P90X January Starters, TGIF!!!

[Fit_mommy]

Classic/Phase 3/Week 11/Day 6

OMG, I think I am FINALLY going to finish week 11! Took forever, didn't it!?! LOL It's Leg and Back/ARX for me today.

I did the first 45 minutes of Yoga X last night. It felt good but it's all I could handle at the time. I like the work out but it's tough to convince myself to do the ENTIRE thing. I am definately noticing improvements in my flexibilities/capabilities since starting with the X. My goal is to continue to do some yoga on a weekly basis even after the X is over with. I hope I can stick to it.

I am tired. I went to bed nice and early but my dog started barking and woke me up and then it was hard for me to fall back to sleep. ACK! x(

I looked in the mirror and got on the scale this morning...my belly has finally lost the darn bloat from eating cr@p and the scale is now only 1 pound up from my last X weigh-in as opposed to the FIVE it had been up previously! ~PHEW~ What a relief!!!

Okay, I'm outta here for now. BBL!

 

[Poochy]

Morning ladies ..
(phase 3 - week 13 - recovery-classic)

Wendy .. congrats on the weight loss (again) .. I have your bloat today .. not only is PMS monster sneaking up on me .. I did as I said after my HORRIBLE work day .. after an AWESOME power yoga .. went home and consumed SEVERAL coors lights .. aaahhhhh .. felt better .. much better!! but feel the bloat today! Oh well .. the price I gotta pay huh?

I am sore from power yoga .. my abs .. and mainly my butt!! ouch! For some reason my butt cramps every time I do the standing split pose .. LOL ... bad to cramp up in front of class and you have to grit it out .. but it was a good class! SIL is still sore from Wednesday's workouts .. LOL

And YES .. I wish I could adopt you Nancy as my SIL .. wish all of us could meet .. and workout together .. that would be awesome .. we each could pick something that we excell in and inflict the torture on one another .. hey gotta have something to torture us after the X right???

OK .. today is rest day .. doing NOTHING .. but being busy at work ..it is insane here .. collecting ..and first of the month .. checks drop and it gets super busy .. insanely busy .. I will be spent by the time 5:00 rolls around ..

ok .. if I get a chance I will check in later .. have a great day .. and super workouts!!!:7

 

[nancy156]

Congratulations to everyone losing weight these days!!! I haven't stepped on a scale. I'm scared!

I'ts pretty quiet around here today. It's always like this on a Friday (Monday being the worst - every kid feels sick that day - including me). It's also the last day before spring break which this year is long. We don't return until April 11. Aaaaa...my bed is already calling me to stay in it past 5:30.

Laura, I hear you on the Coors light making you feel soooo much better. I went to dinner with the girls the other night and between the four of us we devoured three bottles of Sangria. It felt so good to unwind...............

I'm going to a Chinese Auction tonight. They're always a lot of fun. Last year I won a dinner cruise for 4 around Manhattan. It was very nice and definitely made up for the money I spent.

I'm really going to try to step-up my workouts during this break from work. I hope it remains nice out too so that I can take it outside some days.

Okay, enjoy your day!!!

Nancy

 

[angie_nrs]

Hi gang

Wendy I think I have the same workout on tap for me today too. I'm gonna try the ARX first and see how that goes. Great job on the lost pounds My weigh in day is today - I hope I can do as well as you did.

Laura - Glad you got a chance to blow off some steam. What is it that you do? Are you a bill collector or something? If so, you could come to Michigan and get tons of work. Nobody here is making any money and times are REALLY tough. Our governor is an idiot!x( I digress.....

Nancy - My kids have spring break starting today too. They just had half a day today and next week is going to be rainy and cold - figures I at least hope Easter is nice. Have fun at your auction tonight.

Marcia - so do dish - how's the sleep number bed? I have been thinking about getting one of these for a long time now, but just have a hard time shelling out so much money for a bed. I talked to one person who had one and she said it was the one thing she wished she had kept from her divorce. I'd love to hear what you think.

