Kenpo X

Today was Kenpo and I have to say that it was BY FAR my FAVORITE. I was able to keep up with the entire workout and I LOVED it! I am exhausted, especially since I was up at 6 am, worked 8 hours, went to church, went shopping and then came home and did my workout. It's now 11:20 pm and I am trying to relax a few mintues before I go take a shower and crash. I was so tired before I did my workout but I'm so glad that I did it anyway.

Pat has lost just about 10 pound this past week and I have lost a whopping 1, but I'm going to change up the diet a little bit to try to follow the P90x diet a little closer instead of the weight watchers and see if that helps. Tomorrow I'm going to measure myself (waist, hips, thigh(s), chest and for me ankle. I know what you're thinking...ankle, really?!?! YES! Ever since I got pregnant with Declan and had preeclampsia, I grew into some cankles (for those of you who don't know what that is, it is where it looks like you have no ankle because your legs get so big that it just goes from your calf right into your food) and haven't been able to get rid of them no matter how hard I try. Okay, it's obvious that I haven't tried too hard in the past, but I'm determined this time.

Since Pat has been doing this with me, it's been great. I love the fact that we're trying to change our lifestyle so that we can be healthier and look and feel better. I can't wait until we're done with these 90 days so that I can compare my before pictures with my after pictures. Even Declan is trying to eat healthy and exercise...he thinks he's Tony Horton (the trainer on our P90x dvds) and tells us if we're not doing it right or reminding us that we need to breathe. What a cute little trainer to have!

Day 5...I feel the burn

Today was tough. It was back and legs. My legs were already sore from doing the workout on Tuesday and then today was a TON of squats and lunges...OWWWW! I didn't do as many as I would have liked but I stuck with it and I didn't have to refund my food either which was a plus. I'm getting a little discouraged in the weight loss department because even though I am working out and I've been doing well and sticking to my points on weight watchers, I'm not losing pounds as quickly as I think I should. So along with all the squats and lunges, we also did a lot of pull ups which are hard for me anyway but I was impressed that I could do a couple more each time today than I could on Monday, so that was good! We also had to do ab ripper again after 50 minutes of intense leg and back workouts we did 15 minutes of ab ripper and I was definitely feeling it today. On some of the exercises today I could feel my back wanting to give me trouble so I had to keep taking breaks even though I felt like endurance wise I could have kept going. I don't want to push it too much because if I hurt my back I won't be able to do any of it. That's it for now.

Tomorrow I work 7am-3:30pm so I won't be able to do my workout until tomorrow night, I will let you know how it goes because I know you're all dying to find out ;)

Yoga aka Day 4

Today was yoga and I thought to myself, oh good a time to relax and relax the sore muscles from the days before. OH NO, it wasn't relaxing at all. In fact, today was much harder than I was anticipating and I was unable to do a lot of the poses. I didn't get discouraged though, I just keep thinking that the next time around will be better. I am still only down one pound, but that's okay, it's only been one week.

Tomorrow is legs, back and ab ripper x. Well just a recap for those of you that didn't read my second day blog, the leg workout (or plyometrics) was the thing that made me throw up so I'm really hoping for a better go-around this time. I was impressed at how much more of the ab ripper I could do on Wednesday compared to Monday, so tomorrow should be even better. I'm definitely feeling all my muscles, but it's a GREAT feeling!

Day 3...going strong!

Today was day three of our work out/diet program! I have been staying on track with the healthy eating and I had to work out tonight after I worked 8 hours today (I should have gotten up early and done it so I could relax tonight). Today we worked our arms and shoulders oh, and the "ab ripper x". I have to say today has been my favorite so far. I was able to do all the arm and shoulder workouts without stopping and with 5 lb weights every time. I'm sure I'm going to be feeling it tomorrow, but for tonight it was worth it! As far as the ab ripper x, I was able to do more reps than I was on Monday and even though I couldn't do as many as the video, I either alternated a little on how I did it to where I could still feel it working my abs. You just wait..when I post my pictures in 90 days, I'm going to have defined abs!

Oh, since Declan has been awake the last couple of days we've been working out, he thinks he needs to work out with us. Tonight we were in Wal-Mart picking up a few things and ran into some friends and Declan dropped down in the middle of the floor and started doing push-ups. He can do about 15! He had a guy cheering him on, it was too funny!

Day 2

Well day 2 is done and I must have pushed my body to its limit because when we were finished I had to refund my food from yesterday. I hate hate hate throwing up, but if this workout gets me into shape, which if I stick with it, it will, I am willing to keep on keeping on. Today we did plyometrics which is mainly leg workouts. Fifty-eight minutes of leg workouts...my legs feel like jello and we only made it through about 3/4 of the workout. I would say that I'm discouraged that we were only able to do 3/4 but I'm not. I figure this was our first time and we did our best, so my goal next time is to be able to finish it. We did workouts such as lunges, jumping, kicking your legs over the back of the chair. It may not sound as tough on here, but if you ever see it or try it, you'd realize that it is WAAAYYY more tough than it sounds.

I'm not sure if it is due to throwing up, weight watchers, P90x or a combination, but I have already lost 1 pound and 0.3% body fat! Woohoo!!! It's only been 2 days and I've been sticking to my weight watchers diet and the workouts, I'm pretty happy!

And we're off

Today was Pat and I's first day of the P90x program. It totally kicked my butt but in a very good way. I feel much better since I've done it. I also started doing weight watchers along with it and so far I've been doing well. I figured since I can't have soda unless it's diet (YUCK) that I would drink crystal lite (they make a fruit punch now) or iced tea with splenda. It's actually been really good so far. I've been eating bagel thins which are 1 point and sandwich thins which are 1 point and I feel like I can still have a satisfying meal with much less bread. Who would have thought? Anyway, my weight loss goal is to be down 50 pounds by March 2011. I want to be healthier and look better and be able to keep up with my kiddos. My mind is set on doing this 90 day challenge, I have known some people that have done it and had amazing results, so I am giving it a whirl. We didn't wake up as early as we wanted to today in order to get the workout done before the kids got up, but Alaina watched a movie on the computer and Declan played quietly in his room while Pat and I did our workout for 1 hour. It really helps that we're doing this together because before when I tried to diet on my own or stick to a workout, it never seemed to work. I am glad that we're doing this together and I am going to keep blogging every day.

Today was pull-ups, push ups and abs. It was incredibly tough but I can already tell that it's waking my muscles up! On the ab workout I was only able to do at most about 5 reps of each of the different workouts...it's extremely difficult. I just keep telling myself it will be worth it and eventually I'll be able to do all reps of each exercise and perhaps surpass the amount that they do.

We had to take pictures of ourselves before we started and WHOA was that a wake up call! I look horrible. We have to take pictures at beginning, 30 days, 60 days, and 90 days. Once we are finished with all of it, I will post all the pictures. I know that some of you may not want to see any of those, but it helps keep me on track with my progress. I haven't figured out what our reward will be if we achieve our goal but I want it to be something worth working for!

Easter and days after