p90x Results

are not here.

They're here.  kinda.

Phase 2. Complete. Finally. Update*

*No Blogger, NO!  K, people, the pics didn't post correctly, so I just put up my day 0 and then now (day 60).   Oh boy this is getting confusing.

This picture right here is for you Mom, Dad, Mom's friends, Friend's Husbands and My Dignity:

Let's make this all clear.  I am not that type of person who would post my picture in a sports' bra, or a string bikini.  I simply wear a tank top, then roll it up.

I put this particular picture up to note 1) Mr Incredible takes notoriously bad pictures. 2) I look like Britney Spears being accosted by papps in a 7-11 with a bag of Doritos.  This would be the cover Star Magazine.  Or Globe. (global?  what's it called?)

Measurements are what I've lost from day 0-60, then from 30-60.  Brain Energy, k?

Weight: -10 pounds, -6 pounds

Chest: -2 1/2, 0

Waist: -3 1/2in, -1 1/4in

Hips: -3 1/2 in, -3 1/2 in

Rt thigh: -2 3/4in, -1/2 in

Lf thigh: -2 3/4 in, -1/2 in

Rt arm: -1 1/4 in, +1/4

Lt arm: -3/4 in, 0

K so on to the pictures:  This is even confusing to me.  So first picture per line is Day 0 Day 30 then Day 60.  With me?  So the white tank top is most recent.

And lastly, the diet.  We are not trying to follow the p90x part, but we've both just been eating much better.  Less carbs and sweets, and normal people filling foods.

My motivation is lacking like WHOA.  I'm kinda ready to be done.

I've been substituting in runs and swimming instead of doing the cardio videos.  I feel better after running outside, or swimming than staying inside my house do The Cardio/Kenpo video.  Again.

So there you have it, my promised people.  Encourage me for the last 30 days, k?

Coffee and Baked Goods vs. p90x UPDATED*

Read even MORE detail over at Hutch's

this. 

not to be confused with 

this.

(tony horton- p90x man)

Read more over at Magnolias and Mimosas.  yes.

Phase 1. COMPLETE.

So here we are, at day 30 of p90x.  It has gone by a lot faster than I'd expected, which makes me wish I had done a few things differently.  Like the diet part of it.  But there's always tomorrow (or second phase) and I'm committing to the diet.  I'm really excited about it because I finally feel ready.

That being said, I'm so proud of myself for sticking to the workouts.  With time restraints, kids, blogging and just everyday stuff, it wasn't all that easy to do all of the time.  We've decided though, that this part of our lifestyle shouldn't be an option.  Working out should be like drinking water.  It's just what you do.  We want to show and teach our kids that it's one of our top priorities.  Not to mention we love it, it brings us closer as a family, and it gets the February antsies out.

When we first began, I decided that I wanted to do the 'lean' version of p90x.  Basically it's to look trimmer as opposed to muscley bulky.  Since I'm pretty athletic, I've decided that honestly, the lean version is not intense enough for me (gloating).  I don't have that sore feeling that I love after workouts.  So for this phase I'm doing some workout substitutions.  We've also decided to go doubles, which means three times a week getting some (more) cardio in.  That's just what we like to do.  We like to run, swim, bike (hellllllo triathlete wife.)  Physically speaking, we also like to push ourselves and each other to the limit.  It's a challenge that we enjoy.

So here are the stats:
Weight: lost 6 pounds, then gained 3 pounds back from the skiing trip, fat tuesday, etc etc.  so -3lbs.  Mr Incredible, -10.
Chest: me: -2.5 inches  Mr Incredible: -2.5 inches
Waist: me: -1.25 inches  Mr Incredible: -3.25
Hips: me: -1/2 inches (I've got a pear shaped body.  leave me alone.) Mr Incredible: 0 (apparently he does too)
R arm: me: -1 1/8 inches Mr Incredible: -.5 inches
L arm: me: -3/4 inches  Mr. Incredible: -3/4 inches
R leg: me: -2.25 inches  Mr Incredible: -2.5 inches
L leg: me: -2.25 inches  Mr Incredible: -3/4 inches


And pics:

 i fully debated whether or not to post these- im satisfied enough... just wished id done the nutrition part!

i'm clearly a tad awkward.