BBL all - and have a great weekend!!

Angie

 

[rmrmr]

Hi Everyone,

I had to come in to work today I didn't workout this morning either since I didn't get up early enough. It was supposed to be kickmax. I'll do kickmax and a lower body weight workout tomorrow.
DS and I saw Brigde to Terabithia. We both thought it was pretty good.

Wendy-it sounds like your back in full swing with the X. Yeah, your almost done!!! Keep up the good work.

Laura-Wow, it sounds like you needed a night of relaxing after all the busy-ness going on right now.

Nancy-hope you have a wonderful spring break. Sleep in until you want, workout when you want-sounds pretty good doesn't it!

Angie-I haven't done stepworks in ages. I remember I really liked it and thought it was fun. I do recall not liking the cool down section though, it's a little too dancy for me.

Marcia-where are you?????

Have a great day everyone.

Diana

 

[Poochy]

<<<Laura - Glad you got a chance to blow off some steam. What is it that you do? Are you a bill collector or something>>>

I work for a utility company .. I work mainly in collections .. final bills .. active collections (cutting power for nonpay) .. merchandise collections .. small claims .. bankruptcies .. and I am the business manager's secretary .. PLUS .. when shorthanded I get the joy of filling in on the cashiers window and sales floor (I am the go to girl ..LOL) ..

so my day is filled w/complaints .. angry people .. crying people .. and on the very rare occasion appreciative people .. I have heard every excuse in the book .. and usually can tell when it is a load of crap .. but the ones that bother me are the elderly .. the ones that are really down on their luck .. I feel so bad .. but then someone usually comes in and shows their rear ends and cusses me out for cutting them off b/c they did not pay ... and the day quickly rolls on!! LOL

so now you know why I have to work off some steam after work .. I would be a total #### if I did not work out my frustrations!!:7

 

[Fit_mommy]

Hey Ladies.

Well, I cheated. LOL I wasn't feelin' a work out this afternoon and DEFINATELY wasn't feeling L&B/ARX for some reason sooooo I grabbed Cathe's HSTA and the pull up torture from legs and back and combined them into this:

Leg Press round 1
Squats
Reverse Grip Chin Ups
Leg Press round 2
Plie Squats round 1
Wide Front Pull Ups
Leg Press round 3
Hover Squats round 1
Close Grip Overhand Pull Ups
Leg Press (2 sets) round 4
Sit n Stands round 1
Switch Grip Pull Ups
Plie Squats round 2
Hover Squats round 2
Sit n Stands round 2

It wasn't as tough or as thorough as L&B but it will suffice. I actually didn't get any calf work in so I just may have to pop in L&B and do Tony's calf burner later. }( I also haven't worked abs as of yet so I'll need to do that as well!

BBL!:+

 

[angie_nrs]

You girls are so inventive with your own workouts. I wish I was. I just like to pop in a workout, do it, and be done. I'm not very creative.:-(

I did L&B and ARX or should I say I did ARX and then L&B. It's certainly a different twist. The beginning of ARX was much easier but it caught up with me soon enough. I was sweating at the endof ARX. Then L&B was definitely a challenge at the end!}(

Today was weigh in day and I was down another 1.5 pounds before the workout and up 1 pound post workout. Needless to say I took the before weight to write in my journal. The after weight must be the 1.5 liters of water I chugged with my workout. Now, I'm down 20 pounds total!!!;-) I'm so glad I met Tony!

Wow Laura! Yikes with your job - must be incredibly stressful. I have to track down deadbeats with my job sometimes too, but thankfully it doesn't happen very often. Well, I think I'll drink one with you tonight. :7 Cheers!!

Have a terrific weekend all - don't forget to check in:7 It gets lonely in here on the weekends. LOL

Angie

 

[Fit_mommy]

The calf raises from L&B and ARX are done! Now I can relax. LOL

Tomorrow will be a TM run...

Good night all!