Being Lazy
Man, I’m off my P90X routine and it is killing me. I haven’t done a proper workout since Wednesday of last week (though I did play a solid hour of Ultimate Frisbee on Saturday) and I am having difficult time motivating myself to get moving.
I’ve an epic excuse: I did the Shakeology three-day cleanse on Thursday-Friday-Saturday and, even with added fruit and the permitted chicken salad every day, my energy was down. My body has been used to a pretty significant amount of calories with the P90X diet, and the Shakeology cleanse (three Shakeology shakes a day for three days, with aforementioned fruit and a chicken salad if you’re still hungry) left me wanting. So I slacked off and skipped my P90X workouts in favor of napping or loafing.
I DID lose 5.7 pounds in three days. It was amazingly satisfying to see the Wii Fit downgrade me from Obese to Overweight for the first time ever, and I’ve finally started to notice my T-shirts and jeans fitting me differently.
FORWARD TO NOW
Well, I haven’t done a workout in several days. I tried to get excited about doing one this evening and I just couldn’t get on with it. I’m having some minor stomach-related issues, but I’m not going to lie and say that I definitely would’ve done the workout had my stomach been 100%.
It’s really tough for me to break this inertia, but I know, like the almost decade-long inertia that I broke when I started P90X, that it’s possible. I’m pretty stubborn, though. I’ll do it…tomorrow.
Yoga X Soundtrack: Avant-Garde Version
If you HAVE to have In-N-Out on the P90X diet…
PHASE 1: How I Did
Last week I finished up Phase 1 of P90X. It was tough, but I made it through. You could even say that maybe I enjoyed it a little bit. (Which is actually a HUGE step for me, Mr. I-Hate-Sweating.)
I’ve progressed in every single one of my workouts. I’ve kept track of my reps and weights for the M-W-F lifting workouts and have improved each time I’ve done the workouts. Unfortunately, I skipped a day of Arms & Shoulders and a day of Legs & Back because of traveling and extenuating circumstances. I also didn’t do much Yoga X and missed at least one Kenpo X workout. So I decided to extend Phase 1 for a week. No big deal.
But, since I’ve been doing this for 30 days, I re-weighed and measured myself yesterday. (I took pictures too, but they’re not worth posting.)
My weight stayed the same, but I went from 24.1 to 22.4% Body Fat, a significant change.
I lost about an inch around my chest and my belly respectively, and gained about an inch each around my biceps. (The spreadsheet is here.)
The biggest change is that I don’t hate working out anymore. Wow, it even looks weird to type it. Well, gotta go get ready for Plyometrics tonight!
P90X Recovery Drink: it’s got what you need.
Order some here in delicious* “smooth orange” flavor: http://bit.ly/workindadBB
*seriously
Make your P90X lifting workout (e.g. Legs & Back) go quicker with some progressive metal from Mastodon.
My mushroom omelet turned into more of a scramble.
One of the things I was worried about when I started P90X was not getting any better. I worried that I wouldn’t push myself hard enough and I would just be doing the same number of repetitions with the same weight every time I did a workout.
So I took Tony’s advice in the DVDs and started making notes during the lifting workouts (Monday-Wednesday-Friday). Being the nerd that I am, I decided to use Google Documents to keep track.
Take a look at my progress over the last three weeks of P90X Chest & Back. I’ve increased reps almost everywhere, as well as increasing the weight I’m using when we use weight! Exciting!
KEY: 12L&13R @ 25 means 12 reps with my Left arm and 13 reps with my Right arm using 25 pound weights.
Kenpo X makes me feel like Batman.
