(with 30DS.)
Yep 😀 Took some progress photos, but you can hardly see anything! The only difference is those elusive obliques (still very elusive).
Might start Be Fit in 90 tomorrow. I’ll see how I feel about the program after a week or so.
I’m pooped.
Been weighing in lighter every day that I haven’t worked out. Is it because of my smoothies? But last night I had huge chicken chunks around midnight. Plus dark chocolate-covered blueberries every day…
Too weak for real Insanity, so I’m going to pick a couple moves and do them every few days. 😀
My only joys in life now are sleep and updating this blog.
Sooo just two more days and I’ll finally be done with 30DS! Today was tough as always, but in a different way. With every session I can feel some improvement so each one gets harder as I am forced to push myself a bit more. Plank holds are almost easy now, as are “Rocky-style” situps. Still hate traveling pushups and plank rows with leg raises, though–HATE. I am always dreading circuit three because of those two. I have to do plank rows without weights because they hurt my wrists.
And now… for the Insanity Fit Test. I’ve done Insanity before, very briefly, a few months after my P90X stint, and what I remember from it can be summed up with the word “pain.” It’s extremely tough, and tough on your joints. That said, I think I need some higher-intensity cardio than I’ve been incorporating into my workouts, and I feel ready for something more advanced. I’m planning on modifying the high-impact moves and going at my own pace as much as possible.
Here’s a comparison of my Fit Test results from July 2011 to today’s:
I modified the first three (high-impact) moves, but managed to improve on the rest because of squats and better upper body strength thanks to Jillian! Most noticeably I thought globe jumps were a lot easier, because I remember them kicking my ass way back when 😀
Also I’m kind of embarrassed to admit this, but I’ve been weighing myself a bit obsessively lately, and this morning I noticed a visible change in my tummy! Well, it always bloats up over the course of the day but it felt like a minor accomplishment. I’m about -2 lb from my “starting” weight now.
I am really tired and I keep hoping it’s actually Day 27. Nope. 26 it is. I skipped yesterday to watch depressing basketball and tried to get back into it today with L3 + the Be Fit in 90 Day 1 Strength again. Ohhhh man. So I am more sore from ten minutes of BFi90 than I’ve ever been with 30DS! Is it because the strength is a good consecutive ten minutes as opposed to three-minute blocks? The moves aren’t really that difficult, but I could feel them in my arms and legs even today, two days later. I’m not used to being sore anymore! Jillian never asked that much of me.
Must add – am working through a bad-and-worsening headache right now. Wednesdays I take off work to study and that means staying at home all day with poor lighting. The 2.5-hour nap didn’t even help. Blaarrgh and tomorrow I agreed to go to a rock cruise with a friend so that means no studying unless I find some time at work. It’s really getting down to the wire and I’m starting to feel Knicks-like about my chances of passing this one.
Aside from the overeating (oh boy oh boy) I am pretty proud of my accomplishments for the day.
ONE – Cooked not one but two meals! Baked salmon and veggies, plus more congee (hey, it’s more taxing than you’d think).
TWO – Grocery-shopped.
THREE – Worked out for an hour and a half. Ten minutes walking backwards for lower back pain, forty on the elliptical, thirty doing 30DS, ten kickboxing.
FOUR – Reviewed nine chapters this weekend.
and FIVE – while still managing to catch the Knicks/Bulls game!
Some days I just rock.
Just six more days to go! I am getting a little bored, despite the moves in L3 being significantly harder than those in the other levels. Sometimes they are hard in ways you don’t expect. The lateral raises hurt my elbow more than anything else. Similarly, the one where you do a plank on weights hurts my PALMS! So I have to modify or half-ass them.
The week before I left for China I was suddenly gaining weight, about 2-4 pounds. Still not sure if it was the Synthroid or something else, but I’ve stopped taking it, and now I’m back to where I was before when I was starting to see some results.
Food: I’ve been cooking and trying to eat as balanced as possible. Salmon the past two nights. A sad little omelet this morning (I am an awful cook). The taste of unrefined virgin coconut oil takes some serious getting used to! I’m no longer pushing the green smoothie thing because some days I just want warm cooked food. Trying to listen to my body better and give it what it needs.
That’s about it. Gotta shower, make dinner, then maybe some grocery shopping, and hardcore studying time!
Just got back today! A few things before I forget:
It’s either Day 19.5 or 20.5! I can’t remember! Basically had a crazy food-and-fun-filled weekend with a lot of friends visiting and ended up half-assing my Saturday morning workout (hence the .5), then got sick Saturday night because the weather was unpredictably cold, and have been recovering since. Also Level 2 has not been kind on my knees, so I’m trying to tone it down. Things to note:
I’m going to Shanghai this Friday and will do my best not to pig out. We should be walking, or at least walking more than I normally do at my 9-5 sedentary job, and I’ll try to bust out 30DS with water bottles in the morning or something. 🙂
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