P90X – Plyometrics – I’m a Wet Rag
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Ok….I did my p90x plyometrics workout this morning and was a wet rag. I didn’t even finish the complete workout I was so hammered. My legs were on fire about 1/3 of the way through.
I played racquetball last night for a couple hours until my legs were like jello and the effects of that were obviously still lingering this morning when I started P90X.
I’m pleased with myself for getting up and giving it a shot….just bummed I couldn’t suck it up and do the whole thing. I’ve dropped 6 pounds in the last 3 days so that’s at least encouraging.
I’m feeling better today than I did yesterday. My sister in law was released from the hospital last night and is home resting. There are so many friends in the neighborhood and from the church coming around in bunches to show their support and give her help with anything that needs to be done.
It warms my heart to know that so many people love her and are pulling for her and are pitching in. In that sense….life is good…in spite of the obstacles. She’s weak today, but over the halfway mark with her radiation treatments. She’s eating, even though it’s not much fun and the taste is completely whacky.
I watch her and am amazed at her great attitude and ability to focus on the positive…..I have no reason to complain about anything in my life at the moment.
I have been eating better the last several days as well…..lots of hummus, guacomole, tomatoes, cucumbers. Feeling much better physically than I have for weeks. I guess the hardest part fo rme has always been breaking the unhealthy cycle of being lethargic and eating crap….especially at night just before I head off to bed.
I’m doing better and will continue to do better. When I get back to P90X Plyometrics next week I will be stronger and I will be able to complete the entire workout like I used to be able to. I’m playing racquetball again tonight so we’ll see how it goes……no complaints…….just getting busy. I will overcome this weight problem once and for all.
Tomorrow is P90X Shoulders & Arms….my favorite P90X workout of all…I’m looking forward to it.
P90X Diet Tips
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I’ve done pretty well with the workouts for the last several months.
I’ve added quite a bit of muscle to my frame, but I haven’t lost any real weight….maybe 5 pounds.
I’ve said in earlier posts that I wasn’t going to let myself get too down if I wasn’t successful at dropping the weight.
I’m pleased with my efforts as far as the p90x workouts are considered, but I want to do better in the weight loss category.
I have to admit that my diet throughout my previous p90x cycle has been the ultimate problem.
We got into the habit of eating ice cream almost everyday and I know that I can’t keep doing that and expect to drop the weight.
I’ve cut out soda from my diet almost completely – maybe 12 oz. every week or 2.
On a typical day I’ll get up at 6 am, do a little work on my blogs and my commercial photography website.
At around 8 am I’ll pop in a P90X DVD and do an hour workout.
About 1/2 hour after my workout I’ll mix up a Shakeology Shake.
I’ll usually make an egg sandwich for lunch…nothing too crazy.
I haven’t done a good job snacking on healthy options in the middle of the day.
By the time dinner rolls around I’ve been starving and I’ll overeat.
Chicken, salmon, lean beef, pasta, salads, veggies.
They’re nutritious and healthy dinners, just too much of them……portion control will be the answer.
I’m trying to keep things simple and balanced. No crazy diets…nothing overly complicated…..in other words just common sense.
I’ve got grapes and carrots lined up for gnoshing today.
My kiss of death over the last 3 months has been after 9 pm when I’m still winding down.
I’ve eaten junk to be honest – ice cream and chips and crap.
This time around with this P90X sequence I’ll do better with my diet.
The rule this time around is – no junk food during the week.
I’ll let myself eat ice cream or whatever on the weekend, but that’s it.
I should drop 5 pounds a week if I stick to these principles.
If I don’t drop a bunch of weight in the next couple of weeks I’ll have to go back to the drawing board as far as the diet is concerned.
P90X Diet Tips – Processed Sugar Sucks So Bad!
Chocolate Chip Devil
Holy crap! My wife made a gazillion chocolate chip cookies to send out as thank yous to a bunch of our friends who’ve been total sweethearts to us and our kids.
It’s a nice gesture. There is a problem though. I like those $#%@^@* cookies. I hear them calling to me when I’m in the other room. My wife has been unsuccessful at packaging up those cookies and getting them delivered fast enough so that I don’t sample the crap out of the dang things.
A ate a couple, I mean a few of them. Ok, ok……I’ve eaten a bucket of the things. Let me tell you, I’m now paying the price. My workout today practically killed me. I haven’t been this lethargic since before I started the P90X workouts 3 months ago. All this processed sugar sucks!
I’ve been riding the bike religiously over the last couple of months with the exception of 2 weeks ago when we were traveling and I can put a good hour in without really even feeling it.
I barely got into it 30 minutes today and my legs just gave up on me. I went to lift weights afterwards and they felt at least twice as heavy as normal.
The rest of these cookies better get delivered tonight or I won’t be able to get out of bed tomorrow. I have never had this much incentive to not eat this junk anymore. I don’t want to feel like this ever again. I have got to remember how I’m feeling right now the next time I’m tempted to eat a bunch of sugary crap.
Tomorrow will be all about healthy foods and balance. I’ll get my Shakeolgy Protein Shake in the morning and eat some fruit. I’ll eat my 5 – 6 small meals and get myself feeling “normal” again.
I’ve said for a long time that it’s not enough to just work out doing my bike riding and P90X, but that I have to eat wisely as well. I’ve really done a pretty good job of not eating too much garbage over the last 3 months.
Today was an exception, I had 6 of these cookies about a half hour before my workout and I was completely wasted. Maybe it’s just a coincidence, but I don’t want to take any chances.
