Today's workout was Shoulders, Arms, and Ab Ripper X. Since it is Saturday, I took my morning Yoga class at the gym, which is 75 minutes long. I did very well in the class, and maintained my balance and noticed how much more flexible I've become. I did have trouble with Warrior 3 pose, and found myself stumbling over sideways when trying to get my body twisted to one side while my 3 of my 4 limbs were already up in the air.
I have a question, or maybe a concern... when I'm working out, I'm noticing either my joints snap, crackling, and popping pretty loudly. That can't be good, can it?
I am back on my chocolate Protein shakes, and I've turned a couple friends onto them in the past couple of days as well. They're really yummy. I noticed that I feel much stronger when doing weight lifting exercises if I've had a shake at some point throughout the day.
Although I did complete the DVD, I didn't feel as though I really 'brought it' with Ab Ripper X tonight, and I may do it again tomorrow to pick up the slack. I woke up with terrible cramps this morning, which made that particular area very tender and my pain tolerance was pretty low. But when it came to shoulders and arms, I managed to keep up and, as mentioned, felt stronger. I was able to lift heavy weights without exerting too much energy. I was able to do the Bonus Round, with the exception of one exercise. I forget what it is called, but you are lying on the floor. It's the Bi Tri Rise, or something like that.
As for my diet, it went okay. Weekends are harder because the family is all here, and there is more temptation to eat out or to eat unhealthy foods. We are also very busy on the weekends and I feel as though I have less control over what I eat. For example, tonight was our Cub Scouts Blue and Gold Banquet. It was catered by a BBQ place, and they served pulled pork BBQ, cole slaw, bread, green beans, macaroni and cheese, and fried chicken. I made up my mind that I'd just get a small portion of pulled pork and some green beans, but when I went through the line, the server acted like she didn't hear me, and she loaded up my plate with everything there. Then I felt really tempted to eat it all. I skipped the fried chicken and only ate half of the mac n cheese, but I indulged with the bread, cole slaw, green beans, and pulled pork. Then there was a big honkin' CAKE that someone made and decorated with big, thick icing and little statues of cowboys and horses on it. It was so cute, and looked SO yummy. The old me would have inhaled a piece of that cake without batting an eye. The new, healthy me was able to improvise by merely tasting the icing. I have come a long way in the way I think about food and my understanding of my body and its metabolism, or lack thereof. Sometimes I feel like it's really UNFAIR that some people can just eat whatever they want. It was pure torture for me to sit and watch others inhale their pieces of cake. I was extremely jealous. And don't even get me started on the white chocolate covered pretzels that sat in a cute little basket in the center of every table. Bottom line is, I need to know how to get control over situations such as this one which I have no control over my food options.
That's about it for today. My body is TIRED and I did NOT want to work out tonight, especially at 9:00 PM, which was when we got home from the Cub Scout banquet. But I dug deep and "Brought It" so that I can say I've done P90X every single day for the past 17 days. That means I still have 73 days left to go :{ Whoa.
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