Day 54

Okay, I'm done sulking and whining, back to draining the swamp. The guys on My X WARRIORS team gave me some really good support and encouragement. CJ brought up a good point, that I should imagine what I would have looked like on TV if I hadn't been doing P90X! I have come a decent way from where I started, and overall I'm almost 35 pounds lighter than I was at my heaviest weight just a few years ago.

I also found out (thanks guys) that Beach Body says that women should look at P90X as a 180-day program. I guess the difference in body makeup and hormone levels just make it much different for men and women. I really think that I should have started with either Power 90 or Chalean Extreme, as P90X seems to be for the fit person looking to get ripped than for the fat person to get thin. But I'm too far into the program to stop, so I will finish this round and then decide where to go from there. I do want to have a plan in place before that day comes so that I don't loose any ground!

Food for yesterday was much better and the rest day seems to have helped also. I did Cardio X today followed by a 4-mile bike ride for 20 minutes for an extra 200 kcal burned. Although my bpm was not as high as usual, I had no problems will the workout, got in extra reps while Tony was chatting on many of the moves, and did all of the Kenpo moves faster than the "kids". I even keep up in the plyo section! And check this: I did 3- Dreya rolls correctly and unassisted, and did 3 more using my method of standing up at the end! I've NEVER done 3 Dreya Rolls! Yippee! I had an Access bar before the workout, and even though it's only 120 kcal, I think it probably helped with the energy also.

So I am back on track, working the plan, staying the course, working for miracles!

Food:

Meal 1: Access Bar
Meal 2: Advocare Post Workout Shake, 1/2 Banana, 1 Cup 2% Chocolate Milk
Meal 3: Snow Crab Legs, two cookies
Meal 4: Snickers Protein Bar
Meal 5: Kashi Honey Almond Flax Bar

Totals: 1693 Kcal, 44% Carbs, 29% Protein, 27% Fat

Exercise:

Cardio X--43:00, avg bpm overall 124, max 154, avg for workout 136
Bike--21:06, 4.12 miles, 205 kcal, avg bpm 133, max 143
Treadmill--30:00, 3.0 mph, Incline 1, no HRM, 150 kcal