Day 48: Macaroni and Cheese

I haven't worked out since the 22, only because time has not allowed it. I have three final exams next week along with a paper on the Psalms of the Bible that's due. For the following week, I also have a packet/profolio of sorts due for my microbiology class. I doubt I'll be able to workout tomorrow either; so the next most likely day of working out will probably be the 27th. I'll probably go for a run because that'll take less time. Untill then.

Day 44: My hands are shaking

So today I was supposed to do Plyo but since I did that last Friday with my best friend and her boyfriend, I decided to go for a mile run instead. Not that I like to run, but I would rather do that than Plyo. Haha. I don't dred running as much as I used to, but I still don't like it. How could anyone like it? Anyway, I'm not too happy with my time. I completed the mile at 12:20--my freshmen year of highschool I could do it at about 9:25 and walk it the same time I just ran today. Of course then I had Phys Ed 5 times a week and we would go to the the track nearly every day. If I keep this running thing up, I want to have a time of 8:45...? Is that a reasonable goal? Let's see.

Day 43: Easing Into It...again

This morning I went on a measly 3 mile bike ride with my best friend/wife today. It felt good.
My diet has been pretty nutritious as well and I'm proud of myself.
And I guess I should get off of my butt and do the next video...maybe after I finish this sudoku. haha

So I started to do the Shoulders, Chest, and Triceps video with Kevin but he quickly dropped out which didn't help me much. I did most of the video but I wanted to end early (partly because I was tried of working out my arms) so that I could have enough energy to do the Ab Ripper video. And with the Ab Ripper video, I didn't apply myself 100% but that was partly because I had only just done this video yesterday.
Anyway, I'm proud of myself for keeping with it recently but I'm still a little depressed. I'm working on it though.

Day 42: It's Amazing

I'm still sore from doing Plyo this past Friday. Amazing.
Mondays are normally my rest days but since I haven't been working out at all (I apologize to everyone reading this) I'm going to do the Ab Ripper X video.
My diet today, although not part of the nutrition plan, has been extremlely good; hopefully I can maintain this new start. :)

I had to workout in the office so this is what I had for space to do the Ab Ripper video. The tv was taken by my mother and her Lifetime movies. haha.

Day 39: Really?! Already?!

I have NOT been working out. sigh. It truely depresses me. I want to. I do! I never imagined that it would be this hard.
I went for a run last week. And that actually felt good. I plan on doing that again whenever I get the chance.
I also did some plyometrics today and I realized that I really did loose a lot of my stamina that I had gained in the beginning. I'm loosing it and I don't like it one bit.
I've got to try harder but I just don't have any motiviation. And lately, I've been pretty depressed. I'm positive that working out would help alleviate that.
Anyway, I suppose I'll post some pictures of my "progress" so far. I do weigh less than what I did when I began, but I don't think I'm anywhere near where I'm supposed to be.

Here's to motivation.

Day 13: It's a Shame

I actually didn't get to work out yesterday >.>
I just didn't have enough time, ok?! I had to go to work. But since today is supposed to be my rest day, I've decided to do the Legs and Back video and the Ab Ripper X video as well. So that means, in total last week, I missed 3 days of working out! Oi. Never again, (I hope) I swear to you.

Hahaha. Don't even ask me about my diet either. Gosh...

Day 12: Oops

So Kevin and I missed TWO days of working out! AH! That means I missed Shoulders and Arms, and Yoga. Oops. Kevin could've worked out with out me, but he practically refuses if I'm not there to do it with him :)
So today we're doing Legs and Back along with Ab Ripper X. Bring it!

Day 9: Almost!

Kevin cracks me up soooo much. I love the kid. :)
We did Plyo today, and although we didn't finish the video, we went further into it than last time. I don't think that my legs will be as sore as they were last time; which is a good thing? I guess. But my shoulders are still pretty sore from yesterday. I think it's Arms and Shoulders tomorrow, I'm not too sure. Hopefully I'll be up to it. I haven't been as enthusiastic to working out--compared to last week. Let's hope that its only a short term thing: that I feel this way.

Day 8: Not Feeling That Great

I really didn't feel like working out today. If my brother wasn't there to push me, with his wonderful enthusiasm, I doubt I would've lifted a finger. And it's not because I'm tired from previous workouts, I just didn't want to workout. Plain and simple. I've really felt lazy for the past couple of days after spring break. Man, spring break really screwed me because I just don't seem to be as productive as I have been in the past--compared to last semester as well. I really think I'm dropping the ball and I hope I wont be regretting it in the future :/
Tomorrow is Plyo and hopefully I'll be home to do part of the video; I've got a St. Patrick's Day party to go to. Yay!

Day 7: Stretching

Well as the seventh day, either rest or stretching is done; and I think I'll go for the latter of the two because my muscles are so sore. Stretching them will surely hurt a bit--but it'll be a good hurt. And who knows? If it turns out that I like the video, I might just do it every morning before I leave for class. I've never been very flexable and with all of these workouts I'm sure that it would do me some good to stretch every day.

