Katie, in transition

Day 10 (i think?) is done :) second session of yoga went better than the first. i am realizign how inflexible i am lol. it hurts, but i think it will be good for me.

been eating like ass. my family likes their pizza and sausage and full-fat salad dressings. its not really an excuse, but its hard to eat well or want a great, healthy meal when everyone else wants pizza. tomorrow will hopefully be better. :)
 
Just finished the video for day 15 :D only 75 more days to go haha. seems like so much

the workout was hard today, but i really pushed myself :) i was able to do 24 standard push-ups, full-body. :D thats two more than last week. my boyfriend says that he is noticing a difference, and tells me that i look good. he did, however, also let it slip yesterday that I am "not that chunky" haha he instantly back-peddled, saying that was not what he meant. he meant that i am not chunky. its sad, and kind of funny, that one comment (slip) like that can negate almost all of the nice things that he has said about how i look in the past. it sucks because i know it shouldn't effect me that much, but i can't help it. he has been super supportive, and tells me how good i look all the time, and has been commenting that i look more fit since doing this program... so it sucks that this little slip of his has messed with my head so much. anyone else experience this?? ugggh.

anyways, same story has been happening. been good with doing the workouts, bad with eating. going to do some grocery shopping myself today, get some good foods for me to eat. take matters into my own hands. :)
 
katie0615 said:
been eating like ass. my family likes their pizza and sausage and full-fat salad dressings. its not really an excuse, but its hard to eat well or want a great, healthy meal when everyone else wants pizza. tomorrow will hopefully be better. :)
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I totally know what you mean! Unfortunately eating matters so much more than exercise in this journey. As long as you are keeping track and making good choices when you can I think you will still come out ahead! Remeber it's a life stlye change and no one can go their whole life without indulging in pizza here and there!! Keep it up your doing great!! And great work with the push-ups! Really impressive!
 
my eating has gotten a bit better, i think. i have been eating out a bit lately. my boyfriend's mom was in the hospital, so spending time there meant eating out a bit more. i have been doign my p90x everyday :D i am surprised i have been doing it so well. i was going to switch out plyo yesterday for cario because my knee was sore after plyo last week. i changed my mind last minute, and just did some of the plyo excersies in the modified version. i feel great today. :)

dinner tonight is salmon and corn on the cob. could be better, but could be worse.
 
sooo

i went away to a family reunion this weekend. and my eating was TERRIBLE! they served greasy, fried food for dinner, lunch, brunch, breakfast.... ugh all we seemed to do was eat and drink beer as a family because the weather was so awful. i honestly see the difference in my stomach. its awful. lol and i was getting stomach aches (that i think were gas issues) at night after a couple of beers. and i think it is because of all the crappy, greasy food and beer. so my gut is bigger (an i think my boobs may have grown too...) and i am hoping that it will go back down after a couple of days back into routine. goign to try to eat extra healthy this week, and no pop or beer (should be easy).

also, on this weekend, i missed two days of my p90x. :( lol i was doing so well, but i figure that to miss only two days out of three weeks is still pretty damn good. AND it was a special occasion that was the reason for missing. not going to help my weight, but makes me sleep a bit better... with my big gut :p

got home from the reunion today, and started week 4 of the program. was yoga again. i'm liking it a bit more, and it seems to be getting mroe difficult the more i do it. I think that may be because i am getting the postures better than the first time i did them, so i feel it more properly. i'm not sure. i have a physical tomorrow morning (eek) so i am going to ask my doctor about any supplements that i maybe should be taking.

overall, in summary... AWFUL weekend, and going to try to make up for it this week. i can tell i am already "back on track" and will have no problem getting back into working out 6 days a week. my body really seemed to miss it... those stomach aches were a sign i think. lol thank god it's only once per year... lol
 
today was a good day. :) i ate well...

