Aggravated!!

Ok, I am officially aggravated! I did my best to stay awake yesterday whilst in bed after coming home from work not feeling too hot. (Well, actually, that’s kind of a contradiction because I was sweating profusely.) Anyway, I didn’t go to sleep even though I found myself drifting a few times. I wanted to go to sleep at a decent time and then wake up at 8:00am so I could do my workout.

Once Batman (I call my husband Batman) came home around 10:30pm, I headed off to bed and he watched Netflix for a few hours. I had fallen asleep but found myself awake again at 1:05am, which was about the time that PJ had turned off Netflix. (Grr!!) We didn’t go to sleep until well after 3:30am. (Double Grr!!) And, he even had to wake up at 4:50am!! He was the one keeping me up!! Trying to snuggle with a perfectly sound asleep person, NOT COOL! During that 2.5 hour awake time, we chatted about a few things and even got on each other’s nerves the last 20 minutes or so of it. He wanted to keep talking and put his leg on mine or arm on my face and I was just not having it. I can’t fall asleep if something heavy and hairy is weighing me down. (Lol).

Sleep came but I no longer wanted or felt like I could wake up at 8:00am. So, I didn’t. I skipped the morning workout and am pondering whether or not to do it tonight. To add to the fact that I don’t want to work out, the worst visitor decided to arrive and that makes me feel even worse today. So, I’m pondering. I feel like someone kicked me in the stomach repeatedly and then started to twist out my insides. Not feeling much like moving and sweating.

Maybe what I really need is a few nights to get re-acclimated to a decent sleeping schedule. It will give me more energy, won’t make me feel so beat down all the time, and hopefully, the headaches will cease. (I’ve got one trying to creep up on me at this moment.)

All I can say to sum up this post is that if you think your body needs a few days, give it a few days and then start back up. I’d totally rather skip two days than to physically, emotionally, and mental overwhelm myself. It’s worth it especially since this last week has been ROUGH!

I fully intend to start back up on Monday. I can’t say that my weeks results are going to be fun to look at and I might even be back in the 170’s but I feel like I’ve been pulled through mud from the back end of a truck. I need something and hopefully it will be found by then. Until next time.

Signing Out,

It’s Possible!! <<even if takes a while

When A Break Is Absolutely Needed

Seriously thinking about not working out tonight. I know, I know, that’s now what I want to hear myself say and I’m sure you probably don’t to read that either. But, the only reason why I would miss a workout is if I felt that I absolutely needed to. I literally felt like crap upon waking up, which could have been because I wasn’t able to find sleep until after 5:00am. I had to move to the couch because I simply couldn’t get comfortable in my own bed and I was going through hot and cold sweats every few minutes! The couch offered some relief minus the comfort and after watching some episodes of Big Brother Seasons past combined with Pinterest craft ideas, I decided that it was maybe time to turn everything off and try to get some sleep.

Anyway, woke up feeling horrible, didn’t want to go to work for the life of me. Maybe it’s something internal or maybe I just didn’t want my 2 days off to end, but something is not right. For the last 45 minutes, I’ve had a headache with some on and off hot flashes. I kinda feel like I did on May 3^rd when I actually fainted while checking a guest in. (Thankfully, the guest, which I couldn’t hear at the time, yelled apparently as I was falling through the air and my GM and the housekeeping manager arrived just in time to catch me.) So, yeah, given the fact that I kinda feel like this, I think not doing the workout for the day isn’t going to hurt me all that much.

Hopefully, you will be encouraged with this post. If you seriously feel like you are not in the best state to do your workout, please, DO NOT do your workout! Do not feel guilty about it either!

**The section above was written around 3:45pm. It is now 8:30pm and I've been in bed since about 4:15pm. PJ picked me up because I kept getting all headachy, sweaty, and just didn't feel right at all.  (Right before I clocked out from work today, I touched my back and it was LITERALLY drenched in sweat!!)

I still kind of have a headache and when I get up, I get a little light headed, but other than that, I'm fine. I'm trying to fight sleep as best as I can so that I can actually get some tonight. I should be ready for my work out tomorrow.

Signing Out, 

It's Possible!!

P.S. I pushed the wrong button and that's why this post is a little funky looking. 

Mind: "NO!!!" Body: "Yes!"

I know, I know, it’s late…or early, whatever you want to call it (2:00 am to be exact). And, because of a glorious nap that I had earlier in the day, I am now finding it quite difficult to go to sleep. So, I shall blog.

Let me tell you a little about this nap. It’s kind of a funny story really.

So, PJ and I had a meeting today at 10:30am And, if you’ve been keeping up with recent posts, you know that I’ve had a little bit of a problem waking up past 3:00pm. Well, crazy me was actually planning to get up at 7:45am to do the one hour and thirty minutes of Yoga. BUT, after falling asleep at about 12:00am the night before and then waking up around 3:00am because of the Netflix that PJ was still watching, I ended up getting to sleep again at about 4:15am. Needless to say, I wasn’t planning to wake up at 7:45am anymore. So, I reset my alarm to 9:30am.

