I have NOT fallen off the bandwagon Kayonne! lol, though I must say I am holding on for dear life!!!
I am still keeping with my commitment, but I've been met with much discouragement along the way. I am a whopping 23 days behind in my Bible in 90 day plan. At this point, I think it may end up being Bible in 180 day plan...sigh. BUT....I am not quitting. I think I bit off more than I could chew- 1 hour workouts plus at least an hour and a half reading ( I'm not a good speed reader) and writing a blog. I've learned a valuable lesson here. The race is not given to the swift, but to the one who endureth (India. Arie paraphrasing a part of Ecc 9:11).
P90x has been going well, I have skipped a couple days here and there, but with good reason. My back, elbows and knees are now starting to feel the effects of it. I am going to an orthopedic surgeon on Thursday to find out what in the world is wrong with my knees. I can barely climb stairs, or sit down/stand up from a chair without feeling the pain in both knees. This is undoubtedly a result of my intense workout. My body hasn't seen daily workouts since...well, never actually!
On the bright side, I have lost 2.5lbs and lost a total of about 3.5 inches. I can now do about 4 pushups ( at the start of this I couldn't do one single 'man' pushup). I feel great, I'm breathing better than I ever have. For the first time in my adult life I went biking with my husband. It felt so good to be active without huffing and puffing for dear life. Additionally, I've been working out for the past 2 months or so with my sister-in-Christ who lives a quarter mile down the road. We meet every Tuesday and Thursday at 5:30am to exercise for 1/2 hour and pray. It's been so great building a friendship, building our relationship with God and building our bodies.
I think one reason I haven't lost much weight is my diet. I have not taken a disastrous detour, but I did find that the P90X was all too rigourous. I mean,who eats 6 egg whites for breakfast? I have made healthy choices and allowed myself to splurge here and there on our date nights. The other reason is that P90X was not exactly designed specifically for weight loss. I need to incorporate more cardio into it to get the results that I want.
So, to all my fans out there - Kayonne! :) I am alive and well, struggling to maintain, but fiercely devoted to doing my best.
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Well I for one am glad to know that you are still alive and (relatively) well :) Nobody eats 6 egg whites for breakfast except crazy people. And what are you supposed to do with the 6 egg yolks? Throw them away???? Just the prospect of having to throw away all that perfectly good food is enough to keep me well away from that madness.
ReplyDeleteI was reading this really great book "The Disorganized Mind: Coaching Your ADHD Brain to Take Control of Your Time, Tasks, and Talents". I don't think I have ADHD, but I'm sufficiently jacked up that the principles she teaches have been like a blast of cold air on a swelteringly hot day. Case in point, I say "was reading" because I...ummm...can't find the book. I didn't have the book long enough for it to teach me how to ...not do that. Anyway, why am I telling you this again?
Oh right! Because one of her (the author's) first instructions was that I shouldn't try to fix all the areas in my disorganised life at the same time. Because then you get overwhelmed. And you stop. She said that I should take small bites and work my way gradually up from there. Rather than try to stuff it all in my mouth (so to speak) all at once and end up spitting it out. And once you spit it out you don't really want to go back to it, because you've now associated negative emotions to it. So yeah, when you said that think you may have bitten off more than you can chew, it reminded me of that. Maybe you need to trim it down a bit till it fits in a more manageable space, so that when you do it it'll be more likely to feel like it's a joy rather than a chore. It's what's helping me to make exercise a regular part of my life (at least more so than it's ever been ever. Anywho, my comment's getting to be longer than your post. So later!!
yes you have!! :)
ReplyDeletebut fo reals though. How's the thing going?
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