BKFST: organic flax cereal
LUNCH: salad, oatmeal (1 packet)
DINNER: baked chicken breast, 1/3 cup rice, and steamed green beans
SNACK: nature valley sweet&chewy peanut bar, bagel with light cream cheese

my dinner was kind of a success for me. i finished work late tonight (cleaning pools this afternoon after my doctors' appointment) and my dad said they had already ordered pizza. i passed on the pizza and made my healthy chicken meal instead :)

did the Core Synergistics video of p90x today. i really enjoyed it. it was a bit of everything, and the hour flew by. i get to do the workout again friday :) haha

so, this week has been pretty good so far. just working on getting the gut down again. i think its gotten a bit better already, making me think it was just bloating. the doctor today mentioned that i gained a bit of weight in the last year (i weight in at 146.5 today with jeans on after eating lol). he said that i would have to lose 5-10 pounds ot be in the "ideal" range, but he said he wasn't concerned... i guess thats good..? lol i really want to break 140 soon...
 
i'm gettign lazy with the diary...

i realized that i LOVE the core synergistics video from p90x :) its like everything in one. i get dripping in sweat and breathing heavy, and i felt like my core was stronger the day after i did the video last time :) i just did the video again today (again, i skipped yesterday, making that my rest instead of sunday).

FINISHED DAY 27 OF P90X!! ALMOST 1/3 THROUGH :D

i am noticing that i am having less motivation to do the videos after work. i am working outside all day, and i have gotten off at 7p.m. a couple days the past week (i start at 7 a.m. lol). it is hard to make myself work out for an hour when i get home so late, am so tired, and know i have to be in bed within a few hours. hopefully there will be no late nights this week.

i am also noticing that it may be interrupting with my social life a bit, as i hesitate to make plans during the week because i know i have to fit my workout in after work too. i think this may be bad. i will keep sticking with it, but i may have to cut it short for this round and try again later. hopefully not...... but i don't want to sacrifice friends and be lonely, even if it means i look damn good. lol

seeing friends this weekend that i haven't seen in a while. really looking forward to it. haven't seen the boyfriend in over a week, and it may be another week before i see him again. being in love sucks when you can't see them... lol just means he'll notice my improvements that much more i guess ;)
 
ugh. utter failure today. i weighed myself this morning, and i have put on one pound since starting this program. Aunt Flow is currently visiting, so i am presently blaming the weight on her. i will try again next monday and see.

also... missed my workout video for today (NOOO!) because i went out to dinner with my friends, who i haven't seen in like months. it was a lot of fun. i ate pasta (awful, but delicious) so that wasn't great. but i guess i didn't let working out get in the way of having a social life, which i mentioned earlier that i was worried about. so i am not too upset about today. i may just do today's and tomorrow's videos tomorrow... 2 hours of exercising won't kill me ;)

thinking about doing the terry fox run this weekend. i have no running partner at the moment though. i am not really one to do things like that alone. hopefully though. would really like to contribute. we'll see.

peace :)
 
keep it up Katie, I thought about doing the P90x workout but I heard you need great cardio fitness before starting it.

Im going to spend the next 3mths at least building my cardio and then look at the P90x stuff more seriously.
 
roysymmonds83 said:
keep it up Katie, I thought about doing the P90x workout but I heard you need great cardio fitness before starting it.

Im going to spend the next 3mths at least building my cardio and then look at the P90x stuff more seriously.
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i recommend it. i have not noticed major improvements in my fifth week, but i also haven't been following the nutrition program at all and been eating relatively poorly. its fun though. :) good luck, and let me know how it goes.


did plyo yesterday. was great. did back and biceps today. not bad. i really wish i had a chin-up bar though. i think it would make my workouts as intense as they are supposed to be. the band just doesn't cut it.
 