Other things you cannot tell from the pics.  1) I think my neck lost 3 pounds.  I never thought I had a fat neck... 2) My thighs are toning up and smoothing  3) my butt is getting tiiight 4) my back is becoming more defined 5) that's a 1989 adidas crop top.  from an ex boyfriend's mom.  truth.

stat tuned.  60 day pics in 28 days.  and counting.

Took a breather and now able to talk some more

As you may know, I'm doing p90x.  Moreover, I'm on day 18.  Day 18 of I'm-better-than-you-workouts.  The p90x kit comes with 12 different DVDs to promote "muscle confusion" and a book to tell you what workouts to do on which day.  It also comes with a nutrition guide book.  This includes recipes, suggestions, or you can straight up follow exactly what it says every day for 90 days.  It also tells you how much of each food group to eat everyday, and tells you every food and which food group it belongs.  Since I do NOT have a niche for explaining myself well, just know that it is NOT as hard as I just made it seem.  People involved with p90x, feel free to put an appropriate summary in the comments section below.


I've been doing Weight Watchers since I was 6 weeks post partum with this babe.  So when we decided to do p90x, I thought I would couple the nutrition guide with counting points.  I felt a bit leery because if I do something I want to do it right, however, I know that WW works.  I was afraid that I wouldn't lose any weight doing p90x.  In retrospect that is absolutely absurd.  Of course you'll lose weight if you're eating right and working out hardcore.  


The first 10 days I did well with eating my points and p90x nutrition guide.  I was a little overwhelming because I didn't prepare myself for cooking.  I felt like I was cooking all day everyday, hence my house was getting destroyed and I was getting frazzled.


Part of the nutrition that was for me allowed one complex carb a day, which is like a camel that is allowed to store as much water as he pleases without a hump.  I live on simple carbs.  Very simple carbs.  As in cookies.  Anyway, on day 10 I started to notice that I was smelling like cat pee.  I thought this was a great excuse to start eating my carbs again.  You know, just one extra complex carb.  

Have I ever told you that I am all or nothing?  Well I am.  And one extra carb turned into a binge session.  But just one binge session.  "Tomorrow is a new day," me thought. 


Come weigh in a Weight Watchers the next day.  I gained 1.4 pounds.  (re read that 4 times over, because that's what I want to keep typing but am noting that it is becoming a bad habit)  This, my friends, put me in a downward spiral.  I was so confused and so discouraged (I know many of you are going to say it was because I binged the day previous, but I do that before (and after) my weigh ins all the time, and I most often lose).  I felt like I had been working my ass of (literally) and I gained a pound.  My.Life.Was.Over.  (I'm the epitome of "weighty issues.")(no, I don't have an eating disorder. I'm just a disordered person)


Needless to say, I stocked up on SmartOnes desserts and destroyed them.  Every day was Binge Thursday for me last week.  


"I guess," chocolate eclairs hanging out of my mouth, "I'm just gonna be 20 pounds overweight for the rest of my life, Mr Incredible" shoveling a cookie dough ice cream cake into my mouth.  


"Oh, will you stop, Kiera?  I think you look great and I can see improvements already!" 


 Me, shoving reduced fat tortilla chips in my mouth (to counter balance all those sweets) "That's a lie.  I measured and I haven't lost any inches.  Except for 1/4 inch in my left leg."  He rolls his eyes, because I always insist on leaving him speechless then get annoyed that he doesn't have anything to say.


But I stuck with the workouts.  


Today at weigh in I lost three pounds!  So it just took a while for my body to catch up to what I was doing.


