AndyaknowV’s BodyBlog

Many times we look at things as opportunities when they are really distractions. I have missed 1.5 workouts because I was distracted with something else. I am not complaining as they were personal choices but this is where I need to focus on being more diligent and stern in my daily routine. I am sooo tired tonight…..Making up for the time that I have been distracted I did 25 minutes on the eliptical before i did chest and back (P90X) and I am wiped out. I want to go and take a bath but I am afraid that I might fall asleep in the tub and drown. YIKES! My mantra for tomorrow is to minimize the distractions. Stay focued on what you want and what it takes to get what you want. Stop worring about others. I hate to say it but I have to learn to be selfish. I am not good at it now but I will be….just like those darn pull ups! I will eventually do one in my lifetime. LOL!!! Well, enough of the pearls of wisdom. Time to hit the hay and wake up nice and funky ready to jump in the shower and conquer the day….lol.

Oh before I go: I have been having knee pain on and off for the past week or two and I dont want to stop my work outs….can anyone recommend a good brace?

:-)

V

Many times we look at things as opportunities when they are really distractions. I have missed 1.5 workouts because I was distracted with something else. I am not complaining as they were personal choices but this is where I need to focus on being more diligent and stern in my daily routine. I am sooo tired tonight…..Making up for the time that I have been distracted I did 25 minutes on the eliptical before i did chest and back (P90X) and I am wiped out. I want to go and take a bath but I am afraid that I might fall asleep in the tub and drown. YIKES! My mantra for tomorrow is to minimize the distractions. Stay focued on what you want and what it takes to get what you want. Stop worring about others. I hate to say it but I have to learn to be selfish. I am not good at it now but I will be….just like those darn pull ups! I will eventually do one in my lifetime. LOL!!! Well, enough of the pearls of wisdom. Time to hit the hay and wake up nice and funky ready to jump in the shower and conquer the day….lol.

Oh before I go: I have been having knee pain on and off for the past week or two and I dont want to stop my work outs….can anyone recommend a good brace?

:-)

V

Many times we look at things as opportunities when they are really distractions. I have missed 1.5 workouts because I was distracted with something else. I am not complaining as they were personal choices but this is where I need to focus on being more diligent and stern in my daily routine. I am sooo tired tonight…..Making up for the time that I have been distracted I did 25 minutes on the eliptical before i did chest and back (P90X) and I am wiped out. I want to go and take a bath but I am afraid that I might fall asleep in the tub and drown. YIKES! My mantra for tomorrow is to minimize the distractions. Stay focued on what you want and what it takes to get what you want. Stop worring about others. I hate to say it but I have to learn to be selfish. I am not good at it now but I will be….just like those darn pull ups! I will eventually do one in my lifetime. LOL!!! Well, enough of the pearls of wisdom. Time to hit the hay and wake up nice and funky ready to jump in the shower and conquer the day….lol.

Oh before I go: I have been having knee pain on and off for the past week or two and I dont want to stop my work outs….can anyone recommend a good brace?

:-)

V

May 3 - Ok I have not worked out in the past two days and the yoga on the day prior to those I did half ass. Life ahs been pretty good this week and weekend. I took the kids to a festival yesterday and it was hot as all get!out! We had a really good time though. I had pizza and pretzels, sweet drinks and ice cream….it was horrible in regards to the diet. I also ordered pizza when we got home. Today was a little better but not too much. I had some pasta and some onion soup. Oh some strawberry shortcake as well. Today is supposed to be xstretch or resting….but I am going to do cardioX as well as Xstretch so that I really only lost 1 day. I am also going to start incorporating more cardio before my workouts or some other time during the day. I am not all that mad about my progress thus far…I think it actually has been pretty good even though I have not seen a huge loss in weight. Well, gotta get some clothes in the wash before 930 comes around because I am going to hit that workout hard. I am ready. I feel pretty good and it is possibly because of the day that I had today. Well, gotta go. Love and Peace.