today was day 34. i used yesterday as my "rest" day instead of sunday. so today was Legs and Back, and Kenpo tomorrow :)

i had a pretty good day today, with one MAJOR setback. i went on a 45-60 minute walk through some trails in my town with my boyfriend early this afternoon. it was really nice. had a salad and turkey sandwich when we got back. did my p90x. ... then mcdonalds and a bit of ice cream for dinner :( ruined it. haha and after my workout and dinner, i took my dog out for another like 30-45 minute walk. sooo... i have been very active today, and may have managed to burn off the mcdonalds dinner. lol thats my one mcdonalds meal for september that i am allowing myself. i need to start making it one fast-food meal per month maybe. lol

might weight myself tomorrow mornign. might wait until next week. we shall see. hope everyone has been able to control their mc-dee's cravings better than i have :(

night
 
p.s.... (bit of a rant)

i am so frustrated. lol i live in canada, so the terry fox run is tomorrow to raise money for cancer research. i see signs up about it EVERYWHERE, and i know someone pretty close to me that has recently been diagnosed... not to mention the people that i have lost in the past or know that have battled cancer. needless to say, i want to do this run preeetty badly. but i can find NO ONE to go with me. lol i don't know too many people that run, but the couple people that i do know can't be bothered or are too busy. i not only think that it would be fun (i have never done a group run of any kind before), but its for a great cause. i don't know if this is silly of me, but i don't really want to do it alone... so it kinda sucks that i'm sitting out because of other people. lol maybe there is a forum or club of runners around me that i could join and meet people who i could join with for next year... hmm. something to look into.

ugh. rant completed.
 
been sticking to it pretty well. missed one day last week (Back and Biceps) because my grandma has been sick in the hospital, and i was with her in the ER for most of the night. other than that, been sticking to it well, and eating pretty good. i feel really thin in my upper body, especially shoulders and around my waist. after my workout today, my mom told me that she thinks my stomach looks flatter, which was nice.

things are going to get more hectic i think. people seem to be getting sick everywhere. i am anticipating missing a few workouts in the coming weeks, which really doesn't matter in the big picture of things.
 
Day 44

did plyo today. i actually thought i could have barfed part way through it. BUT i did the bonus rounds in the end :) i feel great now.

tomorrow is the half-way point. either tomorrow morning or the next day, i plan to weigh, measure, and take pictures of myself. i forgot to do it 1/3 of the way through, so half will have to do. i've been getting a lot more compliments on my body the last couple weeks. my mom told me my stomach looks "flatter" :D so happy. lol and i feel like i look better. the results for me started to show in week 6 i guess. can't believe i am already in week 7. i can't imagine how much better i would look and feel if i actually ate well :p lol
 
Day 44

i did plyo today. actually got that "i'm gonna barf" feeling about three-quarters through. BUT i pushed through and completed the bonus round. i feel great.

tomorrow is the half-way point through the program. i can't believe it, already. i plan on, either tomorrow morning or the next day, weighing, measuring, and taking pics. just to see the difference. i have been getting more comments lately about how i look, and my mom told me my stomach looks "flatter" :D i didn't notice much difference the first month, but started in week 6. i can't help but imagine how much better i would look and feel if i actually ate well.... lol

i will try to remember to post my results. maybe my pictures. still not that comfortable showing off the bod in a bikini. lol but i AM in the 130's now (at least i hope i still am). haha

<3
 
Finished week 7 today :) over half-way done now. i did my measurements again on day 45 and took pictures today. kind of disappointed in the way that they turned out, cause i feel a lot better, and think i look better. but maybe the pics and measurements for the end will be that much better. here are my measurements from day 1 and day 45 for all...

Aug 18th (Day 2) Sept 29th (Day 45)
Weight 141.2 138.1
BF% 32 31.57
Chest 35 34
Boobs 36 36
Shoulders 40 39
Waist 29.5 29
Hips (Bone) 34 34
Bum 39.5 38
R Thigh 21.5 20.75
L. Thigh 21.5 20.75
R. Bicep 11.5 12?
L. Bicep 11.5 11.5?
R. Calf 15 14.75
L. Calf 15.5 15

some of the measurements are hard cause i'm doing them myself.. hence the "?" lol i thought about posting pics, but you can't really see a difference in them, so i decided to maybe wait. i do notice that the muscles in my arms and back are more noticable in the pics where i am flexing them :)

so i am starting week 8... recovery week. which means i can do the core synergistics again lol. might be a tough week though, as my boyfriends' grandmother passed away, so will be going to the viewing tomorrow and funeral tuesday. seems everything that has been happening lately has been negative...

