Legs/Back

Been a long week. Didn't mean to let my posts go to the wayward this week. Overall a good week for working out. I did miss a workout on wed. and then on friday instead of p90x I played soccer for two hours...felt really good playing wise...didn't struggle with the lungs this time:) Today I did legs and back and remember how much I hated it...or is it love it...No matter what it is so hard that I had to hit pause again a few times this time around. I'm feeling it now....what a workout! I wonder ho many calories I burn in a session like that? The whole time I'm breathing hard/sweating and trying to keep my thoughts off how much pain my legs are in:)
tomorrow I'm going to double up with kenpo in the morning and x stretch in the afternoon..

back and biceps/abs

well 29 days in today. Tomorrow will be 30. Didn't work out until 930 at night and was feeling a little bit low on the energy..however, I went and pushed play and acutally had a great workout. My biceps are done! They havn't felt like this before in the workouts so I guess I blasted them hard today. Feeling myself able to push hardier without losing my breath and dying during the workout. Need to workout ealier so I can put more energy into though. I'm going to try to workout at 3 from now on before season starts. Plus with a baby coming in the next 2 weeks or so that is going to put some added pressure and problems to this workout. I've been trying to make good gains before then and hope my fitness is up by then to be able to deal with not much sleep, the stress of having a new baby, work, spring season starting, and working out. I guess the only way to see is to jump head first and find out what happens.. I do know one thing I've been working to hard and im not going to give this up!

Diet was good until dinner. My wife threw a pizza in and I'm a sucker for it. Had two small pieces (we cut our pizza into small squares) With what it said on the back of the box it was less then 400 calories.. I'm going to use it as my cheat meal for this week. The funny thing was after eating it I didn't get satisfaction. I was actually pretty annoyed with myself for having it.

Will post my 30 day pics tomorrow morning! Looking forward to seeing if I have made any change yet.

Plyo x

Not feelign so good today...struggled through the workout..Strength feels good...but my stomach was i. n bits so I cut a little off at the end. Hoping that I'm not getting a stomach a bug. WEll see tomorrow..

Diet was VERY clean today added a little more calories to my first meal and cut out complex carbs from my second snack and dinner. Drank a lot of water today and I'm trying to increase this while slowing down on my soda intake.

Looking forward to taking pictures on thursday morning. Would like to compare them to my first thirty days. IT's hard to see the little changes since I look in the mirror every day. I do know that I've lost a good amount of fat because I'm fitting in clothes I wore 5 years ago! That is a great feeling.

chest/shoulders/triceps/ Abs

Good workout...some really tough moves that im feeling as I'm writing this! My core is still sore from the workout the other day so that made today's workout fun. Pushed myself through this and feel that my level of fitness is a lot better then it was just a few short weeks ago. I'm going to be sore tomorrow I can already tell!
A couple things have been getting to me the last two-three days...the biggest one is the diet..I'm SOOOO hungry the past 3-4 days. It seems like after an hour or so after I eat I'm starting to get hungry. I havn't changed anything in my diet (except the cheat meals once a week). I was even having a hard time eating my snacks two or so weeks ago.. Now after I eat breakfast I'm starving by 10. A typical breakfast is either egg whites and oatmeal or chorizo con juevos and tortillas...and lately has been 3 protein pancakes with a scoop of protein powder extra as a drink.. Snack is usually a protein bar or a handful of almonds...or some slices of lunch meat and a piece of bread. Lunch is a good mix of veggies, complex carbs, and a protein. snack is either protein shake or bar.. dinner is protein and veggies and sometimes whole wheat pasta. I also add fiber supplements to breakfast and 1st snack...should I up my calories or add another snack? OR just deal with the hunger?? Any adice would help!

New Measurements

Well ...I finished my off week..missed two workouts due to family outings and also ate a cheat meal on sunday with the family. Feel ok with it though because I have ate very clean and also worked out really hard.

This morning I weighed in at 183 pounds
waist was 35 in
right thigh 23
left thigh 23
left arm 13
right arm 13
will take picutres Friday morning and post them to the blog...Think I have made some changes...over 3.5 in off my waist in less then 30 days! FEel good about that.I'm off to work out now and then will post about that.

