Hi everyone,
The end of Week One!! This morning I did StretchX. Very, very nice. I appreciated the wrist and triceps stretches at the start. Since I didn't do any intense workout today, and slept in two hours later than usual, I decided to skip the Bar and Recovery Drink. What do you all do on your rest day? Eat it, skip it, or sub something else? Oh, I also ate the dessert at the company dinner party last night (my bad), so I figured this was a reasonable way of balancing out the calories. The dessert was a small serving of creme brulee in a chocolate wafer bowl. The dinner was a vegetable soup, mixed green salad with almonds and mandarin oranges, a spritz of asian dressing, salmon & shrimp wellington, saffron rice (about 1/3 cup), and grilled veggies on a skewer. I passed on the rolls, butter, crackers, and alcohol. All of the portions were on the reasonable side, so I think I managed to stay pretty close to the plan. Good enough, anyway, that I don't feel bad about it. And it was tasty good! The interesting thing was that I didn't actually want the dessert. It came as part of the meal, so I told myself that maybe I would only have one bite, then leave the rest. Well, you know how one bite leads to two, then three....BUT if I hadn't had that dessert placed in front of me I never would have ordered one, nor felt deprived by it. And once I finished the dessert, I didn't feel a big craving for more, which is what usually happens. I think I'm out of calorie-deficit mode (been in that for years, I think), and it's neat to see that food doesn't have the same power over me that it used to have. Perhaps I should count that as a victory in itself, and say that if I don't lose an ounce with P90X, at least I've regained my eating equilibrium. I haven't felt any strong food cravings since about the 3rd day of the program. Hopefully this will translate into a better ability to sit down and concentrate on my academic work. I lost that ability some time ago, and I'm coming to realize that maybe it was all about being hungry.
And it's making my emails get longer and longer x(
I'm supposed to do Chest & Back for the second time tomorrow, and I have to say that I'm dreading it. Not a good attitude. I need to think of those push and pull ups as a challenge ("Do your best and forget the rest"). I'm heartened by reading that a number of people persevered through it for a number of weeks, then were finally successful in doing a full pull/chin up. It's not so much that I MUST be successful in doing a pull up; just that I want to know that my modified versions are still doing me some good. They aren't a whole lot of fun to do, so I at least want them to be effective!
Traci - you talk in your sleep? What sorts of things do you say? How COOL that you're half-way through!!!! When you're finished, you be sure to keep checking in here, okay? We need you to help pull the rest of us along.
My upper abs are really sore this morning. I think the KenpoX will be doing phenomenal things for my abs. This whole program seems to be a super challenge for the core. I like it!!!!
Tracy - thank you so much for posting all those details about your P90X progress. You are so inspirational!! I especially love hearing that you're 47. WOW!!!!
Stephanie - WELCOME!!! I just finished Week One, too. How did you like it? Do you think you're up for another 2 rounds of that? My DH is "seriously curious" about the program, but I think he's reluctant to start until after Christmas. He loves his treats (don't we all?). About the Downward Dogs in YogaX. If it's just the DDs that are the problem for you, then don't do them. Go right into plank pose and hold that until it's time to go down to the floor. It's great core work, holding those planks!
Jeanette - I hope you're right about seeing more older women keeping fit. I plan to be one of those. I also think it's intriguing that the average age of this group appears to be 40-ish. I'm 36. Is there anyone here who is younger than that? Tony mentions a few times that he's, what, 44? 46? Now I can't remember. Great job on finishing Week One! Are you up for another 2 rounds of this?
Have a great day,
Sandra
