WORK IT OUT, GIRL!

wheni got home from work yesterday i was surprised to find a box by the door- P90x.  bebe surprised me and bought it for me.  (thanks bebe!)  i told him that i was trying to get back into slim in 6 since i had it for so long and decided 2 weeks before to bring it back out and try it out again.  he mentioned p90x and that he kept hearing a lot of good reviews for it.  he supports me in any and everything i do when it comes to staying in shape-and he’ll pay for it as well.  i told him i’d eventually look it up but that i didn’t really think i’d look into trying it out since it beachbody products are so expensive.  i had lost the first dvd for slim in 6 but was able to download it from the internet and watch it that way.

after looking through the box and reading through the guide, i decided on trying the p90x classic program.  after talking more with dan, i changed to the p90x lean program.  i popped in the first disc for the program- core synergistics.

i must say i am impressed and i had fun with that disc.  he is much more entertaining than debbie siebers and the work outs change up so fast that i don’t pay attention to the time remaining in the set like i do in slim in 6.

tonight is day 2- cardio x.  i hope he doesn’t kick my ass…. LMAO

gotta start all over again since i haven’t been able to do more than a week’s worth of training.  had to take a break because of preparing for an inspection at work from nov-jan, then feb had a big change over in our system (i.e. a lot of overtime at work again), and then last month was getting back into a reg schedule and then a lil vacation with the honey.  so NOW i am able to try and start up cardio and weights again.  oh, that was the other thing too, not being able to do any cardio (except walking) for a few months because of my knee. i had knee injections done, so hopefully it helps me out….  we’ll see though.  this week will be the test.

i have been MIA for 2 months from my blog! !!!  time to get back on the saddle!  october was up and down for me in the gym, and november didn’t start out so well, but now that things are FINALLY better in the work area of my life, i can finally focus more on me!  yay!   yea, it got so bad that i just didn’t have the energy to go to the gym.  yea, i know… excuses, excuses, but it really was bad and brought me down a lot. 

BUT…..

things can now go back up.    my biggest prob area is cardio.  weights was never a problem for me, and this morning i did chest and tri and it felt great.  i know my body will be sore tomorrow, but it still felt great hitting the weights HARD again.  cardio… i’ll only be doing walking/eliptical because i’m still having bad right knee problems.    i won’t let it get in my way though!

aite…. this is a_new_g signing off…

oh sh!t!  my body is gonna hate me tomorrow!  i missed some lift days last week so i made up for it today and i feel great!!! but at the same time, i’m aching and i know my body will hate me tomorrow.  lol  i combined legs and bis today.  WHOA!  lol  i took updated pics of my calves today because i can see/feel the progress i’m making in my legs.  sweet!! 

i got updated pics from the lover (xdxaxnx)!  good god, i miss my man!  hehehee  his back looks amazing!  i can see a huge difference compared to before he deployed!!!  he sent me pics so i can update his page and guess what??

(yes, i added the heart stamps) 

 awwww!!!  how awesome is that?  well screw you if you don’t think it is, i do!    i love you baby!

 alright, i need to shower since i didn’t as soon as i walked in the door!  good thing he stopped emailing otherwise i’d never get into the shower! haha

i feel good.  i did my workouts this week and i can feel the strength coming.  with each rep, i notice that i have to up the weight for the rest of the sets.  my bebe would be so proud!  the definition in my biceps haven’t changed much, but they’re a lot firmer than they used to be.  hehehe

my quads are looking better as well.  bebe and i were on web cam tuesday night i think and i was showing him that i was starting to get definition in my tris.  i thought he was going to laugh at me, but he just told me he was proud of me.     

now, if only i could get back on track with my cardio… lol  i’m most likely gonna pick up some amp tomorrow to take for cardio (gotta discuss with the mister for best time).  he had me try it when i was last with him and i liked the way it gave me energy unlike the other meds i used to take for the same affect.    but yea….

for the upcoming week.  dan just left for the desert today.  it’s hard enough being in a long distance relationship with someone, and it’s gets even harder when they’re deployed.  xdxaxnx is my hunny, and we’re both stationed at different bases.  he’s still back at pope (where we met) and i’m out here in ca.  *sigh yea, opposite coasts.  when he’s deployed, it gets hard just because i don’t get to contact him when i want to.  i have to wait when he has time to talk, which is sometimes limited.  the things we do when we’re in love.

