Another busy day...

So today marks my first day of jumping into the college life. I have gone before but haven't finsihed. I went to nail school but didn't get my license but will soon. but for now I'm heading community college bound. I don't really know what for or why since hubby is going to be a pharmacist and I'll be a stay at home mommy, but its something to do and I may change my mind later. I got my hair done as well which was refreshing it needed it BAD! I hate how days off of work are always so busy but Anyway

I finished my first week of Power 90 and I am very proud of myself! So far this is the longest I have gone working out and following a meal plan at the same time! Beachbody has made it easy for me which is awesome. I haven't worked out yet today but it's my day off of work and I'm relaxing I will do it when I get home from schoool tonight. Boy does that sound weird! I wanted to share a recipe with you guys that I'm loving right now! I got it off the beachbody meal plan site and its for a snack during the day.

It's for a chicken artichoke wrap.

• 2 tablespoons chicken, cooked
• 2 1/2 teaspoons artichoke hearts, fresh, cooked or canned
• 1/2 teaspoon scallion, fresh, chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon pesto sauce
• 1 low carb flour tortilla, 6"
• 1 piece pimiento strips
• 8 fluid ounces water

Preparation

Shred chicken. In a small bowl, mix together shredded chicken, coarsely chopped artichoke hearts and scallions. Set aside. Spread pesto sauce on low carb tortilla. Arrange chicken mix and pimento on top. Roll up tortilla; heat if desired. Enjoy with a glass of water.

 Its so delicious let me know if  you try it!!!

Another awesome workout complete!!!

Day 3 is done and so far I'm loving power 90!! The workouts and the meal plan everything is perfect for me... well as long as it works ; ) I started the program they way it was recommended with circuit and sweat 1-2 at first it seemed easy but by the end of both workouts I was sweating my butt off and tired! I think I will advance to circuit 3-4 before moving up to sweat 3-4. Once I can complete the workouts with 12lbs of weight and do all 15 reps then I will know its time to move forward. Right now I'm alternating between 8 and 10lbs. I think doing p90x for a while helped out in that aspect. The cardio and abs is another story its hard but I can keep up but have to pause it a few times. The abs are killer its only 100 moves but I can't do all of it yet so I know once I can finish that with no hesitation that's when I will move up. I still have time its only my 3rd day but I like to be optimistic : )

The diet is working well too, the food is so good. I am using beachbody's website and it has the full meal plans I have been seeing a lot of the recipes and I think they sound so gross but then I try them they are so good! Like today for my morning snack it was a wheat tortilla with pesto spread then you put chicken, with artichoke hearts and scallions on it. Now I have never had pesto, or artichoke by itself, so it sounded awful to me but it was so delicious!! I can't wait to see what is in store for me next week!!

Almost finished with the first week of phase 2!!!

It's been a while since I have wrote about my P90X journey. When we got to the third week of the first phase we got  little sidetracked and kept putting off the workouts, and our meal plan fell through. So we decided to repeat that week and started off strong and then lost it again. So hubby and I said to eachother lets just start the week four which is the recovery week and then start with phase two the following week. but once again that fell through we only did the day and got sidetracked. Its so hard to stay motivated sometimes... I want the results but when I get off of work the last thing I want to do is to work out for an hour even when its in my own living room. It's hard for me to get off the couch and just do it but I know when I do it that I will feel good and be happy with myself, and that it may not be what I want to do now but when the 90days is over I know I actually accomplished something and I know that there will be results even if I dont hit my goal there is no way that there will not be something that doesn't happen. So Hubby and I decided July will be the month to "bring it" following the meal plan as much as possible and really pushing ourselves in the workout. So we did our measurements for the past 30 days and I gained about 1/2 a pound which upset me but my bfp went down 2% so I'm figuring muscle caused the gain. I have always been told to stay away from the scale at first because it may show increase but for some reason I can't seem to stay away from it so its now sitting in my garage to ease the temptation.

 Anyway, My waist went down 2 inches but nothing in my hips. My right leg lost an inch but the left stayed the same. Also my chest went up like 1/4 inch which I found strange. So not the results I was hoping for but any change is good I guess. We took our "30" day photos and I can't see a difference but I have noticed for most people the results at that stage are minimal.

We started the first week of phase one on Tuesday. The plan is almost identical to before, for me being on the lean plan only one day changes. I did core synergistics on Tuesday and tried to do everything the best I could. I still can't get the hang of that "Dreya Roll" but I the squat xpress thing and did all 30 Yay me!!! Then Wednesday was Cardio X. Once again I did almost all of it and was dripping in sweat. We decided to start up with c25k again and did the 8 min run 5min walk interval, and it busted my butt but I was able to do both 8min runs which felt awesome. As we were walking back to the house I was telling Steve that I could remember barley being able to do the 1min run and now running 8 without stopping!! It was so hot though still in the 100's at 10:00 at night. I was dripping in sweat but it felt awesome to get back out there again and start running.

Tonight is our 20min run with c25k without any walking dont know how thats going to go but I'm ready to try it!! I did chest, shoulders and triceps last night that was super hard, push ups are not my thing but I did the girlie ones and I feel I did a pretty good job. Super sore today but it makes me happy to know I actually did something to get my muscles sore. Tonight is yoga again.... oh how I loathe it but i know its worth it. I'm going to try to keep up with this blog to keep me motivated. Maybe even get some readers : ) recommitted.to have a full four weeks of working out and rt