Fit & Fun Sized Group ~ June '10

Good morning and happy Monday to all! Today is week 9 day 1 of the P90X program so it was a chest and back day. It's amazing what you begin to appreciate after a little break. Since I really hated the push ups done in the chest, shoulders and triceps workout it made me really appreciate the ones completed in the chest and back workout. I really rocked out this workout today and I'm very proud of myself. My plan is to do ab ripper this afternoon b/c just don't have the time in the morning unless I get up before 5 am and I have no plan to do that.

JZ - Congratz on the scale going down. Every little bit counts.

I did the GutNBut this morning and 1 hour on the stationary bike this afternoon. So, I have plenty of calories left over. We have a wedding this Saturday, so I'm trying to save up calories for it.

Choco - You amaze me at how much you exercise. I admire you.

Melody - Did you have a chance to find a new bra yet? I think that is the hardest thing in the world to buy these days.

JAM

Good morning and happy HUMP DAY! Well today is the deadline to have our work assignment completed and we're on track to get it done but in order to ensure it we will be working late. I have to go and get started therefore this will be a short post and I apologize in advance for not responding to other's posts. I hope to be able to read over everything later.

Today is week 9 day 3 of the P90X program and it's shoulders and arms. I hadn't completed this workout in a couple of weeks so I had forgotten all the moves but my upper body sure did feel it.

Good morning everyone! I am happy to announce that the work assignment is now complete and the deadline was met. It required me staying up until almost midnight but nonetheless it is done:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: Since work assignment is complete it means my unit and I are able to work from home for the next couple of weeks (except to attend a meeting here and there)....YIPPEE, YIPPEE, YIPPEE, YIPPEE! Working from home allows me so much more flexibility regarding sleep and workouts. For example, if we needed to report to the office today I would have needed to be up by 5 am in order to complete the workout, eat breakfast, shower and commute to work and I didn't get to bed until after midnight so I would have been operating on very little sleep. Since we're working from home I was able to sleep til 7 am, complete workout, eat breakfast, shower and be ready for work by 8:30 am.....can you tell i'm excited about working from home for the next couple of weeks.....LOL.

Enough about my work schedule.

Today is week 9 day 4 of the P90X program which means it's a Yoga day. As everyone knows I don't like yoga and usually switch it out for another dvd BUT today I decided to give yoga a shot. I knew I would not last for 90 minutes so I opted for Denise Austin's Yoga Body Burn dvd. What I liked most about this workout is that it's 3 separate workouts that are 20 minutes, 10 minutes and 10 minutes so you decide how much you want to do on any given day. I completed all three today and it was not as bad as I expected. I'm still not a fan of Yoga but if I do decide to take a stab at it again I will do this workout.


Barbie: As you are aware from all my previous posts I haven't grown to like yoga yet but hoping I can get to your place soon since I continually read about the benefits of doing such a program. For now, I'm going to see if I can commit to once a week and see where that brings me. Keep up the great work and I'm glad you never gave up.

:flowerforyou: Choco, I hear what you're saying about yoga.......I spent more than a year wanting to want to do yoga......my hubby meditated every day and talked about wanting to do yoga and it looked to me like a huge waste of time.....I want to do stuff with noise and action.....for months i read posts from people on another thread about how much they loved yoga and I kept wanting to want to do it too.....I went to a yoga class (90 minutes long) and it seemed endless....then I found Rodney Yee on DVD and really liked him (someone called him "eye candy")....even then I had a thousand reasons for not getting around to doing it.....I made it one of my goals for the month and at the end of the month I had to report that I had failed miserably. the workout we're doing is only 20 minutes long and we do it first thing in the morning....I use it as a time to quiet my mind and not be thinking about anything except what my body is doing....nobody is any more surprised than I am that I'm enjoying yoga.

:flowerforyou: JAM, your workouts sound wonderfully diversified....good luck to you and your daughter on your running.....sorry about your yoga instructor......I'd hate it if my dance instructor didn't show up.
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:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: Today for our date, hubby and I went to the golf course and he played nine holes and I walked along (about 6000 steps) then we went to the farmers market and walked a bit then had sandwiches for lunch at a little outside shop owned by a friend. I never buy bread so having a sandwich is a rare and delightful treat. :bigsmile: we did yoga before golf and I'll go to the dog park later and probably ride the exercise bike for awhile.

Surprise party was a HUGE success. Her hubby had absolutely no idea about the party and the look on his face when we yelled surprise was PRICELESS! He's not from GA so his family from his hometown were able to drive in for the event and it everyone had a blast. I am more sore this morning than I was yesterday after cleaning and decorating. In addition to being a guest she asked myself and few others to assist serving food and drinks as well as to stay after to clean. So I spent a total of 6 1/2 hours in 4 inch heels (stilletto). Overall the shoes were very comfortable but after standing and dancing (definitely got the groove on) in them for so long my calves and feet began to ache.

Today will be a stretching day so I can be prepared for week 10 of P90X.

Good morning and Happy Monday! This will be a short work week for me b/c we celebrate Independence Day on Friday and I'm heading to PA to hang out w/my auntie on Thursday. The packing is just about completed for this trip but I do need to hit the mall today in order to purchase a pair of silver stilettos b/c we are going on an All White Harbor Cruise this Saturday and I need some sandals. I don't like how white shoes/sandals look so silver is going to have to do. These sandals are super sexy. They are strappy w/a 4 1/2 inch heel. I will have a back up pair of shoes too b/c I'm sure I wont want to stand/dance in them for 5 hours. I would have purchased them yesterday when i went to the mall but how about I tried them on, loved them and headed to the counter to pay only to realize I forgot my wallet at home :embarassed: :huh: :embarassed: I had forgotten to switch wallets from Saturday night so I had no id, insurance card, debit or credit card and NO CASH.

Today is week 10 (I can't believe I've stayed w/the program and only have 2 more weeks left, excluding recovery week) day 1 of the P90X program which means it was a chest, shoulders and tricep day. I absolutely HATE the push ups in the routine. I still can't complete the one hand push ups, I'm still struggling with the clap and one arm balance push ups. I'm so happy to know that I only have to complete this routine one more time and that's in week 12.


Barbie: Hope you enjoyed your yoga workout.

Good morning everyone. Although I am working from home this week we are under another deadline so I've been working very long hours and which has made getting up in the morning to exercise one difficult task. Today I procrastinated so long I couldn't complete the scheduled P90X workout but still did work up a great sweat.

Today is week 10 day 2 of the P90X program which means it's all about Plyometrics. As I just stated I couldn't complete the scheduled workout b/c it's just too long and I had to get busy with the work assignment so I substituted the workout w/the Insanity Plyometrics Cardio Circuit workout. Boy did I forget how that program really kicks your butt. The level 1 drills, ski abs and in and out abs are pure torture at such a crazy pace.

I'm doing better emotionally. I just realized that I no longer feel the need to finish a plate of food or to eat everything I'm given. It is a good feeling. I try not to take more than I can eat, but when eating out I can leave things alone and stop eating when I am full.

This is a good thing.

Jeannie