V

April 29 - OUCH!!!! My arms are blazing. I cannot even begin to tell you the pain. This was a weird workout for me. As I was doing each exercise I felt like I could just throw the weight but after I hit a certain number it was like I could not move to attempt to do another lift. It was really weird. I dont know if the mental component was not there and I was just going off purely the physical,,,,I dont know. Right now I feel sore in my arms but I feel like I need to do more. Maybe I am just tired. It is nearly midnight and Lord knows that I do not normally stay up this late at night. YIKES. I am going to take a shower and call it a night. I did not do too good on my eating today and maybe that is why I am a little "out of it". Today I had a piece of cake at the graduate reception and pretzels when I came home. After that I had some hot tea and a few bites of spinach. I am just tired for some reason today. I will try and do the salad thing again tomorrow with the french onion. I liked that and I felt great the next day. I am sure that was a placebo effect but who cares, it worked. Pray for me so that I dont drown in the bathtub . Night all and remember to BRING IT!

V

Ok…. so…… yesterday was not the best day for my diet and nor was today. Yesterday I had boiled eggs for breakfast and when I went to pick up the children we had Taco Bell. Not the best choice. Today I had a bowl of cereal for breakfast, a large salad (Only lettuce and French’s Fried oinions), a cup of soup, and some hot tea for lunch, and for dinner we went to LoneStar and I ate bread, salmon, shrimp, sweet potato and brownie dessert. Of course I did not eat all of anything but a few bites of each after the bread. I really was not too hungry today,,,,I guess because of the lunch that I had. It was actually really filling. I cannot complain. Ok, regarding my working out. I am seriously tripping. I was in the middle of my workout yesterday when I got a phone call and of course instead of staying focused I get out of the routine and sit and talk on the phone. TRIPPING. Today I am going to really focus and be off the phone hopefully before  9pm so that I can workout as I should. I am slipping on perfection. I am not perfect so all I can do is try to do better. I have been working on writing my thesis today and that seemed to be pretty productive. I will type it all up and see what the result of today was. I am sure that I will not complain though because I am going at a pretty good rate as far as my thesis is concerned. I am happy overall. I still need to make sure that I finish the protocols asap and complete the urinalysis data analysis. Oooh,,,,today was a wonderful day. I plan on sleeping really good tonight. We will see. Oooh I am ready to start the plyometrics tonight. I really feel like I am going to get all the way through it and still be good…..lol….good enough to go to bed. LOL. Last time I did it I was soooo sore that I did not want to move for about 3 days after…and I had the Meharry flights…..Youch!!! Uncomfortable seating and a campus walk…I was no more good when I got home that night. Ok, well it is time for me to go and take OVER!!!! Whoo Hoo!!!!

April 26 - I am sore as heck, but it was a good workout overall. I tried my best. I did not want to do it at all but I pushed through it. I am going to do eggs for breakfast with a protein shake for snack. Then for lunch a tomato and cheese sandwich on whole wheat. For dinner I think I am going to dress up a salad. I am worn out right now and WHEW buddy do I stink. Well I have finished week 1 today and only missed my initial workout and the workout when I was in TN. Overall, I did very well in my opinion. I need to do better with the eating of course but the motivation is there and hopefully I will reach my goals sooner than I expect. Time to bathe. TTYL. V

April 25 - Today I took the kids to a spring festival and boy was it hot outside. I am going to workout tonight. Food for today was a little sporatic. At the festival I had Mac and chese, fried fish, french fries, and mountain dew. I had a few pieces of chewing gum today and that was pretty much it. I plan on starting the diet pills again tomorrow so that I can focus better on what I should eat and focus better on time. I have printed out everythingthat I need for the next couple of weeks and I am still focused. I am a little tired because it seems that I am shorter than usual in my temperment with the children. For some reason, they are getting on my nerves. My daughter thinks she is a know-it-all and my sone has more energy than a little bit and doesnt want to listen until he is either hurt or in trouble. I know that I am blessed and they I just need to pray more. Maybe I am so short because I am sore. I am going to do an epsom salt bath later on today so I will hopefully have more peace tomorrow. All is well in the life of V.

