper
potato salad 2 cups
broccoli salad 2 cups
pork chop 8 oz
apple pie 1 large slice and a regular sized slice, in retrospect I'm glad there wasn't any ice cream =/

Other
can of coke with rum
heineken mango cooler
1/2 beer
2 cups coffee
candy creamer 4 tbsp
this list is scary I drank way to many unutritious calories

P90X Day 74

It was Canada day today I'm not sure what it is that took my entire day away, but I didn't do my workout today. At the beginning my workout was first priority over any kind of house work. I think I've started to count on myself doing it in the evening to much and not trying to just fit it in wherever it will fit.

I used to nap in the morning with Wesley, then do weights during her second nap and abs at night when she fell asleep, except for yoga which I only did after she fell asleep so I wouldn't be interupted because it's the longest one and it sort of builds on itself as you become warmed up, and only if I missed doing it during her nap I would do it at night. Lately I've been counting on my nights get it all done, and my evenings have been especially busy, considering that it's summer.

After the fireworks we went to Tims and visited with Trevor, Travis, and Keirsten Then went back to countess where people where having cake and ice cream, it wasn't hard to resist those treats just after what I had at Tims.

Breakfast
strawberries
milk 0% 1 cup
protein powder scoop

Snack
value pack meal bar

Lunch
banana french toast scramble
  -2 slices rye bread
  -1 banana
  -1 egg
  -1/4 cup milk 0%
  -butter 1 tbsp
  -syrup 1 tbsp

Snack
3 scrambled eggs
black diamond marbled cheese 4oz

Supper
slow cooker beef stroganoff 3/4 cup
whole wheat noodles 1 cup
garden salad 1 1/2 cups
light caesar salad 2 tbsp

Other
whole grain orange carrot muffin
ice cap supreme with chocolate milk and mint flavour shot
double double coffee

P90X Day 73

Today I felt a little discouraged to do my yoga, I've missed more in the last two weeks than I have in the entire two months I've been going now. Missing another day isn't going to fix that so I have to do it. As I held the different possitions I started thinking about the church, the way it was described it as a "body" in that each member has a different roll to play and we depend on each other, this mentality actually helped me with the balance postures because I decided to trust each part of my body to do it's best and insead of trying to concentrate more on what I was doing I concentrated less and let the feet, legs, and arms do what they know how to do. I'm good at balance and what I've come to learn is both a mental and physical excercise if you doupt, you'll fall, you have to go for it and trust that your foot is capable of caring for it's job.
I paused at one point to go check on Wesley and procrastinated a little coming back, but I did come back.

Workout: Yoga
Intensity: 10

Breakfast
frozen mixed fruit
protein powder scoop
milk 0% 1 cup

Snack
3 eggs scrambled
black diamond marble cheese 3oz

Lunch
yogurt 0% 1 cup
2 chocolate chip cookies

Snack
value pack protein bar

Supper
homemade pizza 3 pieces
smokie
hot dog bun
ketchup 2 tbsp
mustart 1 tbsp
corn on the cob
margarine 3 tbsp

Other
m&ms 1/4 cup

P90X Day 72

So I did indeed feel great in the morning today as hoped =D I love when I get to the point in my fitness where I can actually feel the sluggish effects of bad foods, because that feeling is so undesirable it gives me motivation to stay away from them. I can eat a cookie or two and not feel it, but I remember 72 days ago I could have eaten five donuts and not notice anything, now I might be able to eat one.

During pregnancy I was reading the book, "what to expect when your expecting" and took the nutrtion section very seriously. The next stage is post natal healthy eating and excercise... after a number of failed attempts and much discouragment getting some sort of workout and nutrition program going I finally committed to P90X and am currently seeing great results!
pre P90X I was 22lbs over my prepregnancy weight and still looked like I did at 20 weeks pregnant, I've finally found a way to deal with it.

P90X Day 71

Wow I'm so happy with the results I've seen so far, I challenged myself today to see if I could eat properly all day, and I'm proud to say I did. No bad food and good foods at the right times, so yay me. I really wanted to see how good I would feel in the morning if I didn't eat anything bad today however pushing play was really tough for some reason. I procrastinated on it after Wesley went to sleep for the night but finaly just did it and felt great about doing it.
I'm really seeing a lot of progress in my lifting, I feel much stronger am doing more push ups and lifting more weight.

Breakfast
frozen mixed fruits
banana 1/2
milk 0% 1 cup
yogurt 1.4%
protein powder scoop

Snack
value pack protein bar

Lunch
campbells low sodium alphabet veggie soup 2 cups
whole wheat bread 2 slices
cheddar cheese 4oz
butter

Snack
campbells low sodium alphabet veggie soup 2 cups
marie baby cookie 1

Supper
mixed berries 1 cup
milk 0% 1 cup
kale leaf
carrot 1/2
protein scoop

Other
green tea in 0% milk
banana

P90X Progress Photos

P90X Day 2

Weight 177

I resisted a rice crispy square at countess. Later I walked half an hour from countess to home with Wesley in my arms. After supper I was still hungry somade a protein shake because after counting my daily servings I still had space for some fruit, dairy, and protein.
With a meal shake for lunch in the afternoon it looks like I'm not getting enough eggies, I better start eating veggies with my shake. Plyomentrics was really intense, more so than many of my taekwondo classes in the past. I figured I better get some nutrients after doing it, so had a recovery drink

Workout: Plyometrics
Intensity:10

Breakfast
turkey bacon 3 slices
motza cheese 2oz
presidents choice thin bun
milk 1 cup

Snack
my recovery drink
fiber 1 bar

Lunch
meal shake

Snack
yogurt cup
carrot

Supper
chicken breast 6oz
couscous 1 cup
asparagus 1 cup

Other
protein shake
recovery drink

P90X Day 1

I saw some 5 cent candy Wade had 0bought four days ago, resisting it was easier than I thought it would be. Supper at countess today, I could only eat the salad and it had more dressing than I would normally use. There was ice cream for desert, which I didn't have. I'm exchanging ice cream for abs because I believe a six pack is made in the kitchen

Workout: Chest and Back, Ab Ripper
Intensity: 10

Breakfast
chicken scramble
turkey bacon 3 pieces
apple

Snack
fiber 1 bar
my recovery drink

Lunch
meal shake

Snack
26 almonds
cheddar cheese 2oz
carrot 1

Supper
caesar salad 2 cups
clifs builder bar
chocolate milk 2 cups