anyways. sorry to end on a bad note. sleep will make it all seem better :) night
 
3 months later...

sooo... i kinda got out of the posting in the diary thing. :( i got busy, and it tended to slip my mind. lol sorry.

but good news is that i finished that round of p90x. i stuck out the 13 weeks of the program:D i saw amazing results too. my arms were now "guns", my stomach was much flatter, and my legs were thinner. all my clothes were seemingly too big, and i got compliments from almost everyone. :D definitely recommend the program.

so, once the program was done (nov 21st i believe was my finish date), i have been barely working out since. lol i was sick of doing the p90x videos, after doing them 6 days per week for three months. but i had no gym membership and no classes in my town that were empty enough to take me. also no job to pay for any memberships. :( so i think i have, in the matter of 1 month, put back on all the weight that i lost with p90x. :(

so here is where i stand now. my general plan. i am going to do a 7-day cleanse after new years. once that is done, i plan to start my round 2 of p90x, WITH following the eating program. here is my pledge. hold me to it. :) and i will try to post on here more often. lol let's see how this goes. wish me luck and motivation
 
The cleanse has been completed, and Round Two of P90X has begun!!!!

The cleanse went well. Defintiely feel like it worked, to an extent. lol I wasn't able to eat the best foods on it. I blame both my family's lack of healthy consumption and my lack of will power to refuse their food. lol

Today is Day 2 of p90x (... round 2)

yesterday, i did the chest and back routine. I got a pull-up bar for christmas (aweeesome), and its amazing how much harder the whole workout becomes when you do the actual pullups instead of using the band. I mean, I am out of shape a bit, but I was feeling nautious. I also started the ab ripper video, but got only half way when my nausea and hunger convinced me to stop.

Today is supposed to be plyo. But I am running on like 4 hours of sleep, and have already been up for 15 hours or so. :S so i think I am gonna sub in the cardio-x video. its shorter and less intense. also may help my lungs get used to plyo again lol

anyways, thats my update (if anyone is reading). ttyl
 
Katie you have done amazing. I can't believe more people haven't discovered your diary. You are just a petite package but you have a killer workout ethic. I get the feeling you will not abandone your goals ever. Will see you soon. Kelly
 
Kelly.... thank you SO much for that post. It really touched me. lol i really needed that boost. :)



today is day 9. i have done pretty well so far. i missed my legs workout last friday, because i went rock climbing instead!!! it was my first time ever, and i had a BLAST!! i think i have a new hobby! lol now if i could only find someone to go with me and be my bellayer. i guess they probably have clubs for that.....

i dont think that I can get my plyo workout in tonight, which REALLY sucks. my dad has taken over my "home-gym" room with items from the storage area of the house. He is putting in insulation in the basement, so my space is now taken over with the stuff that belongs in the back. And the only other room in the house big enough to take my jumping around is being hoarded by my brother. *sigh* it IS late now, and i have had a long day. I think I may just try and squeeze two in tomorrow. maybe plyo in the morning/brunch time area, and the arms & shoulders in the afternoon.

BUT body update... i already am starting to see my muscle definition coming back that i had before. My hip bones feel slightly more prominent. I feel better already. This may be in my head, but i believe in the P90X lol i haven't done any measurements or pics. i guess i'll just wait until after Phase 1 now.

oh... and life update. I have a new job (yaaay). well kinda new, but I know i haven't told you guys (whoever is reading...) about it. Its like a subcontracted thing, so I have had time off lately with it getting started. my life has begun. :) its actually amazing how lazy i've become from being unemployed and home a lot though. I am like less likely to workout when I have nothing to do... weird. lol hopefully i get busier soon.

later days <3
 
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