It's time to kick some A$$!!

Hey Lisa thanks for coming by! And thanks for the compliment.

And for everyone else who is wondering my first weigh in is drum roll.................

165.4 (-3.2):party:

I am thrilled. And just like that I'm into week two. Today was yoga and it was not bad at all. But damn does that workout make me sweat. I had a little bit of an easier time doing the moves today. I am so excited to see myself grow and develop.

Soo I decided to start a video diary documenting my P90X journey and I will post my updates on here every Monday for everyone to see if they would like to follow me. This will keep me more accountable as I put them on youtube so the whole world can see if they want. I wish I had a day 1 video but I wasnt thinking so oh well...

I am very happy with the result so far. I am so motivated right now and I hope I keep the motivation going for the full 90 days.
 
Hey everyone!!!

Day 9 of P90X went very well. I am very happy to almost be out of the single digits (being on a weight loss forum its ironic I say that). Things are going super duper well. Eats are great (though today I lacked in veggies. Didn't have my salad for dinner). I have noticed that I am lacking fiber in my diet, so I went out and bought some metamucil. It is the shape management version so it's packed with vitamins that increase the metabolism of carbs and fats. How sweet is that?!?! Still taking my supplements. 1 multivitamin, one Vitamin C and now the Fiber. I need to make sure I am getting everything that my body needs because I am certain I am lacking in some areas. As we all do everyday. I am just being more health conscious. I'd like to get into this habit and keep it going for the rest of my life. (The fiber supplement also lowers cholesterol which is an added plus).

I don't think I need to mention my eats but I will if anyone is curious.

Breakfast: HB eggs 2 on 1 piece w/w toast (mayo and ketchup)
Snack: Banana
Lunch: Ham sandwich with mustard on 2 pieces w/w bread
Dinner: Protein shake... handful of almonds. Handful of blueberries.

Today's workout kicked the snot out of me. Legs and back with the ab ripper X. I did the whole legs tape in its entirety. No being sucky (OK I slacked on the one leg wall sits) I gave it my all and I BROUGHT IT! With the ab tape I pushed through it as hard as I could and completed more than half of every exercise. (16 reps of 25 for the later moves.). After my workout though I felt like crap. My legs were all jelly and I got an ever so slight feeling of nausea and it triggered an anxiety attack which I then battled for the remainder of the night. I do feel better now though. I really hope that as I get more fit the anxiety will completely diminish. I have the attacks under control in the sense that they don't spiral into an insane feeling of thinking I'm going to die, but they are still there slightly and it's enough to throw me off completely.

I want to ass that I skkippped wings for a SECOND Tuesday in a row!!! Huge accomplishment. Dont think they didnt cross my mind a handful of times tonight haha.

Anyways I think I wrote enough today. I gotta hit the sac. Have a good night everyone.

Heres to another day.:beerchug:
 
DAY 10 of P90X ONLY 80 more!!!

Today was TOUGH. I did not want to workout. I was scheduled to work at the restaurant today which I don't usually work today as I already mentioned. So I got home and did my workout at 8:30... but I really didnt want to do it. I did not let myself procrastinate for too long and before I knew it I was warming up. I like these tapes though because the time goes by faster than other tapes I've done. Today I did Kenpo which is Kick boxing. I made sure I brought it as much as I could. I pushed and pushed and really gave it my all. Overall a great success today.

Had my usual eats today. Had a salad at the restaurant and my protein shake after the workout added my fiber to the shake too. Took my multivitamin and vitamin C just now too.

Things are looking good on the scale. Will have a number for everyone on Monday. Everyone must wait until then. But things look goooood.

Heres to hitting the double digits in my P90X!! A solid 10 DAYS!!!
 
Awessssooommmeee Adeon!!!! Keep it up! The hardest part is just doing it...no? Once you get the endorphins kicking, it's great!! And kudos for doing it w/ all that hard work at the restaurant! Know u must be tired when you get home and hopefully not hangry! lol =) Take care girlie! :biggrinjester:
 
You are totally kicking butt!! Just tried watching your video but it said an error occurred, I'll have to try again later. Keep doing what you're doing and you'll be dropping pounds like crazy!
 