he called me this morning around 0530 my time to let me know that he was getting on the plane.  i was still tired and out of it so it didn’t really hit me that he was about to cross the pond.  i’m glad that i wasn’t there to see him off.  i was for his last deployment last year and that was unbelievably hard.  i left that same day last year to drive out here to ca and i cried that entire first night that i drove out of nc. 

anyway, so i changed my main pic for you, bebe.  we’d been talking about doing it for awhile, and then we saw that cball30 and dmb did shout outs for each other so we decided to wait.  lol  difference is we’re dating.  heheh

that’s all for now bb’ers.  enjoy the rest of your weekend.

yesterday i had my back/bi workout, my least favorite day.  i enjoy lifting, don’t get me wrong, i guess it’s my least favorite because i feel so weak when i workout on these days.  i wish i had guns like candace. 

when i started out, i was feeling pretty good.  did my first set, moved on to pull downs… i moved over to the free weights and did my dumbell dead lifts and my right wrist started hurting.  i have carpal tunnel in that wrist and while i’m fortunate to not have constant pain, it sucks when it flares up.  i was going to start on concentration curls but my wrist was hurting so i decided to break and to cable crunches. 

after a couple sets, i went back to do my curls and by the time i finished, my right wrist was really in pain.  that was the end of my bicep workout for the day.  i hate that i have ct.  doesn’t help that i’m on the computer all day long for my job either.  ugh.

today is abs, so at least i can really work it out today and not worry about pain coming back or anything.   

from doing leg press today.  since i’m still starting out (on week 3) i can’t do leg press and squats in the same leg day work out.  i have to alternate.  since i did squats the first 2 leg workouts, i did leg press today.  was a bit disappointed with myself because i couldn’t do as much weight as i used to back in hs, but i know it’s been awhile since i’ve really worked out so it’s nothing to be upset about. 

i can feel my workouts getting better each time i do them.  my strength is coming back and it feels good.    i think chest and leg workouts are my fav, i find myself looking forward to mon and wed.  i had to do legs today since i had to skip gym yesterday to pick up the lil princess. 

tomorrow is back and bis, so we’ll see how that goes.  unlike the mister, i don’t really look forward to doing back.  i know i will later on, but since my back is still weak and i’m still having lower back problems, i don’t like doing back workouts.  gotta stick tot though, can’t give up now.  i’m so proud of myself for sticking to my workout this long.  the past 4 years every time i’d try, i’d quit after day 2…. LOL i know, so bad!

since i missed the gym yesterday, i made sure to work it out really good today.  i decided to try my dumbell bench presses on a ball today…. yea.  i almost fell off in the beginning of my first set!  lol thank god i didn’t, but still.  my abs felt really good after my sets on the ball, going to do them that way from now on. :)

my triceps felt so weak today.  couldn’t do the norm weight i’ve been doing for the past couple weeks, had to lighten up the load today on rope pulls downs.  no biggie though, i know i’ll get stronger with each rep.    abs felt like they were getting stronger.  was able to do more crunches, leg lifts, flutter kicks, alt heel touches until MF and did 90 on my cable crunches today.  felt pretty good about that.  hehe

the weird staring guy was there again today.  this time, he had a workout partner with him.  there was a point where i was doing my cable crunches on the corner cable machine and they set up on the cable machine right next to me.  his workout buddy asked me a question about whether i knew anyone was using it and i told him no… when i said that, he was just in SHOCK when i spoke.  LOL i wanted to ask his workout buddy when i walked away, "does your friend ever talk?" but i didn’t.  :p haha

i’ve got legs tomorrow and i’m not really looking forward to it since my hamstrings have been feeling pretty tight.  gonna stretch a bit more before bed.  ah well.  that’s pretty much it.  felt good to do weights again after being out for 3 days.

well the gym on base closed early and the tiny gym here at my complex doesn’t have everything that i need.  looks like i’ll be playing catch up since mon-wed-fri are my heavy lift days and in between are strictly abs. ah well, it’ll be worth it. 

today i plan to just take the little one to the pool and enjoy the sun today.  don’t really need a tan or anything, but my legs are so much lighter than my arms.  lol