Upon waking up, I showered, we went to our meeting, and then went to Aldi for some fruit that I’ve been craving. Another 15-20 minutes was taken up because of a little “run in” and then it was Wal-mart and then home, finally.  I decided that once we got home, I was going to do my Yoga for the day.

By the way, if today was a day that I didn’t want to do my workout, it was definitely today!! I’m not even kidding you. I did not want to do it!! So many other things sounded SO much better. I wanted to clean, I wanted to make some artwork for our bedroom, I really, honestly did not want to work out today! And, if I wasn’t so honest with my blog and myself, I could have skipped it and not have had to tell anybody. But, like I said, I decided to do it. I pushed that “play” button and started yoga almost as soon as we got back from the morning’s adventures.

This was actually an interesting workout. PJ was watching me do it! He was preparing his lunch before he had to go to work and then planted his kiester on the couch right in front of my Downward Dogs and Runner’s Poses. (lol) I was even doing the triangle pose and he decided to fake kick me in the stomach to see if I would remain calm and not lose focus or balance. I didn’t flinch at all :D Once he left, I continued and at the end of the first half, I was so exhausted! My muscles ached and all I wanted to do was quit. But, I pressed forward!! Will Power, how strong thou art!!

Then, the Plough to Shoulder move came and I was so exhausted that I did these moves hurriedly and actually fell out of Shoulder stance. (Not a good idea!!) My back started to hurt and I felt like such a complete idiot for losing my balance in the first place. After that, I was only able to do about 5 more minutes of yoga when I just had to stop the video, stretch and lie down. Not because I was tired (I was though) but because pain was shooting up and down my back. I’ve learned that back pain is made better by resting, so I had to stop 15 minutes before the end of the video and focus on making sure that my back was going to be ok.

Also, by this time, I was mighty hungry. My lunch consisted of a sandwich, a banana, a spoonful of peanut butter, a protein shake, and a cup of water. Once that was all gone, I tried to finish Iron Man 2 and not even 30 minutes later, I was out like a light!! It was fabulous!! I woke up a few times with my braid around my neck, haha. I’m gonna have to cut that thing off soon!!

At 5:10pm, I woke up and started to get things done. I learned that a queen size mattress, box spring and frame without wheels is nearly impossible to move by yourself!! I was able to move it though with minimal bruising. I also learned that trying to shut the middle of the laundry room door with your elbow/arm fat is NOT a good idea!! I got pinched so hard that I screamed (not a high pitched scream, but one of those” omgsh, that really stinking hurts” screams!!) I got a pretty whelp and bruise from that too…(ask me and I’ll show you!! :D)

Forgive the fact that I’ve actually taken a day to write about a bunch of things not pertaining to exercise. Lol. To get back on track though, if I had to sum this post up, I’d say that even if every fiber of your being has the deep desire NOT to workout, just do it! Just push that “play” button and do it. It kinda stinks that I’m not even done with Week 2 and have had so many “I don’t want to work out days” but that doesn’t meant that I’m going to give up. Stay strong and just do it.

Peace out homies!!

Signing Out,

It’s Possible!!

p.S.

Shout out to Melissa K. She's been doing P90X for one week now and has lost 6 pounds!! Way to go girl!!

Mini Crisis Day

As some of you have seen on Facebook, our washer decided to leak today. I’m not talking a little spurt of water, I’m really talking about gushing water coming out the bottom, flooding the floor and causing a bit of an issue. In our one-bedroom apartment, our utility room is very limited in space and trying to move the washer and dryer to get to the water was a little bit stressful.

I am currently typing this blog post at my mom’s house. They allowed us to use their washer and dryer. (Today was “wash the bedding” day and that stuff holds a lot of water, so, I had to haul soaking wet [we did wring them out as best as we could] bedding to my mom’s house to finish the washing process.) Thankfully, I’m on the last load and should be out of here by 10:00pm.

But, the important thing is that I got my workout in. It’s really inconvenient to have to wash your clothes at someone else’s house especially when you have a bunch of other stuff to do that day. Like the trooper that I am, I hauled my weights to my mom’s house and opted to do Shoulders and Arms in my old bedroom, which has been cut off from cool air for several months because they are trying to keep only the most used rooms cool. (Completely understandable.) So, as I hauled my weights upstairs, the sweat was already forming. Once I got in the room, I turned the room ac unit on, turned the ceiling fan on, and hooked up a fan as well. It was still half sweltering, but I’m not one to be a sissy. I worked through it.

Thankfully, it wasn’t a high impact workout today. I didn’t have to run or jump really and that helps a lot when the floor creaks with every step. (It’s an old house.) I did sweat though, because of the heat of the room. (I’m thinking the room was probably about 77-80 degrees). I still have Ab Ripper X to complete tonight (after we get all the clothes hung and the bed made).

Even though I could have had an excuse not to work out, I told myself that just because the washer broke (temporarily, hopefully) that’s no excuse to neglect my body.

Signing Out,

It’s Possible!! 