Hey guys. thank for any support you may have started to give me but I am here with some unfortunate news. I have stopped doing P90X. And not because I couldnt do the workouts or it was too intense or anything like that. It's because my life is too busy right now. I work 5 days a week at the office. It takes me an hour at least to get to work and back. And because of all the bull that has happened at the restaurant, I am working 6 days there. So my boss wants me to start working at 7 in the morning. So my new schedule will be something like wake up at 5:15. leave house at 6 to get to work for hopefully 7. Then leave work at 3:30 to get to the restaurant for 4:40 and start work at 5. Work from 5 till about 9 and be in bed for 9:30 to do it all over again the next day. I need a new day job. I am sick of the drive. I don't want to do it anymore. But right now the money is more needed with Xmas coming and me trying to pay off the bills and whatnot. So I will try to fit some workouts in on the weekends and in the meantime just keep my eats as clean as possible. I hope I can still be down 15 lbs from my last trip to Cuba so I can impress my BF. I came back at 173 so 15 lbs down would be 158? I'd like to be there. Then maybe in the new year I can restart my P90X.

I will try to be on here as much as possible to keep me grounded.
 
Hey girl!! lol I posted around the same time as ya! Guess we think alike! Sorry to hear about the work demands! Try squeezing in a lil activity throughout the day instead of 1 large chunk if time constrained! =) Hope your customers are tipping ya well! Sounds like you're working hard! Good luck girlie! =) Have you been applying elsewhere?
 
Gosh that schedule sounds awful! I knew you worked at a restaurant but didn't know you had an office job, too. I can barely handle my office job (also with an hour commute each way) and part-time school, but least with school I can decide I just don't want to do any homework.... Can't do that with a job. :( Focus on eating right and just do what you can, you've only got so many hours in the day!
 
Schedules have a tendency of kicking your ass when trying to lose weight.
I've been very fortunate myself in that I'm only working a part-time job (looking for a full-time one), and thus have more time to focus on gym time.

You'll find a balance; strong, determined people always do.
Best of luck to you!
 
Wow I feel for you and totally understand putting the dvd's to the side for a bit! I'm sure with being so busy you will burn some extra cals! Can't say the same for me since I sit on my butt almost all day!
Hope to see you still checking in and posting when time permits. Good luck with the loss going forward!
 
Hey everyone. Thanks for coming by my diary. I am glad everyone is understanding. Some people are really not understanding. They are seeing it as more of a choice for me. Which I guess could be a choice if I cut my hours back at work, but then they could possibly be screwed at night. I'd prefer to help when I can. I'd rather just suck it up for a few months and deal with everything in the new year.

I'd be lying if I said I have been eating well. It is my week back to the underworld sadly. I always intend on eating well but it always ends in something bad. I've had wild wing this week, burger and fries, sausage and cheese sandwiches and just overeating in general. Today is going well but I just always get the idea that I want to get everything in before I eat well again. So I eat nothing but bad. Probably will have a sub for dinner tonight. Will be better if I just have the sub and not the swiss chalet. I mean the swiss would be ideal without the sub but I fear I might have both. I'll just have the sub and see how I feel. Tomorrow I am going to the chinese buffet for my cousins birthday. And saturday I am going to a club... sooo booze.

anyways just talking to my mom now so I gotta go will update later.
 
I often think like you and get off track horribly - this is the third time I am losing these last 20 pounds in the course of 2 years - always so close to my goal and then I just indulge in everything I restricted myself from. People say do it in moderation but when you are not putting the effort in it's very easy to eat bad everyday.
Stay strong and try to at least only have one bad thing a day. The way I normally work is once I've ruined the day by eating something that makes me feel guilty I use it as an excuse to eat everything in sight and just start over the next day - well this doesn't work! I'm still trying to figure out what works but for now I just have to stay on the wagon!
Don't stray too long because you don't want all your hard work to fall to the side. If you don't have time to exercise you have to eat well or else I can guarantee you are going to gain and no one likes that. Good luck and I'm looking forward to you being back on the wagon soon! Have a great healthy weekend!
 
I'm BACK!!!!!!:party:

After coming up with a gain of 1.8 lbs I decided I'm not going to wait until I have time to do P90X. I'm just going to start now and utilize the time I have.

As of Saturday I am 170.4.............ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. But it was a couple days before my TOM and I tend to retain water around that time. So As of Monday my mom said she was starting to eat well, so I decided to do the same. We are going to join the gym again. I really love the group classes at goodlife so I am excited to be going back. I am going to workout on the days that I can (those days being saturday - tuesday.) and make the most of my workouts and diet. I do not want to stress about missing days or eating a bad thing I just want to live a natural healthy lifestyle. If I can't make the gym its no biggie just shrug it off and continue living the day.

