I am too scared to do plyo today!! lol I'm still pretty congested and coughing and even sneezing still.. I'm going to throw in a shorter less intense - or "intense" in a different way you could say - Cardio X and count that as today's workout.

As I mentioned in another thread I'm going to just have a 13.5week program.. I think part of my problem with all these damn restarts that happen with me is I'm too much of a perfectionist! And yet I NEVER do anything perfectly lol

I need to lighten up!!

Day 2 plyo done! Was HARD due to lack of conditioning mixed with tail end of coughing/congestion.. but it was good!

Also got in a good 50mins of biking too! Not continuous... during errands.. but it got done too!

2 down, 88 to go!

And proper food and water intake resulted in huge 3.8 drop.. hoping to see more until it "levels" out in day or two! Feeling SO motivated!!

Day 3 Sharms and Arx one! (thanks for the reminder Dude!)

I did Arx earlier... held my arms up for the beginning few.. paused as needed.. didn't time myself but it was definitely over the 20min mark! lol I don't care tho. I want to maximise progress as much as I can! I'm not looking forward to tomorrow when the pain comes! haha

Did Sharms later in the day.. when I was more consistent earlier this summer redoing the same week over and over lol I was using my 10s for most of Sharms and wanting to get something bigger for the first set of each exercise.. sadly I had to use my 8s for some of it as I most have lost that much conditioning! But again I gave it my all and I can't ask for more than that!

Yoga tmrw.. REALLY not looking forward to it.. not a fan. Way back when I got P90X the very first time I tried yoga x I was SO DISCOURAGED that I couldn't at least get thru the DVD... That 45 min mark or so - when everyone seems to have trouble in the beginning - I just COULDN'T do it no matter how many times I tried.. now I just skip that few min block.. and get to the second half. I figure doing MOST of the DVD is better than getting so pissed at myself and not even trying it at all! I will be doing that for the first few weeks.. maybe during the recovery week I'll try to go the whole 92 mins thru.. But I know for the time being for my sanity I need to just fast forward it and get on with the rest!

3 down, 87 to go!

Yoga X done. Hate it! But got (most of) it done.

The parts I'm currently fast forwarding thru are the right angle pose stuff.. I just get bored of all that after everything leading up to it.. plus I can't quite hold them yet.. plus crane and plough/shoulder stand.. They kinda scare me cuz my husband is out of town all the time right now and if I happened to hurt myself there is no one here!

By December hopefully I don't skip all that.. at least the right angle stuff.. but I'm happy I'm getting in as much as it that I do cuz it's definitely not that enjoyable for me!

Happy to report that I "lost" another 1.1lbs.. sad that it is slowing down.. guess I'm hitting my "real" weight after the water weight and such... I log my weight every AM on Calorie Count - the site I initially started using in Jan 2010 when this journey started - because they have a trend line - it takes the last ten weigh ins and gives you an average which I like. I can't wait to see that start dropping again!

4 down, 86 to go!

Looks like week 1 is going great!!! Very happy for you.


Today during my Yoga X I decided no skipping anything. So I did my best through the warrior III and after section. Tried crane (wasn't terrible but I did maybe a total of 20-25 seconds).

PS. Yoga belly 7 is a nightmare. I'm amazed that I can do ab ripper x without pausing but yoga belly 7 I still have to pause multiple times on. Holding those poses is murder. I think next time I will be skipping ahead to yoga belly 7 and doing that before the hamstring stretches. I'm not very flexible in my hamstrings so all these moves (warrior iii, fifer scissors, etc) just kill my hamstrings.

Thanks! I had a slight struggle last night.. food wise.. but I think in the end it was ok.. higher on carbs but better than what I wanted to do! lol

Great job on your yoga yesterday! I'd love to do crane.. but would prefer my husband home just in case lol I find yoga 7 very challenging too.. in a different way than Arx! Which is fabulous eh? lol I was thinking next week I might try a different yoga.. won't be as long but maybe it'll be more enjoyable...

Woke up and legs are STILL sore.. had a great day food/water wise yesterday but was up 0.2.. damn water/muscle crap.. haha Still going strong tho!

So far short bike ride and Arx out of the way... Still have C&B on board.. and if my legs can handle it Kenpo.. may have to also up my food in order to handle all this work.. we'll see how the day goes on!

My motivation is super high.. so I'm going to put me down as:

8 down, 82 to go!

No Kenpo. Just couldn't even get started. Possibly I'll do one Saturday and Sunday this weekend? Might be good idea to counter Thanksgiving! Only attending one family TG dinner.. hopefully that doesn't change.. need all the help I can get!

And my legs are STILL sore... lol But plyo on board for today! And short bike ride too. Tho I forgot to log ride and have already "completed" my day.

I'm hoping tmrw these leg aches are done! I'm over it already!

9 down, 81 to go!

Do you pause during Arx? I am doing that now to get in each and every set of 25. Also I don't wear shoes for the time being to save that bit of weight.

I look forward to hearing how day 2 went! I'm only a week a head of you.. just enough time to get in a full round before those dreaded "new years resolutions" rear their ugly head!

I don't tend to make resolutions either.. I disappoint myself enough that I don't need to add to it. ahah

Really tho.. I'm pushing myself so hard to stay on track. I WANT this! I know for sure after this round I'll NEEDto put in another to get closer to what I aspire to also! Maybe a hybrid.. maybe a diff program.. who knows at this point.

I don't know what it is about me but I failed yesterday.

Walked to Mcdonalds and got a Big mac meal. Why? No clue! I think I'm afraid of success.. really truly.

I do well.. then sabotage my efforts.

It's such a struggle. I need to work on my head! It gets so tiring fighting myself constantly. I just don't know what to say. Wanted to at least be accountable and fess up.