Day 6: I LOVE Kenpo!

Kenpo was so much fun!!!
I've always wanted to take self-defense lessons and this video was a lot like those lessons (I think). You know, when there was about 15 minutes left, I just wanted to stop because I was tired; but I knew that I had it in me to finish the video. And it felt so good--knowing that I completed the entire video. Sure, I didn't do every single move and I might've done some of them with the wrong form, but I completed the ENTIRE video :DDDDD
Tomorrow is supposed to be my rest day, but I think I'm going to do the Ab Ribber X video (since I missed it yesterday) and and some push ups and pull ups. It's pretty hilarious to me--wanting to work out.

Day 5: ...?

I am so dissappointed to say that I didn't workout again! Instead I played a pretty instense game of paintball with my best friend, her boyfriend, and his friends. I was supposed to do Legs and Back along with the Ab Ripper video; but I think I got a decent enough leg workout from playing paintball.
On another sad note, I haven't been eating all of the right things. Nothing too large--like a hamberger or a bowl of pasta--but smaller things like a small cupcake, a few pieces of chocolate, etc. I definately think that my time on the "Fat Burner" diet is up because I just feel the need to get more in me. Something. And I'm pretty sure that something is a little bit more of healthy carbs. That should help me with my cravings. Unfortuneatly, I have a whole bunch of food which I've already bought that goes along the Fat Burner diet that I still have left in my fridge. Who ever said eating right wasn't that difficult is LYING!
Today, Kevin and I are going to do the Kenpo video...as soon as I can get him off his lazy butt so we can start working out. Haha
It sure is bitter sweet having school start back up again. On the bright side, I will have a schedule and it'll be easier to follow a regimen; but on the down side, its school. Who ever wants to go back to the monotonous grind of school?

Day 4: So Sore

I woke up this morning and really felt the workouts that I did last night. It's sore in my hamstrings, quads, ass, and shoulders. Not that bad for my abs though, which worries me that I'm not working hard enough; and thats the main part of my body that I'm struggling with.
I also woke up this morning from a dream that I had where I miraculously was thin with only the three days that I've worked out, but my belly button was in the wrong spot (it was raised about 3 inches on my abdomen) and I had practically lost my breasts. That has to be my main concern with working out: the possibility of my breasts shrinking. Does that happen? Should I be worried?
Well yoga is today! I'm excited for it. I love yoga. I hope it wont be so intense/complicated that I wont be able to workout though.
Next thing I want to do is post pictures of my brother, since we're doing this together and since he's a part of this blog as well. Who knows? With his more-in-shape physique, maybe it'll attract more people. Haha.

Day 3: Lots of Updates

Shame on me! I haven't kept up with my blog :(
I started P90x on Tuesday, March 9th. But being that its spring break, I've been busy having too much fun and not commiting myself completely. I actually missed working out on the second day, so I did Plyo today in the afternoon. Kevin nor I were able to finish the entire sesson :/ But now Kevin's home and he's ready to do Shoulders and Arms. Haha! I need a little break first...
As for the diet, I think I'm doing alright..? Sure, beer isn't part of it and I might have slipped a little by eating some of my friends birthday cake and a few fries, but besides that I think I'm doing pretty well. It's my first college SPRING BREAK, I can't help myself! I definately think that I'm not eating enough through out the day. But once school starts back up again it'll be easier to keep to the diet.

Changes from Cali

The reason why I created this blog is because I wanted to post my "metamorphosis" with the P90x home workout system for all of those people also considering a drastic change in their life. Yes, I have given into this infomercial but I'm proud that I did because now, I hope, I will be able to do something positive for myself.
I’ve purchased the program from ebay (it was a lot cheaper--I am a college student so I need to keep it cheap) and I’m now waiting for its arrival from California. Once it arrives, I’ll go through the package, explain what comes with it (I’ll most likely upload a video), and post pictures of myself for the world to see (another tactic that I hope will keep me strictly on course). Until then, chubber-blubber, out.

A Little History

My name is Amy and this is my first blog. Ever. And I didn't know it when I was younger (more like I didn't care as much) but I've always seemed to struggle with my weight. No, I'm not considered obese but there was a point in my life where I was told by my pediatric physician that I was in fact over weight (she promptly handed me a brochure about being overweight and told me I had to "do something" about it). Of course that wasn't what she really said but it couldn't have been put in any other way to make me feel any better about myself. And I didn't really even try to do anything to change the way I felt.
Growing up I was the nerd. I had everything going for me: glasses, acne, braces, inability to socialize well (which derived from my low self-esteem) and a plump figure. I was traumatized, to say the least, in middle school about many of these characteristics that I had to grow out of.
Now that I'm older I've got more fashionable glasses, no more acne, brace-less, can hold a conversation (I'm not all that awkward anymore--and I hope you see the humor in this), BUT I'm still uncomfortable with my body. So instead of continuing to make all of these empty promises to myself on eating better and working out, I've bought a product which will surely work if I apply myself and started a blog as a guilt factor for when, in the future, I think of straying away from my goal.