X stretch

AGAIN...i spent 20 minutes writing a great post about how much I love this workout and when I went to post it came up as an error. so...the workout is great...I think it is great for me and will hope it helps in my unflexability!
Diet is good...did eat whole wheat pasta for dinner...small portion...is that bad for dinner? Does that matter that I'm eating complex carbs at 6?

Skipped yesterday's workout due to working late and LOST!!!! will push it to a later date...

core

I wrote a long post after working out and it didn't post...so here it is in short.
Core workout was super hard...was sweating and breathing hard the whole time..What a workout...
Diet was good today...followed workout with a protein shake...

Jan 19 X stretch

So instead of yoga i did xstretch again. I wanted one more day of this before moving on to yoga. I'm still not very flexible. The workout was good and I needed it because I played soccer yesterday and today. My back and legs were sore from that. I know it is supposed to be a non impact rest week but all the guys got back in and I wanted to play with them! I did feel much better then yesterday and played around 90 minutes or so!

Diet today was Great and I'm really doing well with staying on it. I did have pasta for dinner again but had a very small portion and added chicken to it. Plus, it was before 6 when I ate it so that should help with it.

I'm looking forward to new workout never done before this week!

Jan 19th new stats

New stats are below. Not a huge change but a change. Will hope to see more as the weeks go on.

Weight: 186
Waist: 36
Right arm. 13.25
Left arm 13.25
LEft thigh 23.5
Right thigh 23.5

Will try yoga instead of x stretch for the first time today...check back to see how I did

Sunday jan 18

The conference was good this year. I;m super happy that I stuck to my diet and pretty much followed it to a t....except for tonight when I shared a piece of 100 calorie snack with my daughter:) It was really good!

I did have 2 beers last night with some friends but feel ok with that as i worked out hard for three weeks.

As for my work outs I had to change some things around. I left my power cord to my computer at home and didn't have a way to watch the videos since my battery died. I did however have the legs/back format written down and I tried to follow it all the way through. Since I didn't have a pullup bar I used dumbell rows, and other back exercises. OVer alll I hurt afterwards!
SAt I ran on the treadmill/elipitical/ and stairstepper each for 15 minutes with 30 sec hard then recovery...30 sec hard. Had a great sweat. I tried to throw punches during this time and my arms feel like they are going to fall off.
Today I played soccer with the guys and felt pretty good. Still out of shape in regards to that but overall much better.
I will weigh in tomorrow and post my new measurements to see if I made any improvement this week. I'm also looking forward to recovery week. My body needs it!

Yoga changed to OFF DAY

I know...sounds bad. Woke up early for first day of conference....-1 degrees outside and I had to walk to the metro (about a quarter mile) Not FUN! Conference was good. Went to lunch and had a salad with steak with dressing on side. Snack was a protein bar in the morning and almonds in the afternoon. Dinner was pushed to 8 so I also had another protein bar at 5:30 to help with breaking up the meals. I did break down and have a beer with friends though...however they drank a lot..and I stopped after 1!!! Didn't really even feel like drinking...because I thought of the calories and that would equal like 20 minutes of extra plyo workout and it wasnt worth it to me:) Dinner was chicken lettuce wrap. Minched chicken and veggies eaten out of a big piece of lettuce that you use like a tortilla..really good. Since we are staying at a casino we had to play a little so I lost $40 and now im here.

Pushed to no workout because I have nothing after 5 tomorrow so i can workout and then on sat. after my sessions I can do the kenpo x. Sunday will be my yoga day! AFter that I'm excited to see how far my body has come.
I'm super proud of myself for doing well today when surrended by bad choices and things I used to love to eat and drink....hopefully it shows that I have changed and are on the road to a better me.

Day 17 shoulder/arm/ab ripper X

Before heading out for my convention I got my workout in. Pushed hard today and added several reps and went up in weight. FEeling a lot stronger today then usually. I'm very sore from mon/tue workouts still so thought I would have a hard time with today. AFter a good workout and pushing hard today I started the ab ripper X. Felt good and pushed through the first couple and actually made it to the full set on the first two sets...then after that it was ab death! lol....I finished with abs burning and body not wanting to get up. Overall good day!

