Week 13

So. This is the last week of the program. How did I do? Let's take stock:

• I started this blog and deleted it twice. 
• When I finally decided to keep it going I posted sporadically at best. 
• I slacked on many of the workouts in Phase 3. 
• I slacked on my eating in Phase 3. 
• I lost 6.5 pounds and a couple of body fat percentage points. 
• I lost several inches and had to take in a few of my skirts. 

Total progress: not what I had hoped, through no one's fault but my own.

I do really like the P90X. I don't enjoy doing the workouts but they work! I like that I am pushed beyond what I would normally do. Of course I can choose to turn off the video or not do the workout on any given day, but by the same token, if I choose to, I can push myself past my current fitness level to achieve a higher level and more weight loss.

So here's the plan:

• Finish this week well by eating right and doing all the workouts. 
• Take next week off from working out since I'll be out of town. 
• Pay attention to my eating next week...enjoy the holiday but not go overboard.
• Start the Classic version (I was doing the Lean version-easier) of the program the Monday after we get back. 
• Carry on.  
• Continue to carry on.  
• Blog more regularly.   

Some things to think about: Why do I get jealous of my husband's great success (he looks better and is healthier than he's EVER been, including when we were first married and young and strong!) when I have the ability to do the same thing? Why do I sabotage all my efforts when I first see some progress? Do I need to just quit analyzing the whole thing and just do it? Thoughts? Anyone?

Week 11

I'm in the middle of Week 11, out of 13 weeks. I have lost several points in my body fat content, several pounds, and several inches. All in all I'm happy so far with my progress, but I think I can do better. I can be more committed, and more strict with myself.

When I finish the program, the week before Thanksgiving (yikes! that's only two weeks from now! Where has the year gone??) I'm going to roll it over and do it again. The P90X is designed for people who have some kind of base fitness level...of which I had none. Nada. Zip. Zero. I liked to flatter myself that because I used to work out regularly in a gym and had lost about 30 pounds at one point that I was still in decent shape. Hah. That was in another lifetime, before I gained the 30 back and more and stopped working out all together. Now I know what to expect from the program, and I know that I will get out of it as much as I put into it. I can keep up with the workouts better, though I can't complete them all the way like the video P90X grad people can. So for these reasons, I'll roll it over and do it again. My hub is moving up to another program, probably P90X Plus or something along those lines, but I'm not there yet. I will be though, eventually!

I have also discovered, in these last few weeks of eating better and working out regularly, that I am much more energetic in general, and more motivated to do things that need to be done. Certain tasks that used to be pure drudgery are just tasks now. I am totally, 100 percent, completely, unequivocally convinced that nutrition and exercise play a huge huge huge role in our general disposition. We really are what we eat. Plenty of info on that all over the net, so I won't try to justify it here, but it's very true. And exercise is a major mood-booster, in addition to all it's other benefits.

Can't Think of a Title. So I Won't.

Still at it. Last night was yoga and my husband and I did it together since we both had the same workout that day. (We're both doing the P90X but different programs...some days our workouts are the same, other days they are not). At first I did NOT want to do it with him...I prefer to work out without input from anyone except the video! Anyway, we did it together and it was great! I pushed myself harder than I think I normally would have. Before the workout I was totally exhausted and I did NOT want to work out, but I did it anyway, and I was SO glad!

Today's will be difficult...we have no power at home right now...I'm in S'buck at the moment so I can get caught up on some stuff on line. Maybe the power will be on by the time we get back. We've had quite a bit of rain with wind today, so maybe that has something to do with it.

Anyway.

Eating...ehh...not great. I'm not going over the top or anything, but I've been a bit slack. Gotta get that back under control.

Over and out. Back to your lives, citizens.

I'm back.

I deleted my blog. I had a fit of discouragement and threw the baby out with the bathwater. Then I was over at Mel's and discovered that she has me on her blog roll. Very cool! I didn't even know! Thanks, Mel!

It was what I needed to spur me on.

So.

Here's the deal: I've been doing the P90X for five weeks. I started out with all motivation and started losing weight, blogging daily about the workouts and all things related. Then I got lazy to the point that the last two weeks I've totally lost my mojo. Or whatever. Quit blogging about it. Slacked on my workouts. Slacked on my eating. Deleted my blog.

But I'm back. Thanks again Mel!!! Just seeing that she had me on her blogroll was what I needed to realize I'm really not alone in this weight loss journey even though sometimes it feels like I'm alone with the buttered popcorn and cherry cheesecake and the P90X mocking me in the background.

However.

I am not alone.

I can do this.

So I will.

I'm back and I'm back with a vengeance.

Please leave comments. I will write back and we can encourage each other!