P90x Round 2, Day 31,32 No Workouts, 3 Mile run, 1.25 mile run

P90x Round 2, Day 31 & 32 No Workouts, 3 Mile run, 1.25 mile run
Diet :
Poor

Summary:
I hit the bottom the last two days but I'm hopefully on the upswing. Diet Wednesday was good for breakfast and then at lunch I decided to throw that in the trash and just eat junk. Same after work and then at home for dinner I ate more just to do it. Today's breakfast was ok, but lunch wasn't as good as I wanted it but dinner was ok. I think I've got the mental stuff worked out now and can get back focused.

Running Wednesday was really tough. I had to walk some which I wasn't thrilled about, but I finished. I thought that maybe my problem was that I was getting bored with the course so I tried a new run today down around my local park. I'd never tried the trail before and it was unbearably hilly. At some points it was almost like climbing. I got 2 laps around the trail in at about 6pm and called it a day. It was too hilly to realistically "train" and while I should have gutted it out I didn't.

I'm really looking forward to my longer run Saturday. I'm hoping I can work out some of my issues with an hour to myself.

I think instead of marking this whole week as "missed workouts" I'm just going to pretend it didn't exist and start over with this week again next week. It'll put me a week behind on finishing, but I think I'll feel better about it overall.

My routine has been really thrown off lately. I've picked up some side contract work and have been doing that after hours. Unfortunately it's been getting me to sleep later which makess waking up harder which I believe is at the root of this week's issues. Not sure how I'm going to resolve this because I can use the work and I'm not sure I can get enough done and get to sleep in a position that would get me up and feeling rested. We'll see. It's probably only going to last a few weeks, maybe I'll suffer through it.

P90x Round 2, Day 30 - Missed Workout, 3 mile run

P90x Round 2, Day 30 - Missed Workout, 3 mile run
Diet :
Breakfast: Raisin Bran
Lunch: Salad with Turkey, Cottage Cheese, Carrots
Snack: Jello Pudding, Fruit Cup
Dinner: Spinach Ravioli, Leftover Pizza, piece of lemon pie
Unplanned Snack: None

Summary:
I'm up too late tonight which means tomorrow I'll be in the same boat that I was in this morning. I was exhausted and couldn't get out of bed and when I finally did I managed to get my run in and nothing else.

I have to keep focused on the fact that running is my main goal right now, but that doesn't mean I can just start blowing off P90x unless I just agree that I can't do a full P90x regiment and maybe I'll do M,F,Sunday and use my other days for running. I could do my weight days on those and maybe overload saturday with stretching.

I'll think about that idea.

Day 30 was today. Weighed in and am down to 232. That's a total of 14 pounds lost for the first 30 days. My "goal" is to be under 225 at day 60 if not closer to 220.

Feeling good today, just tired.

P90x Round 2, Day 27 - No workout, 6 mile run

P90x Round 2, Day 27 - No workout, 6 mile run
Diet :
Breakfast: 3 egg veggie turkey and black bean omelet, Juice
Lunch: Grilled Chicken Sandwich
Snack: None
Dinner: Caesar Salad and PIZZA! (planned cheat)
Unplanned Snack: None

Summary:
Today was very plus/minus. I had a friend come into town that I haven't seen in a few months and he ended up hanging out at the house all day. So I opted to skip Yoga and the begging of my wife who desperately wanted to skip her workout as well.

This could have been a wasted day fitness wise because I didn't get up in time to run this morning but I made the right decision and went for a run later in the night. The planned distance was 5 miles but I ran a "penalty" mile for missing the last two distances. It wasn't the best run ever because I was burping up pizza for potions of the run and it was hot and humid. BUT I GOT IT DONE. 6 mile in just under 1:02:00 which I'm pleased with. Because I was able to do this I'm going to sign up and pick my official charity tomorrow for the Chicago marathon and my official training starts next week.

So not the best last 2 days but not the worst either. Will probably "rest" tomorrow instead of stretch because I have alot of work to do around the house, but if I'm feeling like I need a good stretch I'll change my mind.

P90x Round 2, Day 26 - No workout

P90x Round 2, Day 26 - No workout
Diet :
Breakfast: 4 egg Vegetable and chicken omelette, Diet Coke
Lunch: Salad with Turkey, Cottage Cheese, Carrots and Celery
Snack: Granola Bar
Dinner: BBQ Chicken, Cauliflower and cheese
Unplanned Snack: Skinny Cow Ice Cream Bar

Summary:
Today didn't start off very well and it just sorta ebbed from there. I woke up and tried to workout. I had no interest in Core Synergistics so I tried Cardio X. I got about 10 minutes into that and realized I was just faking the motions so I quit that.

I went to eat breakfast and didn't have enough eggs, so for some reason that put me into a funk. I went to work and ate there hence the slightly raised level of eating at breakfast.

That slight binge seemed to quell the damage and I managed to get through the rest of the day on the plan.

BUT IT WASN'T ALL BAD!

I got up this morning and weighed in. 233 total puts me down 13 for the first 4 weeks. I'll probably jump on the scale on day 30 to see how it goes officially. So that worked well, somehow it wasn't enough to keep my morale really high for the morning, but hopefully I'll bounce bad and get a good run in tomorrow followed by some Yoga.