Food wise clean today..Tonight Im going to pack my own dinner of chicken and veggies to eat on the road down to the convention. I've brought oats and protein powder for breakfast almonds, and protein bars for snacks. I WILL STAY ON TRACK!
Looking forward to this week. and will see if I can add a coach or two on friday's leg work out:) See how they like that!!!!!

Day 16 Plyo

Plyo..coming to be a word I hate! It is so hard. I had been working hard in the past two weeks doing this and then taking longer breaks and stopping some in the middle of sets. This time I did at least 20 sec per set. Next plyo I'm going to try to do 25 secs per set. It is a hard hour. I was dying 15 mins into the workout tonight but pushed through. I think that 20% of this workout is mental. It's almost like running a mini marathon. Just push through. It's hard to say that when your legs are shaking, your out of breath, and you heart is beating to its max! Looking forward to getting a good nights sleep.

Food wise today I had oats and protein shake for breakfest, a protein bar for snack. At lunch I had a piece of grilled chicken and a handful of spinach. Snack in the afternoon was 24 almonds and dinner was 3 slices of tomato, 3 grilled chicken tenders, and a cup of french greenbeans. After workout I had another protein bar (felt like giving myself a treat because it reminds of a candy bar!)
The rest of this week is going to be tough. I 'm heading to the national soccer convention. Which is 4 days of hanging out with fellow coaches from around the world. That means out to eat and friends trying to get me to drink! I'm going to bring protein poweder, protein bars, almonds, and a couple south beach diet meal replacement bars and see if I can stay on track. I'm NOT going to let a couple days of fun ruin what I have worked so hard for!

day 15

Today started off with a quick breakfast of oats and left over turkey meat! then played with my daughter allmorning because her day care closed today due to problems with the furnace. Had to head in after lunch, a spinach and chicken salad. After working for a few hours and having some of the players come by to change schedules I took my wife to the the doctor for her checkup (she is due feb 19) then stopped and got dinner on the way home. I ate a piece of beef jerkey and a meal replacement bar instead of eating fast food!

After getting home around 6:30 went straight downstairs and started working out. First set was great..During the second set something popped in my right shoulder..Didn't feel good and felt real bad doing pushups ...Wasn't to happy about this. Still was able to push through ...Shoulder was sore and hope it doesn't become a problem.
Ab ripper x was a different story though! I actually pushed harder then ever on this workout and thought my abs were going to explode. Can't believe it has been 15 days already. I'll be back tomorrow to hit play again!

measurements

Body weight 188
Waist 36.5
Right arm 13.75
left arm 13.5
Right thigh
23.5
left thigh
24
body fat 22%

After wieghing myself I was quite upset. I've busted my butt for two weeks and have lost 2 pounds. Being a human being we are kind of addicted to this number. However, after seeing all of my measurements as a whole I'm happy. 2 in off my waist in two weeks is great. Plus my body fat has gone down. So that means I have put on some muscle while losing fat. That is not easy to do so that is good. I also read last night on line (team beach body) That it usually take until the 5 week mark until your body really starts kicking fat out because its in getting used to the change. I'm hoping this is correct. As tony says...rome wasn't built in a day..I will continue to push play this week, eat healthy, and bring it.

kenpo x and yoga x

I'm going to post both workouts here. I have gone through 14 days now and am excited about the transformation made already. Not knowing this weeks measurements yet, will tomorrow morning, I'm still excited about the changes I have made in regards to working out and eating.
I did not do yoga x. I'm still not able to do some of the moves do I did the stretch video instead. I love it though. Even some of those movies hurt my body. Kenpo x was a ncie treat. It's not hard but kind of fun. Its almost a break compared to the other videos.
Last night I did have a cheat meal. I had a couple sushi rolls and 4 pieces of orange flavored chicken. I don't feel bad about this really. I have had a lot of people say to have a cheat meal to help keep you grounded. It will give me something to look forward to all week. What are your thoughts on this?
I'm looking forward to tomorrow for back and chest. I'm going to really push myself tomorrow and see if I can get a couple more reps out of each set.

Legs and back!