To wrap this up, I've decided that I'm quitting Weight Watchers and quitting the scale for a while.  I really do need to focus first on the inches that I'm losing doing p90x, and then of course (so obvious to me now) any extra weight will come off, granted I'm eating right.  So starting tomorrow today (there was one SmartOnes Eclair left, what was I supposed to do?) I'm back on the p90x nutrition.  Onward and upward from here.

At my 30 day pics I may not look like this, though.  Because, I kinda put myself 12 days behind.  Or this (again, I know, I'm obsessing Shandal.)

Not Just for Dancers, Indi Influenced or Spiritually Faltered/Inspired

Back we go to P90X.

I have never tried yoga before. I thought it was for people who are not physically able to run on a treadmill. I also thought that it was for people like Drew Barrymore- you know, soul searching, I guess would be the correct way to describe her. I also know that dance instructors swear by it. None of the above things are bad, in my opinion, they are just not me. Hence, I never had any interest in Yoga.

aux contrare.

Day 4 of P90X and Tony wants me to put the yoga dvd in. Ha. I put if off and put it off, because, Tony, I do not want a rest day, I want a workout. I want to be bopping around like a Jane Fonda with her pants on fire.

Finally Mr Incredible gives me an ultimatum (something along the lines of "this is your only opportunity all day to do this") So I put in the hour and a half dvd. I'm just about to throw in the towel and go to the gym when (during warm ups), what's that? Oh, a bead of sweat? All I've been doing is standing with my knees bent.

Fast forward to the end. Friends, I was sweating as if I had just ran on the treadmill for an hour and a half. Incredible. Unbelievable. It is actually a workout.

Anyways, I wish I had more to say about this. But I don't. And I also don't know how to get this massive pic of Drew any smaller. Probably because google is the most obnoxious billion trillion fillion dollar company around.

No fear, I won't blog about this for the next 90 days.

Today marked an epic occasion.epic. Today was my first day out of ninety of p.90.x. I'm a little shaky, but certainly not hungry. Here's what I can tell you about it thus far:

<- this is my day 0 picture. The only reason I'm posting this is because I have zero ZERO shame. keep judgements to yourself, unless, of course, it wins me comments. in my purposes.defense i'm 11 weeks post partum.

This is my yoga mat and weights. Bathroom mats do in fact have multiple purposes.

Here is a picture of Mr Incredible doing core synergetics. And a picture of me after my workout. Subtract 24 years from the age you guess and you'll get my true age.

My life for 89 more days:

I'm Going to be a Big Loser

I'm not sure how the rest of the world feels, but I heart the Biggest Loser.  It's not because I was ever huge and then lost half of my body weight (although I was a chubby little kid.   who trusts skinny 4 year olds?  not me.) I think it's because I love stories of people changing their lives for the better.  I cry every episode.  Maria overcame her fear of water, last night.  Was that not beautiful when Jillian was cradling her in the pool in the pouring rain?  Actually it made me a bit uncomfortable.  Weird, Jillian, weird.

So anyways, Mr Incredible and I have decided to be big losers.  (drumroll please)  On Monday, we're starting P90X.  Don't hate that I'll be skinnier than you and more ripped than your husband (not crazy woman body builder way, though).  Here are a few good reasons why:

• It gives a nutrition plan ei exactly what to eat all day for 90 days
• It gives exact workout on DVD instead of hauling A to the gym
• Since I am nursing I feel I have this liberty to eat brownies all day.  That liberty is not mine to take. p90x doesn't allow brownies for 90 days
• It's only 90 days
• It's not (necessarily) a fad diet
• It will help me get my life together again

Actually I could write a gagillion more reasons, but those will suffice.  I've been in contact with Shandal who's been doing it, and also reading Heather's blog which is solely P90X.

I have just given myself no choice since I've told you.  Stay tuned.

    NO!      no.  sure.