WOW! I have not written on this blog in a super long time. Well, here it goes. I am starting P90X again effective yesterday. I will do my best to stay more focued and complete the program. Today was rough….Plyo first thing in the morning. YIKES! I am going to maybe ask my doctor about phentermine again…..Maybe I should just stick with what I have. I dunno, I have supplements here in the house that are pretty cool. The only thing I hate about the diet pills is that when you are on them life is great and you are all over the place with enthusiasm but when you come off of them its like nothing is working right and for me at least….I am moody and confused about some of the most simple things. 

Diet for yesterday included: Oatmeal for breakfast. Green beans with fried onions, Lucks Fried apples, 2 Butter me Not biscuits, and 2 canned whole potaotes. I am thinking I should have added quite a bit more veggies. Tonight the menu is Lone Star Steakhouse. Normally, I get Salmon so I will probably put that on top of a salad. That way I can keep the veggies coming in. Its crazy my lack of appetite until I am bored, so maybe that just means that I stay so busy during the day that I dont think of eating and when I am free from the hectic craziness then I am hungry….

I feel pretty good this morning. It is nearly 8 now and I am getting ready to take the children off to school. Lets see how much energy I have today…..Matter of fact I think I am going to take my B12 supplement today because I did not eat too much yesterday and worked out pretty good this morning. I am going to definately need a boost. Well, that is all that I have for today. I am tired but motivated….if that makes any sense.

V

Ok, So I just finished P90X AbRipperX. I feel weak as hell. Last night for dinner I had some brown rice with soy protein, a sweet potato (plain) and applesauce. I also had two cups of Smooth move. I am going to get som epsom salt today because my entire body is sooooo sore. I am going to clean my house today and get ready for next week. I am not going to be struggling the way that I was before. I am taking the hydroxycut EFX today as well. I am going to read and get ahead on my coursework. I really feel motivated to actually do something today. Looking through my Fredericks of Hollywood catalog I feel so fat. I am going to buy these awesome dresses in two months from now and I will be excited because they will fit. Also, does anyone have any comments about the treadclimber. I was thinking about getting one and I see that they are on sale now. I am debating. I do not have time to go to the gym and I like working out at home, maybe this is what I can do in the early morning hours before I wake the children and start my day. I can do that for 30 minutes in the morning. I am really debating. I have 6 overflowing baskets of laundry sitting in front of me because I did not do any laundry last weekend when I was sick. Man, I have a lot to do and I feel like I have a little bit of energy to get it done. This morning for breakfast I had a piece of my sons wheat and blueberry waffle. I am not really hungry but I know breakfast is important. I guess by noon I will whip up a protein shake so that I am not starving later on. I am going to weigh in on next friday/saturday and see where I have landed. I have been working but not as hard as I could have nor eating the best for my body. I have been sick but I still feel like I could have done more. Well, anyway it is time for me to get up and get things ready for next week. I have so much that is trying to stress me out right now and I feel like I am to the point of F*$& it. If it gets done it does and if it doesnt it doesnt. LOL, 2009 is my year to be as selfish as I want to be. If nothing is brought to the table by others than they should not expect to get fed. I am a little sick of busting my a$$ in anothers benefit. True, most times helping someone out does not hurt me in any way except for the fact that when I need someone else it never is able to get done. Most recent example of this. My sister asked me to give her $20 so I did, then I texted her 3 days later and asked her to watch the kids for an hours on the following day….well, I am sure u know how the story goes. I dont feel like I am giving up on others, its more like I  purposefully avoid their needs. Last week my PI told me that he does not care about anyone else’s time but his own because of course he was accusing me of something that I did not do. And he blatenely told me that he did not care about my time. He is so ill mannered. So I started thinking about that and I was like ok maybe he is right,,,why should anyone care about others time when they can only control themselves….then I though WTF if I am working with you  and you completely disregard my time then that means you assume that I am working for you. WTF!!!! So, I have made up my mind regarding this man. I have to go my own route to get this done and I will have to take matters into my own hands. Since it is his opinion that I work for him. This is crazy. Ok, that is really enough for me. Time to get to work. Thank you for all that you do! Today is going to be a wonderful day!

V