WEll I just finished writing a really good long blog about today and my internet went off for a sec. So I lost it. In short. Today's workout was hard but good. I pushed it really hard and added several reps in almost everything. The single leg wall sit was crazy and my legs are feeling it now. I've eaten healty all day and tonight I'm going to enjoy a grilled chicken breast and veggies !! while my daughter has smiley faced pancakes and we watch a disney movie !
Tomorrow I'm going to get up early and do kenpo x!
See you tomorrow

Rest Day

IF you are following you know I was supposed to do Yoga X today. However, I choose to make today my rest day and then continue with everything and move Yoga to sunday instead of sunday being my off day.
I ate good today. I did break the diet a bit and had reg pasta tonight. A small bowl. Don't really think it was cheating but didn't have any bowtie pasta in whole wheat. Ate dinner at 6 at don't think having complex carbs will really hurt me that bad since its the first time in almost 2 weeks. Usually I would have eaten two bowls with garlic bread and dessert afterwards! IT's amazing how much I have changed in my mental abilities. In the past when trying to lose weight I have always broke my diet. I havn't any had cravings which is amazing. I'm looking forward to seeing my results on monday in regards to weight/size I'm hoping to lose 2 pnds per week. That would put me around a 25 pounds loss for the 90 days! What a change that would be.

Check back tomorrow after I bring it for legs..Which I'm going to make my favorite video before this is over since its so hard.

Rest Day

IF you are following you know I was supposed to do Yoga X today. However, I choose to make today my rest day and then continue with everything and move Yoga to sunday instead of sunday being my off day.
I ate good today. I did break the diet a bit and had reg pasta tonight. A small bowl. Don't really think it was cheating but didn't have any bowtie pasta in whole wheat. Ate dinner at 6 at don't think having complex carbs will really hurt me that bad since its the first time in almost 2 weeks. Usually I would have eaten two bowls with garlic bread and dessert afterwards! IT's amazing how much I have changed in my mental abilities. In the past when trying to lose weight I have always broke my diet. I havn't any had cravings which is amazing. I'm looking forward to seeing my results on monday in regards to weight/size I'm hoping to lose 2 pnds per week. That would put me around a 25 pounds loss for the 90 days! What a change that would be.

Check back tomorrow after I bring it for legs..Which I'm going to make my favorite video before this over since its so hard.

Shoulders/arm/abripper x

Today was a long one! Had to take our cat of 5 years, suji, a saimese lynx point to the shelter because our daughter is allergic. Kind of sad...but our daughters health is more important then a pet. Ate super clean today again. Kind of feel an energy drain. Think I will throw a little more carbs in tomorrow. I have cut down really low on carbs. only consume them at breakfast and lunch. then I have veggies for dinner with a lean meat. Tomorrow will add complex carbs to morning snack and see if that helps. IF not then friday will do the same and maybe add a few extra cals.
Work out was good. Kicked my butt! Pushed through it and saw an increase in almost every lift. Ab ripper was hard as ever. My abs were done about 5 mins in. Did as much as I could.
Joined the team beach body website and it has put a fire in my ass to keep working hard and I hope to make the transformation that others have made. ITs nice to be able to talk to other people who are going through the same thing. I think it will be good to go there and get help when I'm in a low spot and also give help when things are going well...see you tomorrow!

day 9 plyos!

Ate very clean today again! Getting really proad of myself for that. I'm not even hungry! I have been eating whole grains, veggies, and lean meats and following the p90x diet pretty well. I really don't eat how they ask but I'm eating very clean. Try to keep fruit out of the diet right now because of the sugar content...I also eat almonds for snacks between breakfast lunch and a protein bar between lunch and dinner and throw in a protein shake after working out. Overall feel really good about my eating habits right now. My one down fall is diet soda...i currently drink about 24 -30 oz a day! I know thats not good..but will try to lower it as the days go by!

Workout today killed me. This workout is insane. I cut about 5-10 secs. off every set and it still killed me. My goal before the end of this is to kill plyos! ITs crazy how much I sweat during this workout. I still feel that this is one of the hardest one hour workouts I have ever done....
The good thing is that I hit play again and that makes 9 days in a row! 81 left to see the new me:)

