Once more, with feeling

So, I was kind of a failure last time around. I mean, I completed it, but didn't really make much difference in my weight or appearance. My fitness level was obviously improved but my goal of losing weight and inches was a disaster. I just finished my first week for the second time around and I am fully committed. I WILL see progress this time. I won't weigh in again till the end of this month, tho - the past month of utter debauchery makes me afraid of the scale. Promise to reveal where I am after the first new month.

The Light at the End of the Tunnel

Well, I have just about two weeks left! It's pretty crazy that I actually made it this far. On Saturday morning when I did Ab Ripper X I completed the full 25 reps of every single exercise, and the full 40 reps of the Mason Twist at the end. I cried. Literal tears came down when I realized that I had done it. The first time I did this session, I could barely do 10 or so of most of the exercises, and I couldn't even lift my legs during the Mason Twist. If nothing else, this was a major accomplishment for me. I may still be eating like a porker, but my endurance and strength have absolutely improved! Tonight, the back session with supa hot Timmy. Rowr. I can't believe I only get that particular DVD twice during these whole three months!! That guy should be one of the main stars.

Phase 3, Week 2 - DONE

Whew! I love love love love looooooooooooove the new workout that is in the mix - Back and Biceps. It's super fun, because I love using weights, but also I am madly in love with Timmy. Sorry, Daniel - this guy is crazy gorgeous. Anyway, I really enjoyed adding a new one and mixing up the order a bit. This phase is way different in that it's 5 weeks and the lineup is different every other week. I like it. I even had to write out a calendar to keep myself straight so I know which workouts to do and when. It's going well! Not with the food so much (ugh) but I am really pushing myself on the workouts and it feels great!

Phase 3 Has Begun

Well, I took my pics and measurements and started to get them ready to upload and... I see no diff. I am just so not photogenic. I KNOW my arms and abs are way more sculpted than they were but it doesn't really come across in the pics. My measurements are pretty much the same. My chest went down about an inch, and my arms went UP half an inch each, but I am getting so much definition in them that I love it.

Mostly I just can't stop eating! UGH! Oh, well. My main goal was just proving to myself I could do this. Now I am so close to being done and I WILL do it. When I first started, my one and only problem area as far as the schedule is coming up this weekend - I am going to Vegas! It really didn't turn out to be a problem. I am just going to have Saturday as my day off and do the Saturday workout on Friday. Problem solved. We will see just how bad I am in Vegas, tho...

Week 7 - Day 3

Well, I am on my way to finishing my 7th week and I am getting kind of discouraged. I am REALLY having a bad time with the eating part. This time of year is always bad for me. A year ago last week I was at my lowest weight, which is about 15 pounds lower than I am now. Then I just lost it and went a little nuts for a few months. I ended the year in bad shape and have been on a yo-yo so far this year. I really thought doing P90X would get me back on track but it really doesn't seem to be working. I will be super amazingly good during the week and then the weekends just blow me out of the water. This past holiday weekend I was particularly awful. So, I am still plugging away but my hopes are diminishing that I will see any actual progress next week at the end of month 2.

Tonight was my third shot at the chest session. I still hate it. I am totally worthless at pushups. I don't see to be getting any better. *sigh* I won't give up tho!

Week 5 - Day 3

The chest/arms workout sucks. I hate this workout. HATE HATE HATE. Whew ok, now that I got that out, I will explain. First of all, if this was the first P90X workout I tried, I would have turned it off 10 minutes in and never tried another one. Tony is obnoxious, annoying, creepy - it's bad. He keeps going up with his face in the camera, all crazy eyed, barely explains or demonstrates anything, and is just generally everything I hate about workout videos. If that weren't bad enough, the exercises themselves are awful. Most of them are variations on push ups, which I can barely do anyway, but now you want me to do a push up and CLAP in between? Um, ok. I almost broke my wrists trying that. I was literally whining and on the verge of tears during this session. I felt like such a failure.

I do NOT look forward to next Monday. :o(

Week 5 - Day 2

Well, I took my pics and measurements yesterday... and the pics are ALLLL weird. Somehow, Brandon was like, tilting the camera or something and my head is all enormous and the perspective is bizarre and off. So strange!! I decided I would rather retake them next weekend than try to get them to work as is for comparison's sake.

Here are the measurements, tho!

• Waist - 31 (down 1.5)
• Hips - 38.5 (same)
• Right bicep - 11.5 (down 1)
• Left bicep - 11.75 (down .75)
• Right thigh - 21 (same)
• Left thigh - 21.5 (same)
• Bust - 39.5 (down .5)

So, there's definite progress but not nearly as much as I would like. The eating just needs to be way more under control. That's the bottom line. I feel great about the exercise but I know I need to really buckle down on the weekends. I have no excuses, just a horrible lack of will power! I had hoped that all the hard work I do exercising would make me not want to be bad with the food, but it doesn't seem to have curbed my desire for the dirty at all. Something's gotta give!