I want to feel good again!
Getting Fit is Tough? – Then Wear a Cup
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I know what it’s like to be so heavy that it hurts just to get out of bed in the morning. Joints that scream and whine as I walk.
I guess being a ninja is out of the question for me. I couldn’t sneak up on anybody for an assassination attempt without my knees and ankles popping loud enough to alert an entire neighborhood.
I’m proud to say, I no longer have that problem. It’s not that I’ve lost ALL my weight. I’ve lost almost half of my goal. It’s just that all the working out, bike riding and P90X has helped strengthen my muscles which has strengthened my joints.
I wake up and get out of bed in the morning PAIN FREE. That is significant.
Ok, so what if you’re heavy. Get over it. If other people give you crap about being fat, that says more about them than it does about you. Don’t get healthy and fit because of others. Get fit and be healthy for yourself.
The judgmental looks and comments from people get old quickly and sometimes it can cause us to look for unrealistic approaches to weight loss to avoid those situations as quickly as possible.
I know it would be nice to take a magic pill that would help you lose 50 pounds overnight, but it’s just not realistic, and it’s definitely not healthy. If you’re heavy, you need a “life change” moment, not a get skinny quick scheme.
What if you only lost 2 pounds every month? That sounds like a pretty sucky goal doesn’t it? That’s hardly any weight at all, you must not be trying hard enough if that’s all you lose…….
At the end of 1 year you would have dropped 24 pounds, at the end of 2 years – 48 and the end of 3 years 72 pounds. Tell me again that 2 pounds a month is insignificant.
Here’s the cool part……..if you lose all that weight that gradually, the idea that you’ll put it back on is ridiculous. You will have been successful at changing your lifestyle.
No gimmick diets, no get skinny quick pills here, I’m talking about real change of attitude and choices and preferences. Change for life, not just for swimsuit season or somebody’s wedding.
Just resolve to start today by doing something, anything to be more active and to eat healthier foods. Don’t wait until tomorrow or next week. Do it now.
If you think it’ll be too hard, let me tell ya, it’s a lot harder to do nothing at all and progressively experience more and more pain just getting around doing your daily routines.
Think about what you will gain by eating healthier whole foods and how much more energy you’ll have for things that are important to you if you spend even just 30 minutes a day with a fairly intense workout.
In reality, getting fit isn’t that tough unless we insist on making it difficult. I know what I’m talking about here because I’ve done just that for over a decade. I made things overly complicated to justify my lack of action.
Make some healthy choices about the food that you will no longer eat. Make some healthy choices about the kind of exercise that you ARE going to do continuously and commit to it for life.
At least commit to a lifelong journey towards a healthier you. You can change things up as your weight changes or other circumstances change. Just don’t settle for doing nothing because you think it’s hard. If it’s tough…….wear a cup!
The Benefits of Water – Nature’s Magic Elixir
With all the miracle weight loss pills and miracle drinks on the market you’d think that American’s would be losing weight hand over fist instead of piling up the pounds. Americans consume billions and billions of dollars worth of diet drinks and energy drinks and have nothing but additional weight gain to show for it.
There has to be a better way to hydrate ourselves. Sadly, the answer is so simple that many people discount it’s effectiveness because it just seems to be too easy.
Do you desperately want a a liquid diet drink that naturally helps you lose weight? Go into your kitchen, walk over to the sink and turn on the spicket…..tada!!!!
Water, Good ole’ fashioned water. It just can’t be that easy…right? Well, it is that easy. Water is miraculous with the health benefits it offers. If you’ve been convinced by all the propaganda out there that the water in your tap is bad, then get bottled water or invest in a water filtration system for your home.
In any case, water is the answer for everyone if they’re looking to get their bodies back into shape. Drink at least 100 ounces a day. Add to that a balanced sensible diet and moderate to intense exercise and watch your weight regulate itself and your body transform itself into a fat burning machine instead of a fat producing blob.
If you don’t believe me when I say that water is nature’s magic elixir, then just watch this video.
After watching this there can be no argument, especially since everything on TV is the truth…..right?
Drink your water guys!
Supermodel Diet Tips From Naomi Campbell
There are many supermodel dietsout there to try, and we have complied the best ones into this article. Supermodels tend to be linked with bad press concerning crash dieting and anorexia. However there are some sensible diets out there used by many models in order to keep them looking great for the catwalk in a healthy and rational way. These are the ones we will present here. So rest assured you won’t get an eating disorder from trying these. You won’t make yourself ill, or gain more weight when you come back off the diet. These tips are more to do with healthy lifestyles.
Halle Berry is known to be on the ‘little and often’ diet. This consists of swapping the ingestion of three large meals each day for five or six small ones. This is scientifically proven to raise metabolism and insulin levels which control appetite in a healthy yet effective way. Eating regularly reduces your levels of hunger, this means that you are not craving food like you would on some diets. You burn food faster and fat too and you can eat a wide variety of food.
Naomi Campbell is rumoured to stick to a slightly higher protein intake that the recommended daily allowance. This helps you to feel full after eating. However it is not a good idea to eat a lot of protein as in large amounts you will gain weight – you need to get the right balance. She no longer consumes alcohol or drugs due to the bad effects it has on her image, body and weight.
Some celebrities that allegedly to stick to supermodel diet tips are the likes of Jessica Alba, Jennifer Lopez and Reese Witherspoon. Each is known for their cardio workout and/or weight resistance regimes which leave them both in great shape and physically fit.
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