My mom has not been eating very well and that makes me struggle. I feel that I should get to eat that stuff too.... but today I held on tight. I DID suggest wildwing but fortunately she had already stuffed her face and was full.

Yesterdays eats:
Breakfast Fiber one mixed with all bran and soy milk
Snack two clementines
Lunch about a serving of pasta with beef and tomatoes and salad
Dinner 2 chicken fajitas. no sour cream.

Todays eats:
Breakfast same as day before
Snack two clementines
Lunch salmon on salad
Snack one clementine
Dinner 9 salmon and shrimp sushi rolls
I also picked at the pizza on the counter. Having the equivalent of a fifth of a slice maybe.

I leave for Cuba in 16 days and I'd really like to be down at least 5 lbs by then. I think that is realistic. I just need the strength to treat each meal like an enjoyable lifestyle change that I will forever commit to.

I may start counting calories again on fitday. not sure if I want to be extreme right now. just trying to be very nonchalant about this. But the calorie counting helped me lose 15 lbs last time and got me to my lowest weight.......... anyone with suggestions???
 
Don't give up Adeon!! You've got this...Proud of ya for deciding to go to the gym classes! I always have to remind myself that stuffing my face only gives me temporary satisfaction but long-lasting regret! Ughhhh! Hope that helps! Keep it up! Hope you enjoy Cuba! =)
 
hey thanks soccer for cheering me on! Appreciate the advice too. I like the way you think.... but I don;t think I'd ever be able to think like that. When I want something bad to eat I am like a heroin addict that just wants another hit lol.

Anyways everything is going alright. Ate bad this weekend. Went out on Friday. I need to stop doing that. I do not enjoy the after effects of it. Just want to relax and enjoy my weekends. I have been soo tired lately I actually gave away my Sunday shift to my mother (we work together if I havent mentioned that)

My bros bday was on Friday and we went to the chinese buffet yesterday. I did not eat well at all. Today trying to get back into the swing of things. Went out with my friend for dinner but got a relatively healthy vietnamese dish. Cuba is 10 days away and I'd like to start working out again. I was supposed to workout today but it did not happen due to having dinner with my friend. Tomorrow I will workout for sure! That is a personal PROMISE!!

I have decided not to count calories. I do not have time to do things like that. Anyways thats all for now I think. gonna chill out for a bit before going to bed.
 
God, I totally understand about crazy work schedules. I have one as well, and it's not that I hate my work, (i love it in fact) I just end up driving about an hour and a half everyday, and it just drags at my energy and then I just don't want to do anything.

BUT I'm glad you're back! and reading what you said about not putting things off, well darnit, I guess I'm going to have to get my behind in gear again. So thanks! :p

Anyway, keep it up, and just keep on trucking.
 
Hey good to see you back. I don't count my calories on a special website - I just keep track of them in a notebook. I have it lying around the house or bring it to work and after I've finished a meal I simply write it down and the total amount of calories. I eat a lot of the same things so after a while of checking the package or googling how many cals it becomes pretty second nature. It's really helping me stay in line but not taking a lot of energy or time to do it.
Hope you find something that works for you! Take care!
 
Hey everyone!

I am getting really sick of starting over and over again. I'd just like to let it all go and be content with gaining and being whatever weight I would end up being. I effed up again yesterday. Bagel for breakfast with cream cheese. Lunch had some whole wheat pasta with a pear. Snack had 2 clementines. And dinner had half a bag of mini rice cakes, a big bowl of beef stew with one piece of bread and butter. AND DESSERT a slice of cheesecake. Ughhhhh how do I fight the battle?? How do I win???

I told myself that today I would start to eat really well because I can work out on Saturday and everyday after that until the 28th of the month. I would have the time to do so.

So eats today have gone very well so far. Breakfast fiber cereal with a protein shake. Snack two clementines. Lunch beef stew leftover with salad. thats all I've had for now.

Dinner is coming up and I'd really like to be content with a dark chicken with veg and a roll.... but it's looking as though I am going to opt for the wrap......and 800 calorie wrap opposed to a 400 calorie meal.....blahhhhh what do I do? Give in? Only eat half the wrap? (I know I'd want the other half). I dunno........ it just sucks.

Scale yesterday said 168 but I have not been eating healthy. I guess I'll try to update tomorrow with whatever happens tonight.
 
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