Day 6 - Kenpo X

Kenpo is kind of a fun workout.  You work pretty hard, but it goes by pretty quick.  There is a lot of punching and kicking.  This is not my favorite workout, but it still burns up a few calories.  This will also help me with some conditioning over time as well.  I hope.  I hate the blocking combination part of the video.  I got so confused and they moved so fast, I just stood there and stared at the TV for a minute.  Most of it was not too bad though. 

I am sure I didn't drink enough water yesterday.  I had some at each meal, but didn't have anything in between.  I still have to keep working on that.  6 days with no pop and I'm still here.  Not many cravings for it yet.  Overall I ate okay for the day.  My legs and butt are still super sore though.  Hopefully next week will be better.

Day 5 - Legs and Back with Ab Ripper X

Yikes.  Either my legs are weak or that was a brutal workout.  About half way through, my legs were getting wobbly.  Even simple lunges were getting pretty hard to do.  I got through most of it, but it was not easy.  My legs were already sore going into into the workout.  Those wall squats and groucho walks were not fun.  Hopefully I'll get a little stronger and will be able to get through it a little better.  The ab video is still rough.  My legs were too sore to do some of the leg raises.  I'll get there.  I still felt like I had a good ab workout.

I've got to continually work on my water intake.  It's not where I want it to be yet.  Maybe that's why I'm still so sore.  I slammed a protein drink after the workout last night though.  I had a sandwich from Schlotzky's for lunch and some homemade steak/tortellini stew last night.  The stew was awesome.  I'll have to make it again.  I munched on some pretzels and almonds during the day.  Week 1 is almost in the books.  Can't wait to move on to Week 2.

Day 4 - Yoga

That's right, I did yoga last night.  And it was an hour and a half video.  I don't really know how to describe it.  The first half of the video was a lot of balance poses.  I did okay.  I still have a lot of work to do on flexibility and leg strength in order to do better.  The yoga will definetly help me loosen up and get more flexible if I keep it up.  The second half of the video was mainly stretching exercises.  This will help me a lot.  My hips and legs are not very flexible.  I was even touching my toes by the end of the video.  I'm actually looking forward to working on my flexiblity more.  That is one of the goals of this program for me. 

In terms of my food and water intake yesterday, I faltered a bit.  I ate some pretzels and nutri-grain bar yesterday.  But I also had a chicken sandwich and fries from Arby's.  Probably not the best, but I forget to pack a lunch.  For dinner, we were out running around and I had a bowl of chili and a small fry.  I keep telling myself that was better than a cheeseburger.  I don't know.  I stuck to water all day, except for a tea at lunch.  I need to keep working on my liquid intake.  That is hard to do. 

Day 3 - Shoulders & Arms and Ab Ripper X

I have made it through three days.  Only 87 more.  The workout was pretty tough once again.  My shoulders and chest were still pretty sore from day one.  I managed to do the whole video.  I didn't do all the reps that were suggested, but I did pretty good.  I may need to find some different weights also.  Some require more weight and some less than wha I have.  The ab video is still a killer.  I think I did a few more than last time, but the ab region was still pretty sore.  Overall a pretty good workout.

I ate pretty good until dinner.  I had a nutri-grain bar, some almonds, and some tangerines.  One hot pocket for lunch, but had 2 pieces of pizza for dinner.  I'm not sure if I had enough water again, but I'm trying.  At this rate, I'll lose weight just from peeing every 20 minutes.  I'm still sticking to the plan pretty good.  Tonight is yoga night.  Oh boy.

Day 2 - Plyometrics

Last night was the plyometrics video.  It doesn't sound hard, just a lot of jumping around and squats.  But, I was sweating pretty good.  My legs had a pretty good burn going on as well.  I was able to do the whole video, but it was pretty rough.  Chest and back was tough, but I had a lot of time to rest since my arms gave out on push ups and pull ups.  The ply video definitly burned a few calories.  My legs aren't super sore today, but maybe that's still coming.  My shoulders are still pretty sore from day 1 though.

I think I came pretty close to my goal on water.  I did have an ice tea for dinner, but water the rest of the day and a small chocolate milk after my workout.  My post workout snack also included a banana with some peanut butter, which was awesome.  I had some spaghetti for dinner and a sandwich and soup for lunch.  Made it without pop again.  I'm over 2 percent done with the program already.  I'm feeling pretty good so far.  The caffeine headaches are slowly going away.  On to day 3.

Day 1 - Chest & Back with Ab Ripper X

Day 1 is in the books.  I forgot how rough the push up/pull up combo is.  In regards to the video, I felt I did okay.  The push up portion was okay.  I ended up doing over 80 different types of push ups.  The pull up portion was not so good.  I don't even think I did over 20.  I did the whole video except for the very last set of pullups and back flys.  It wasn't going to happen.  I did the workout a little too soon after eating dinner and was feeling a sick toward the end.  I had to take about a 45 minute break before going back to do Ab Ripper X.  I probably only did about 25-30 percent of that.  My biggest problem was my hips cramping on me during some of the crunches.  I need to work pretty hard on my flexibility.  Day 3 will be my next chance at Ab Ripper X. 

I felt that I ate pretty good all day.  Nutri-grain bar, banana, some nuts, and a health bar.  I had one hot pocket for lunch and some chicken and biscuits for dinner.  I think I came pretty close to my goal of 64 ounces of water.  No pop all day either.  I had a little headache all day.  That Dr. Pepper was calling my name.  Also, I noticed the boxes of donuts sitting around yesterday.  Come on people.

I'm pretty sore in my shoulders, but I'm doing okay.  This video is one tough mother.  I'm glad I only have to do it four more times.  I am on to day 2. 

It Begins

Today is day 1 on my P90X journey.  I hope to record every workout and how I'm feeling.  As well as how I'm eating.  One of my goals is obviously to finish the 90 days, but to eat better and get in better shape.  Hopefully with the site, I can share how I'm doing and maybe get some encouragement along the way.  I've done some of the videos before and they are not easy.  I want to prove to myself that I can get it done.  I have a few small goals along the way as well.  I'm going to do the videos every day.  (Even the damn yoga.)  I am going to not drink pop for 90 days.  (Goodbye Dr. Pepper.)  Right now, my plan is to do all the videos in the evenings after the kids go to bed.  I will record how each workout went the following day.  That's the plan anyway.  I've already had my blueberry nutri-grain bar and I'm ready to go.