Deciding To Do It

So, today was an interesting day with P90X. It’s the first time that I was seriously thinking about not doing the workout for today and just adding it to tomorrow’s. When I got home from Audit at 7:00am, I decided that I would only sleep for about 4.5 hours. Well, when 11:30am arrived, I got up and bam! It hit me!! Earthquake headache!! So, seeing as I was NOT about to try Plyometrics while experiencing an earthquake, I went to bed for another few hours.

Well, a few hours went by and I still had this horrible headache. I asked PJ to get me some ibuprofen (he was already up) and was hoping that by 3:00pm, the headache would be gone and I could do my workout. It wasn’t gone by 3!! So, I opted to sleep until it was. I woke up at 4:25pm (last week did something to my sleeping pattern, really!) I got up slowly and felt a slight twinge in my head like something was about to hit me like a ton of bricks.

I told PJ that I wasn’t feeling good but that I was going to get up and do my workout anyway. He made me smile by telling me “Do your best and forget the rest.” <<this is basically the motto of P90X. So, I grabbed my chair, got my water, got dressed in my workout gear and hesitantly pressed “play.”

As mentioned above, today was Plyometrics, or jump training. I modified a lot more than last week because I didn’t want anything to set off another headache. Luckily, throughout the entire hour, it didn’t even feel like a headache was coming on. I think I eased up just enough today so as to avoid it. By the end of the workout, I was still pretty sweaty and very glad that I pressed forward.

While working out with a headache is no fun task, a lot of times I’ve found that when it feels like I’m going to get a headache, deciding to do my workout kind of “scares it away,” in a sense. But then again, I’m more in tune with my body than I am with any body else’s and it’s really a decision that needs to be made by you. If you honestly feel like taking a day off is best, then by all means, take a day off. No need to go past your limit. Do what works for you and don’t feel guilty about your decision.

Signing Out,

It’s Possible!!

P.S.

I’ve been thinking about this since yesterday when I weighed in. Only 39 more pounds! 39 more pounds!! Can you believe it!! Your work is paying off and you see the goal straight out in front of you. Hard work really does pay off and I am a living testimony!! I just can’t believe that I used to weigh 236 pounds and am only 39 pounds from reaching 130. It blows my mind every time I think about it. Wow!

Hello Sweet “16”

Unfortunately, today was a “get up late” day...again. (I really need to wake up earlier!!) My husband and I stayed up late talking and didn’t go to bed until about 3:00am. So, naturally, we both stayed in bed until 3:00pm because we apparently had nothing else better to do. When we finally did wake up, we snuggled for about an hour and then I decided to get my exercise in for the day even though I had a horrible headache.

It was Chest and Back and Ab Ripper X, just like last Monday. With my headache, I was able to get past the entire C&B video, but only a tiny section of Ab Ripper X. I’m proud of what I was able to do even though I was in intense pain.

For some reason, it seems like last week went by entirely too slow! It could have been the fact that it was my first week with P90X again or maybe even the fact that my work schedule was completely crazy!! I’m not sure what it was, but hopefully these next few weeks go by a little faster!

Anyway, today was also Weigh Day!! And, as mentioned before, if I weighed today and was still in the same 170 range as with the entire 2 months of Insanity, I was planning to make some major changes to my diet. Well, folks!! I have good news!! When I weighed in today, Simon said 168.6! So, from last week, that means I’ve lost 4.4 pounds! I couldn’t be more ecstatic!! So happy to finally celebrate the Sweet “16!!” That means that I only have 39-ish more pounds to lose until I get to my goal weight!! The target is finally in reach now that my weigh is starting to decrease again!! I’m so excited to see what these next few weeks have in store for my body!!

Signing Out,

It’s Possible!!

First Week Not So Bad

Well, the first week of Round 2 of P90X is officially completed!! I am super proud of myself because I started strong. So, I believe I will finish strong as well. :D

I’ll keep this relatively short. I just wanted to tell you a little about Legs and Back as well as Kempo X, which was today’s workout.

Basically, in L&B, you do a lot of lunges, pull-ups, and other exercises that work the upper thighs and calves. My favorite part in this video would have to be the Wall Squats and Calf Raises even though they burn. It’s really a mind thing to tell yourself to keep squatting against a wall when it makes you want fall on your butt and release yourself from the pain. Before I started, as soon as I put my back on the wall and squatted down at 90 degrees, I fell on my butt. Not even 2 seconds in!! Last night, I did the entire 90 seconds in the wall squat position. (They actually take breaks but I just wanted to do the wall squat for that long to see if I could…and I did!!)

Calf Raises are another thing that burns like FIRE!! You pick a weight and let it hang by your side for balance and just to have some weight. Then, you raise up on your tippy toes 15 times, then 10 really quick ones. You start with bow-legged position, then ski position, and finally pigeon-toed position. I dare you to try this. If it doesn’t feel like you are walking on fire, then you’re not doing it right.

About Kempo X. This would probably be my least favorite. I’m not really sure why, but I just don’t like it. You do a lot of punches and kicks. It’s not too much fun but it goes by pretty quick and you get a nice sweat out of it. I wish it wasn’t the last workout of the week because it’s lame!!

Ok, that’s it for now. I’m at my mom’s house and I’m gonna help her do the dishes :D

Signing Out,

It’s Possible!!