hvivona’s BodyBlog

Back from vacation refreshed and ready to begin round 2 of P90x.  While I was at the beach I chose to not micro manage anything about my food or workouts.  If I felt like eating it, i did.  I didn’t count calories at all.  If I felt like going for a run, I did. Of course if I felt like doing nothing but laying on the beach some days, I did that too.  It was a great mental break, but I learned a lot by doing it.  I learned that I need structure.  I need to know what I’m going to eat and when and what workout I’m going to do and when.  The first few days the carefree attitude was fun and new, but after a few days I felt lethargic and crappy about myself. Not to mention bloated and dehydrated.  I don’t know how people can live thier lives doing this all the time.  I barely made it a week. 

My plan going forward:  I’m going to clean up my diet a little, change my macros around a bit and see if I can get better fatloss results this go round.  I’m hoping to drop to around 16%bf beacuse thats where I was a couple of years ago and when I felt the best about how I looked. so thats my goal.  I’m also cutting alcohol during the week and limiting myself to 1 or 2 drinks (vodka & diet coke) on the weekend.  I typically have one or 2 a  night and think that might be hindering my results.  I’m also going to stop "nibbleing" on stuff during the day.  The handfull of pretzles or goldfish here and there are most likely hindering my results as well.  We shall see.  Of course as I’ve said in an earlier post, nothing may change and this may just be where my stubborn body wants to stay.  And that will be ok too.  because at the end of this round I’ll know that I’ve given all I had to make a serious change and that’s all I can do.  I’m not a body builder, figure competitor or model, so I don’t see a need to drive myself into the ground because I want my thighs to be 1/2" smaller and my biceps and back to have a few more cut lines.  I’ll just continue to try and do MY best and what works for MY body. 

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