P90x Day 86 - No Workout, 2 mile run

No workout today, but I don't think I'll get any more workouts in this round of P90x. I'll summarize it in a blog at the end of 90 days, but in a nutshell I got 60 amazing days on the program and then fell off motivation wise.

However, the running is still going fine. I haven't missed a planned run yet since I put everything down on paper and I have ever run between now and October 11th on paper so there is no more guess work or excuses.

Today was a 2 mile run that I got in at about a 10:15 pace. Pretty average run but felt good to get out and go. I need to start post-stretching more. I'm starting to realize that.

Other than the failures on the workout front and generally disappointing eating habits things are good. My wife and I have been talking and when she starts P90x in 2 weeks I'm going to do another phase and cut my daily calories down to between 2000 and 2200. It'll be a struggle to start counting calories again I'm sure, but it's what needs to be done if I'm going to lose some weight. I'll be eaiser to lose weight in June/July/August because the runs are constant but aren't incredibly long yet. Toward the end of August all the runs are over 12 miles and I can't imagine a low calorie diet is going to be easy to sustain with the amount of calories I'll be burning. I still have a hope of losing 20-40 pounds before August so I can run. Of course with the way I've been eating lately it won't happen. But I just need to stop making those decisions, it's in my power to do so.

P90x Day 85 - No Workout

No workout today. Nothing to add otherwise.

P90x Day 81 - No Workout, 2 mile run

I didn't get a workout in today but got a really great run in tonight. I continue to struggle with eating and motivation, but I'm already working towards the next 90 days and am planning out my eating changes that I will be making in about a week.

I got 2 miles in tonight in under 19 minutes. That's pretty quick for me but I felt really good running. Between 1.5 miles and 1.75 miles I had to fight a real doozy of a side cramp that I just couldn't get rid of. I took me almost a quarter mile of focusing on my breathing to get it under control. I finished strong and was really glad when it was all over that I was able to power through it all.

No run tomorrow. Legs and back. Looking at a 3 mile run Saturday. I'm looking at 2 miles T,W,Th next week with a 4 mile Saturday. Then I'll bump my weekday runs up to 3 miles and my weekend runs up 1 mile until i get to 3,3,3,6. That's where I'll "hold" until the second week of my marathon training when I start going up from there.

Overall feeling pretty good. Wishing my eating was better, but it's currently not important enough to me to make the change apparently. Truth is easy to type, harder to accept and change.

P90x Day 76 - Missed Workout, 5k run

Today should have been Kenpo but instead a went a ran a 5k. I set a new personal record at 30:12 which for the first 5k of the year is actually somewhat surprising. I really have to attribute this to some of the running I've been doing lately, but mostly to Kenpo, Plyometrics, and Leg day.

I really think that once my conditioning catches up with my fitness I could easily be looking at a sub 30 mile if not closer to 29 or even 28. That's hard to imagine.

I really think that if I could stop giving in to every dietary whim I come across I could slim down and then it could get really interesting.

Overall I'm extremely thrilled with my finish.

P90x Day 72 - Missed Workout, 2 mile run

I missed a workout today. I missed "A" workout, but I still got exercise in. I wanted to do my P90x today in the morning and get my planned run in this afternoon.

I woke up just a hair late today to get my workout in because I had to go in to get screened for diabetes. I got a flyer in the mail a few weeks back offering free screening for diabetes so since I hadn't had a screening before I figured knowing was better than not knowing. Good news, I'm rock solid and don't have anything.

But anyways so I had to do that this morning and got a late start to the day. I had planned on doing my workout at night and getting my run in after that but I just didn't feel like working out till 10pm.

So I figured I'd test the waters and I bumped my running distance up today. I got 2 miles in with about a 10:35 pace which I'm happy with. No significant pain or stress anywhere, but I did notice a few twinges in my right knee while I was running. Assuming there is no significant pain tomorrow, I'll keep the same distance tomorrow.

Anyways, I'm irked that I missed my P90x workout today, but I think I balanced the scales.

Tomorrow is Shoulders and Arms. Looking forward to that.

P90x Day 60 - No workout

Hooray for 60 days... I'm going to celebrate today with...another...missed...workout. Wooo.

What a lousy day. I have no idea what happened last night in my sleep. I'm pretty sure I jolted up in my sleep about 4am and lurched for the end of the bed for some reason and pulled my back. Either that or I dreamed that, I honestly am not sure. But when I woke up my back was really killing me which sucks because it felt good when I went to bed.

Add that together with the fact that I had to be out of the house early to take my dog back to the vet. It was just alot of stress for the morning and I didn't deal with it well. Turns out my dog is going to be ok. They took an x-ray and found out that the lump on his nose was really just a backed up infection caused by one of his teeth. I got his teeth cleaned while he was under and after that and analyzing the xrays he ended up getting two of his teeth pulled out. I feel terrible that I had to choose that over getting his teeth fixed, but it was SOOOO much money to get that work done. I didn't get the news about his health until later in the afternoon so this morning was just full of worry and stress and I didn't make good eating choices as a result.

Stupid ass stress. I very rarely have stress. I mean I do but I don't let it get to me very often, but when it does and I get worried about stuff I get in a real funk. I'm disappointed in myself that I didn't power through it or at least get in stretching, but it is what it is.

Tomorrow will be Legs and back. Note the WILL. I'll also get Day 60 pictures taken.