August 19

Where to begin since I haven't blogged in sometime.  Well, my weight still isnt' really coming down.  I'm still around 201.  I'm OK with that right now.  Not a big deal.  

Last week I missed Saturday's workout (sick kids).  This week I missed Monday's workout (sick kids).  I've tried my best to stick with the routine though.  I'm going to keep trying though and not give up.  I'd only be letting myself down.  

This morning I attempted to workout, but it didn't go well.  I didn't really sleep.  I think I fell asleep around midnight and I was up around 1 with Kiera.  Then 5:30 to workout.  My body wasn't ready for it.  I stretched, no issues there.  I was attempting to do cardio (P90 Disc 1 - cardio).  When it came time for jumping jacks, running in place, run lunges - I felt my lungs start to hurt with the jumping jacks because I was breathing hard and forcing myself to push through it.  I brought the pace down for the running in place.  Then came time for run lunges.  When I first started them I felt my back tighten up a little from the center of my back to all extremeties.  It took me back for a second, I took a 15 second break and then tried again and then it did it again, but it hurt more.  At that point I decided to listen to my body and not continue.  It is clear my body was not up for this workout.  It is tired, sore, I'm fighting off a cold (thanks kids!).  I'm pretty miserable actually - missing these workouts are not helping me.  There is currently no pressure at work (boss is on vacation) but lots of pressure at home.  The big party is next week and the house isn't even close to ready.  NOT EVEN CLOSE!.  Just frustrating I guess.  

OK - ending this post.  I wanted to make a concious effort to post and I did that.  Moving on.

August 12

Very difficult last night with sick kids.  Definitely didn't get up and workout this morning as I was up for about 3 hrs in the middle of the night.  Sucked.  However I was determined not to be sidetracked.  Did my workout tonight.  P90 Disc 1 Cardio - skipped power yoga, but did do abs.  Weighed in at 201.2 lbs.  

August 11

Again, despite not updating/blogging regularly I have continued to stay on my workout schedule.  It hasn't been easy, but I'm doing it.  

Not sure the last time I blogged, but today was P90 Disc1 Strength.  I kicked ass.  I did all the reps as I was supposed to.  However I upped my weights on my back & bicep exercises.  I still feel good.  After all that I still managed to play with the kids in the pool, mow the front & back yard at a very fast pace.  I feel real good.  Better than I have felt in a while, a long while.  My weight isn't where I want it.  I'm still over 200 lbs, but I look and feel better.  Better about myself.  I have more energy than I've had in years.  It's great.  Time to get some rest so I can get up early and do tomorrow's workout.  

August 8

Dragging @ss.  No doubt about it.  

Christie and I went out yesterday and we went to the CBS Scene restaurant.  Food was OK, but I still managed to over-stuff myself.  Didn't drink any water.  We also went to the movies and I had a box of Goobers.  

Didn't sleep well at all.  Probably fell asleep around 1 and up at 5 to do my workout.  

Today was P90 Disc 1 - Cardio.  Skipped power yoga and my stomach which was very upset told me to skip abs.  lol  

Weight this morning was 202.6lbs.

August 6

It has become clear to me that I may simply not be able to blog (aka journal) every day of this.  Yesterday being another clear example as I didn't have the time at all to mess around with that.  

Yesterday I was back down to 202.2 lbs.  I did P90 Disc 1 Cardio.  Completely skipped power yoga (probably just not going to do it ever.  lol)  Did do abs. 

 

Today I did P90 Disc 1 Strength (Sculpt) or whatever you want to call it.  Did everything.  

Honestly right now I feel really good.  I'm accustomed to getting up at 5AM, putting on shorts, socks grabbing my sneakers and heading down to the basement to workout.  Then just getting to it.  I was worried because today is the first weekend day that I had to workout and I knew I wasn't going to be able to follow that same routine.  I didn't get to start my workout until about 8AM, after being up for a couple hours.  That being said, I knew once I started and finished that first set of 15 pushups that I had this.  I knew despite not eating anything yet and not getting as much sleep as prior nights, I was going to do every bit of this workout.  I did.  Feels real good.  

Next workout on Monday.  6 days on, 1 day off.  I'm OK with that now.  Let's see how that goes.

August 4

I did manage to work out yesterday.  I was weighing in at a nice plumb 204.4 lbs.  That being said I did manage to do P90 Disc 1 Cardio.  I did NOT entirely skip power yoga.  However, after about 1 minute of it I decided another time would be best to work on that.  lol  I did also finally do abs.  The workout was really hard and I was still really sore from my "day 2" workout.  I was still happy I did it.

Today I did P90 Disc 1 Sculpt.  I felt pretty good.  There were definitely some things that previously I was not able to do a full set of and this time I did.  An example would be the 7-7-7 when you do 7 pushups with a very wide grip, then immediately switch to 7 pushups with close-in grip, then 7 normal pushups.  The first time I tried it on day 2 I did something like 7-7-4.  LOL  This time I got it all.  The dips, first time I did 10 instead of 15 and this time I got the whole 15.  

My weight today was an even 203 lbs.  I'm not really worrying about the weight at this time because honestly l'm just trying to develop some consistency here.  If I get to the point where I feel my progress (in weight loss & appearance) are not what I had hoped for despite my efforts I can guarantee you I will circle back to the nutrition aspect of things.  I'm just not at that point yet.  Personally I don't see the point in throwing everything into the mix at once and see what happens.  Next week will be especially challenging because Christie is gone on a much deserved mini-vacation for a few days.  I can't make excuses now though.  I have to find a way to get it done and I will.

August 2

Scale said 203.8lbs today.  Whatever.  F-You scale.  

Managed to do P90 Disc 1 Sculpt.  Still no abs, but it will come.

A new beginning

I started today at 202 lbs.

This morning I completed P90 Disc 1 - Cardio. Skipped the power yoga & abs due to time restrictions.

Overall I feel fantastic since that workout. Looking forward to tomorrow.