Day One

Day One workout today...Chest and Back with Ab Ripper X...it was like a study in contrast.  I felt so good about myself as a person doing Chest and Back, and I felt like a failure doing Ab Ripper.  I decided this time around that I want to make it one of my goals to be good at pull-ups when I get done...consequently, instead of using the bands for pull-ups, I used my pull-up bar and used a chair for assistance.  I can do 3 pull-ups all on my own (which is 3 more than I have been able to do most of my lfie)...using the chair to help, I got 15.  The push-ups were pretty good...I can knock out some push ups pretty good from after doing P90X last time. Though, I still can't do Diamond Push-Ups to save my life.  I have to modify it pretty heavily to get any reps done.  All in all, though, I felt really good doing the workout. 

Then came Ab Ripper X...when I got done doing P90X last time, I had gotten myself to a point where I could actually do almost the whole workout...I had to take a ton of breaks today, which made me extremely sad.  I'm sure I'll get back to where I was before long (since you do Ab Ripper X 3 times a week), it was just disappointing today.

It was wonderful doing the workout with Joyful...I'm so looking forward to doing that with her 6 days a week!  It's such a great thing to be able to share with my wife...and not that he has any clue right now, it feels good to know that we're working to set the example for Isaiah.

Here We Go Again

Today I'm starting Round 2 of P90X.  I'm pretty excited for it...Joyful's doing it with me this time, so it'll be great to have her along my side. 

For Round 2, I'm trying really hard to focus on the nutrition aspect of P90X...that was an area I felt I was really bad at last time (as you can read in previous posts).  I think it'll really help me that we're going through this together.  We can help keep eachother accountable for our eating habits (okay, Joyful can keep me accountable...).  For what it's worth, I felt like I did well today with my eating.  We made up little cards with what we're allowed each day...I'm on a 2400 calories a day plan, high protein low carbs...it seems doable, it's just hard to eat while I'm at work, which sucks...plus people bring doughnuts there a decent amount, which also sucks.

We did our fit test last night, and I had regressed a little bit since finishing P90X a little over a month ago, but I was happy that I could still do 3 pull-ups and 35 push-ups...I'm really looking forward to seeing results this time around with being strict with my nutrition.  I lost 20 pounds last time and I didn't do that great with the food...I'm hopeful that I'll really like what I see in the mirror when I get done this time around :)

Thanks so much for following along.  I'll do my best to post every day...for those who followed last time, you know I grow weary of posting stuff that seems redundant to me...so I'll try my best.