Today was rough!! I didn’t want to wake up because I knew that meant I had to put my body through another intense workout. Everything hurt much more than yesterday. My back hurt, legs hurt, neck hurt, yeah! Pain everywhere!! In fact, I had a hard time getting to sleep last night because I couldn’t find a position that would ease the neck pain I was experiencing. My husband and I stayed up till about 1:30 or 2 AM trying to get to sleep, but failing at it 1.) Because he has to have time to settle down before he can go to sleep and 2.) Even though I can normally fall asleep in less than 10 minutes, I was in such pain that it was VERY hard!! I tossed and turned every few minutes trying to get my pillows at just the right angle to be able go to sleep but nothing came of it. Finally, after doing this for some time, PJ told me to use the blanket as a pillow and mold it as I needed to. PERFECT!! Within about 10 minutes, I was OUT!! It was awesome!! (PJ and I did have a nice conversation while we were trying to get to sleep though J)
Anyway, morning came and I WAS planning to wake up at about 9 AM. However, my alarm failed to sound and I ended up waking up hours later. Still not wanting to get out of the bed, I made myself even though my body was still screaming at me from the previous days of Insanity. I got my workout gear on, secured my braid so that it would whack me in the face and even took a picture of how miserable I looked. Then, I updated my Facebook status and proceeded to Max Conditioning, which focuses on endurance training.
The warm up was much like yesterdays in that it made me sweat bullets before it was even over! I had started to get frustrated though because my hair had partially come out of my braid and even though I keep my bangs held back with a elastic head band, this wasn’t doing anything! The stray hairs would flop everywhere and land on my sweaty face making it even more uncomfortable. So, I paused the video, rummaged through our closet and found a bandana!! This made me look Oh-So serious about my workout (especially since it kinda pulled my eyebrows up lol) and I was ready to push that play button again. Much Better!!
I surprised myself today also! One of the things we had to do was one minute of Power Knees for each knee. Well, I was able to do it!! When I first started Insanity, part of the Fit Test was one minute of Power Knees and I wasn’t even able to get to the 30-second mark! That scale may not being moving a whole lot, but my body is definitely getting better!!
So, even though I started this workout very UN motivated, I pushed through the pain and it turned out to be one of the best workouts I’ve done so far. And, the best news!! After it was over, I no longer felt as sore!! (YES!!)
Other than a successful workout, I’ve been a doing some thinking. It’s mostly been about my fitness goals and where I want to be by the beginning of 2013. My goal is to get down to 130 (unless I’m just completely bulked out with muscle that 130 is impossible!) And, today was the beginning of August. This means that I have August, September, October, November and December to lose 42 more pounds. That’s about 8 pounds per month. However, the way Simon has been treating me, it looks like I may not make it. Unless he starts moving, I don’t think I will see my goal weight by January 1, 2013. I’m actually trying to figure out why I haven’t been losing practically any weight.
I was recently reading an article about how you shouldn’t always trust the number that you see on the scale. (I mentioned this the other day.) The scale doesn’t show how much muscle you’ve gained and it always accounts for undigested food and water in your system. So, it best to measure by actual measurements or by how loose your clothes get. One of the tips listed in the article to help the scale get moving again was to eat either 500 more or 500 less calories. Well, I’m a little scared to do this!! I don’t want to eat 500 more calories and then start gaining, but I don’t want to decrease by 500 (making it 700/day) and not have enough energy to do anything. I’m very much on the fence about what to do but I am leaning more toward eating more calories per day. It may not be 500, but I might get an additional 160 to make 1360 (what I started out with for P90X.) Any advice??
So, 5 whole months, 42 pounds! I’m so excited to see the final reveal at the end of the year and much more motivated to lose this extra baggage!! (or flabbage!!) I’ve come so far and I’m so excited to finally have the body that I’ve wanted for so long. It makes me feel so good inside to know that I’ve worked so hard and will continue to sweat and ache until I see this thing through!! Thank you for all the motivating words and for the love and support!! Until tomorrow!!
Signing Out,
It’s Possible!!
P.S. I want to make a shout out to my husby, PJ!! Today (August 2nd) officially marks our 3rd year of being in a relationship together!! I love you babe and you mean soo much to me!! I hope I am making you proud!!
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