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Going strong

westgaze — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:00:18 +0000

Days 24 and 25 of P90X and I am still going strong. I am noticing that I am slimmer and that I am able to do a lot more moves than ever before.

Eating has been ok for the past couple of days. I ate 1800 calories today and yesterday. This is pretty good considering how hard I have been working out. I am truly feeling the burn!

Calories: ~1800

Bad decision: Chocolate chip cookie

Good decision: Staying in a moderate calorie range three days in a row, P90X

Back in black

westgaze — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 00:36:20 +0000

I resumed my workout regimen today. I did 2 really tough workouts: a 2.7mile run with c25k and Core synergistics. There was much sweating to be had.

Still having a problem with overeating. Oh well. I can afford it on days like today.

Calories: 1900

Bad decision: Cookie and extra slice of pizza

Good decision: Salad for afternoon snack

Oh hey…

westgaze — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 01:37:32 +0000

Look who didn’t overeat for once!

I still have the potential to, but I feel like if I write it here then I will be obligated to stop eating for the night. Because like I said, no cheating.

Also, I did not do P90X today because it’s been a bad couple of days in terms of stress. Hopefully tomorrow I can get back into it, that is unless of course we have company taking up our living room again.

Calories: 1475

Bad decision: 600 calorie breakfast, not working out

Good decision: High protein dinner

Nutella is bad news

westgaze — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:48:30 +0000

My first nutella experience was yesterday. It has destroyed my diet. It’s just too tasty to pass up, but now that I am out of bananas I will stay out of it. Not to mention it is technically my roommates.

My roommate is an enabler. She made macaroni and cheese tonight and stuck a plate right in front of my face. Granted, it was OK for me to eat, but having somebody here to cook for me is not good news for my diet at all.

Calories: ~2100

Bad decision: Nutella overload. Again.

Good decision: High protein, low calorie breakfast

Psych ward

westgaze — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:35:21 +0000

Had my first clinical of the semester today. It was great for calorie control.

It’s been a pretty terrible night, and I’ve eaten about 800 calories in the last 20 minutes, but I still stayed at a good number for the day.

Calories: ~1580

Bad decision: Nutella overload

Good decision: P90X Day 21, High protein, low calorie breakfast to get me through the next 8 hours without a lunch

I don’t wanna talk about it

westgaze — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:26:35 +0000

Calories: ~2400

Bad decision: Ice Cream sundae. Yeah, I sucked today.

Good decision: P90X Core Synergistics

Grazing

westgaze — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:31:49 +0000

Still having a problem with overeating. Granted, I just barely tapped over my limit today but most of the calories I ate were before the clock even struck noon. Then after that I had to distract myself or sleep to keep myself from eating.

Did Week 9 Day 1 of C25K today; I’ve basically graduated with this as it is the longest run in the program. So, yay me! Tomorrow was what was supposed to be the 5K I was going to run to celebrate this. The person running with me bailed, and I couldn’t see myself doing it alone, so instead I’ll do nothing. Oh well. I’m still really proud of myself.

Calories: ~1700

Bad decision 9/5/2010: Gorging myself before noon

Good decision 9/5/2010: C25K run; using tasks or sleep to keep myself out of the kitchen

Recovery Week

westgaze — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:40:25 +0000

Today marked the beginning of recovery week, or week 4 of P90X.

Also, I am going to start posting how many calories I’ve eaten because I need to be held accountable by it instead of hiding from it. And I’m not going to lie, either. I’ve not made that an option for myself.

Really that’s all I had. I’m hitting cardio hard tomorrow with a C25K run, Kenpo X and a little bit of yoga. And the only reason I know I’ll get it done is because I have so much school work to do that I’m going to want to get out of it some how.

Calorie count: 1804

Bad decision: Late night pizza that roommate brought home

Good decision: Carrots for an evening snack

Overeaters anonymous

westgaze — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:27:06 +0000

I’m having a lot of problems this week from eating out of boredom. School is back in session, meaning lots of sitting around in lecture and orientation. Then I come home to sit around and either unwind from lecture or do the massive amounts of sitting-around-on-the-computer homework we’ve been given. Thank the good lord that this is my last semester of nursing school.

The over eating has really taken a toll of my calories-in. Obviously. What’s sad is i know that if I quit these awful eating habits, I would’ve lost at least 2-4 more pounds doing P90X so far, but instead I’ve only lost 1 pound. I estimate the 2 pounds because I could see myself going over a grand total of 7000+ calories in the last 2 weeks. That hurts to say, but unfortunately, it is probably true.

Today was a rough day for getting myself off my ass and doing the workout. We have somebody staying on our living room floor all week and it has severely put a damper on my workouts. And week 3 is the toughest, in my opinion, because you’re still not seeing great results and still not so far into the program so as to say, “I’ve made it this far, and by god I’ll keep going.” But nonetheless, some how I got CardioX in yesterday and Legs & Back and ARX in today. My ARX abilities continue to improve by leaps and bounds with each work out, so if all else fails and P90X is a giant dud, my core will be amazingly strong.

Bad decision 9/2/2010: Pizza for lunch

Good decision 9/2/2010: Instead of getting candy afterward I ate a little apple; P90x Day 18

A much better day

westgaze — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:21:30 +0000

A much better day led to much healthier decisions.

Day 16 of P90x went well. I may do both Cardio X and Yoga tomorrow so that I can get back on schedule, depending on when I roll out of bed. Since I’ve been waking up to run at sunrise, my body rather enjoys getting up between 5:30 and 6:30 every morning. When I told my mom this, her jaw did an oscar-worthy drop; she simply couldn’t believe it. After the first 2-3 weeks of sleep hell, I found that I actually really enjoy it.

I convinced my roommate P to do the Shoulders & Arms workout with me today. She was skeptical because she didn’t understand how it was 60 minutes of arm work, but once we got through most of it she couldn’t believe how good the workout was and how it had flown by. She also did a couple of the Ab Ripper X moves with me, and then proceeded to give up and cheer me on. My progress in terms of ab and lower back strength is ASTOUNDING. In 5 workouts I have gone from being able to complete about 25-50% of the moves to being able to complete about 75% or more. One word: wow.

Food decisions were subpar today. I was doing well until the clock struck seven, and the munchies began. But considering I woke up and did another 2.5 mile run with C25K today, plus P90X, I think it will probably be all right.

Bad decision 8/31/2010: Post dinner fiber muffin and protein bar

Good decision 8/31/2010: C25K, P90X, sensible breakfast