Day 8 Back and Chest

Had friends over last night for dinner, I ate clean, so didn't get to workout until almost 9. My right calfs still really hurts. When I get up from sitting its hard to walk. Hoping it is better by tuesday for plyos. Overall the workout today was really good. Was able to push hardier and actually did 3-5 more reps per exercise. That is a nice felling. Still no where close to the reps the people on the video are doing. Hope to be closier by the end of the 90 days. Then it was on to ab ripper X.. This killed me. I don't see how anyone can go through this whole video without dying. I did push hardier then last week...but man it kills me! After the workout tried a new protein poweder receipe. I didn't buy the recovery drink...so I'm just using protein powder.
Here it is.
Hot Chocolate protein drink
1 - 2 scoops chocolate protein powder
Hot water
Mix the two after heating the water and stir until completely dissolved.
I added a flavored hazelnut syrup (sugar free 0 cals) These are great to add to protein drinks and have several different flavors.
Was actually really good...try it!

new stats

Im going to post my stats now. I won;t work out until later today/tonight. My right calf feels like something is wrong...im thinking its just delayed onsite muscle soreness....

I'm overall satisfied with this weeks measurements. It's always hard when you work your butt off and eat super clean but only lose 2 pounds. I'm trying to get past the scale and look only at measurements and how I feel. Will take a while for that though:)

Monday Jan 5 2009 stats
Weight 188 (-2 pnds)
Waist 37 (-1.5 in !!!!!)
Right thigh 25
Left thigh 25
LEft arm 14
Right arm 14

Will post how today's work out goes later

day 7 DAY OFF!!!

WEll I made it through my first week. Not as easy as I thought. I feel pretty good overall. My body is a bit stiff but my calves are shot! I needed this day off. I was supposed to play in a basketball pickup game. I think I'm going to just relax and hang with the family. My calves hurt just to get up or walk...so I think it will do them good to rest. I also started taking fiber supplements today as well. A friend said it would help my body so I will try it to see if it will help. After next week I'm also going to start a fat burner to help push my results a bit. Hopefully, a full day of rest will do my body good and get me ready for another week of bringing it!

day 6 kenpo x

My legs are not as sore as I thought they would be. Now don't get me wrong they hurt..but not as bad as I was thinking they would. Now my calfs are a different story. Every step makes them hurt. So I woke up earlier after having a rough night of coughing. Made breakfast (hot whole grain cereal) for my daughter and me and then watched come cartoons as I worked on my mid-term exam. After lunch, a turkey and chicken with baby spinach sandwich, I watched some tv and then hit play at started Kenpo X. My shoes kept sticking into our carpet so I didn't feel as smooth as they looked on tv. However, I made it through this workout with dying. I really didn't think it was super hard. It did get my heart rate going and I dropped about two pounds of sweat but didn't feel like I was going to throw up like I did in some of the other workouts! I'm happy to say I completed week one. My body hurts but I finished. I will weigh myself on Monday morning and take all my measurements. I forgot to take my BF measurements the first day so will do that on monday with a skin fold caliber. I really don't care how much weight I lose. All I Care about is losing body fat and becoming more healthy!!!

day 5 legs/back/ abs

Woke up this morning not as sore as yesterday. Ate whole cereal and milk for breakfast and worked on come coloring with my daughter. For lunch I ate a salad with steak on top followed by a cup of fruit. after lunch I got ready for the legs and back workout. It totally kicked my butt. The one legged wall squat is just out right insane. My legs were shaking so bad during this workout. Its lunge after lunge then pullups and some squats throw in just for the fun of it. I feel that it was close to the hardest workout I've ever done on my legs. I can't wait to see my results after 90 days of workouts like this. It is hardcore! Ab ripper X was still to tough to finish. I did make it to 25 reps on a couple of the exercises though. I'm really looking forward to Sunday and my day off:) See you tomorrow!

Day 4 X stretch

Well today started early..my daughter woke up a little past seven ( I usually wake her up at 8-830). I also went to be a lot later then usually (new years eve). So I've been a step behind all day. I did however help my wife finish the new baby's room and clean a lot of the house. Waited until the evening to do my workout. My whole body is feeling the after effects of these workouts. I have a hard time walking up and down the stairs and my core is hurting hard core! However, today was a great day to help with that. IT was supposed to be yoga X but I choose to do x stretch for the first couple of weeks to help my flexibility before moving to yoga x. Today was challenging but seems to have helped a lot. I'm looking forward to getting my butt kicked tomorrow morning by the legs. Since my legs are already hurting I guess I cant do much worse to them :)