P90X - Day 29

March 18, 2012

Weigh-In:
     I AM SO EXCITED!  I put a lot of effort this week into making sure I drank LOTS of water and put extra energy into my workouts. I would say that this is working in my favor since at my weigh in today I weighed in at 222.0 lbs and have have lost ....4.0 lbs for this week! Today also marks 29 days on the P90X PROGRAM!!!!! Time for my check-in and measurements :-)

Measurements:
             DAY 1         DAY 29
Weight:  236.0           222.0 ..... -14.0 lbs

Waist:      46.5             41.0 ...... -5.5

Hips:        49.0             46.5 ...... -2.5

Bust:        46.5             45.5 ...... -1.25

Ribs:        40.0             39.25 ...... -.75

Rt Thigh:  29.5             28.25 ...... -1.25

Rt Bicep:  14.5              14.0 ...... -.50
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TOTAL INCHES LOST..... 11.75

 * I'm also down 1 pant size!!!

Workout:
     I LOVE my "day of rest!" Just about the time Sunday arrives I am feeling every bit like I need a break from my workouts. It's nice to take a break and just enjoy my day. It also really helps me to get recharged for starting over again on Monday :-)
     This week coming up is a little different because my workout schedule is going to completley change. I will have all new DVD's to do and also I'm going to try and make room in my life for the "doubles" schedule, which includes workouts 2 times a day! It's seems like a lot, but I am determined to make as much progress as possible in my 90 days :-)

Diet:
     Since today is my cheat day I enjoyed some candy while watching TV with my kids. I was good and stayed in my caloric goal range so I feel that it's not really "cheating" just a poor food choice.
     My plan this month is to stick to a stricter diet than I have been so far. I've been so focused on just staying in a lower caloric range and getting my workouts done that I have neglected to plan ahead better so that I can get the proper foods into me. So you should expect my food journals to look a bit different than they have so far and well see how my new eating plan treats me at the scale! :-)

1/2 oz Smoked almonds
2 c water
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peanut butter & jelly sandwich
1 oz kettle chips
fat free tapioca pudding
2 c water
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diet soda
5 gummy worms
4 starbursts
4 andies mints
1/6 of a large hershey's bar
2 c water
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v8 juice
p90x recovery drink
2 c water
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protein granola bar
2 c water
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v8 juice
2 c water
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1620 cals

~ Laura ~

P90X - Day 22

March 11, 2012

Weigh-In:
     Today’s weigh-in was 226.0…. 2lbs lost! That means that in just 21 days I have lost 10lbs! This makes me very happy since I expected with my stress filled week that I would not make any change on the scale. This also gives me more enthusiasm to try extra hard this coming week to keep it off!

Workout:
     Since I had such sedentary days thurs-sat, I decided to participate in some “active-rest” activities today. Active Rest activities would be exercising in a low-impact manner. Some examples would be walking, light hiking, light biking, stretching/yoga anything that keeps you moving but is not making your heart or muscles workout.
     I popped in the STRETCH X dvd from my P90X collection and had a very peaceful time stretching & relaxing every muscle in my body!

Diet:
     Today is my extra high calorie day, but since I had one earlier this week I kept it in the low range of high calorie. It was my foster sons birthday today so we had party food. I did ok on cake but lost control on the butterfinger ice cream :-) Still a major improvement from all the previous birthdays where I had the HUGE piece of cake AND the 3 scoops of ice cream!
1c shredded wheat
¾ c milk
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10 slices salami
1 cheese stick
1 triscuit cracker
3 c water
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V8 juice
3 c water
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4 oz tilapia
1 c yellow rice
1 c caezar salad
2 slices irish soda bread
Butter
3 c water
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Diet dr pepper
Very small piece birthday cake
Sour straws
1 ½ scoops ice cream
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2192 cals

~Laura~

P90X - Day 15

March 4, 2012

Weigh-In:

     Today's weight was..... 228.0, YEAH even with my week of skipping workouts I was able to take off a little bit of weight. I'll take the additional 1.8 lbs that is gone!

Workout:
     AHHHHHH Sunday my day of rest! I so enjoy you :-) No workout for me today, just church and beautiful sunshine today!
Diet:
     Sunday is not only my day of rest, but also my weigh-In and diet "Cheat" day - now I assure you that I am not going to use it as an excuse to gorge, but I have read and most of my skinny friends attest to enjoying a built in "cheat" day in their schedules. It is suppose to make sticking to a regimented eating plan easier as well as trick your body out of the starvation mode it can get into from too many low-calorie days. Studies show that by upping your calories (just 200-300 cals) on a random day each week that you can actually drop weight more quickly and avoid plateaus, thus see better overall results. Here's my journal:

1 c. oatmeal w/flax
2 c water
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v8 juice
fruit & nut bar
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whole wheat bread
4 slices lean ham
Dijon mustard
2 slices low fat cheese
1/4 c sprouts
2 c water
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3 Cinnamon bears
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1 1/2 c Shepard's pie w/ cheese
2 c Caesar salad w/ croutons
diet Dr. Pepper
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1 scoop ice cream
2 c water
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1720 cals
2 c water


~Laura~

P90X - Day 8

February 19, 2012

Weigh-In :
     Today is Sunday and it is my P90X rest day. The workouts are 6 days with 1 rest day per week, then you start your rotation again. Today concludes my first week of the workouts and also celebrates my longest run on the program ever!!!!

Today was also weigh-in day..... lost 6.2lbs!!!! I'm now 229.8lbs. WHOO HOO!  - I know mostly water weight, but I'm happy to get rid of some bloating!

My focus this week is on my Eating Plan. I know I have not spent any time explaining this and that is because I have been easing myself into these high protein meals and lowering my carbohydrate intake. Now that you have been introduced to the actual workouts, my post will consist of recipes, menu ideas, tweaks made to my workout routines to "bring it" even more and motivational information.