Insanity - Day 2

Plyometric Cardio Circuit

Soooo. I was too scared to do the first actual workout yesterday so I ended up trying it today. Again I surprised myself.

Yes, I did have to take some extra breaks
BUT
I did the whole workout! I was super excited.

It really is an insane cardio workout! My heart rate was super high, I could feel it. I need to get a heart rate monitor for these just so I know.

It has been awhile since I have worked out this hard and after the workout I felt really good but then a couple minutes later I felt nauseous and gross. I don't intend on giving up. I will get better and better. I just need to know what my limit is and work with that.

Insanity - The Fit Test

I was going to start tomorrow but after previewing the dvds I thought I would do the fit test today and see how I did.

Well I did a ton better than I thought I would!! On a sour note my arms are weak! I thought my stomach and legs held up very well though.

I was huffing and puffing through the test but I finished it and I am proud of myself. I previewed the first workout, the Plyo workout and WOW does it look INSANE!! It looks alot harder than the P90X Plyo just because of the intense cardio!

Cardio is what I need and want to improve upon but this cardio is out of this world. If I end up stopping too much or not being able to do the majority of the dvd, I might save insanity for a later date and continue to workout with my easier workouts until I get stronger and increase my cardio endurance. I don't want to be doing a workout that is way over my level, but I also do not want to do workouts that aren't challenging either.

Anyways without further ado here are the results of my Fit Test (we take the fit test every 2 weeks to monitor our progress)and we do each exercise for 1 minute and try to do as many of that exercise as we can:

Switch Kicks: 89
Power Jacks: 33
Power Knees: 76
Power Jumps: 25
Globe Jumps: 5   (4 jumps = 1 rep)
Suicide Jumps: 11
Push Up Jacks: 4 (my arms are so weak right now)
Low Plank Oblique: 30

My Goals are to increase my strength, and to have a lot better form when performing the exercises. The easiest exercises for me were the plank obliques and the power knees. I am sooo surprised how my stomach is performing after having a baby. I thought my abs would be the weakest part of my body, guess I was wrong. :)

Afraid To Workout???

They put so many disclaimers on the Insanity box that I am not even sure if I wanna go ahead with it right away!!! It says to consult a doctor before, I know they all say that but it says it many may times.
I am not in the best shape, but I am not in the worst shape either. I know this workout is supposed to be intense and you are supposed to be in fairly good shape before you start, but is it really dangerous to do it?

I doubt it but the disclaimers are freaking me out a bit. The only thing I can do is try it and see!! If I cannot do it or feel discomfort doing then I guess I will stop.

Here goes nothing...
knocks on wood...
crosses fingers...
gets out lucky rabbits foot...

;)

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!!

I checked the tracking number for my package and...my Insanity workout is "out for delivery"!! Woo Hoo!! I am beyond excited!! It said it would take a week and it only took 2 days! That's what I am talking about Beachbody!! I can start today!!

P90x - Plyometrics

So today I did the P90X Plyometrics workout and it kicked my butt. I know that I am weaker and it is expected. I don't expect to be some superstar yet, but having trouble working out is a new thing for me. I have always loved working out and have always been able to do whatever challenge was put in front of me, now my body is so physically weak that it is frustrating. I am already feeling stronger and have lost a couple lbs, but I am one of those need it now type of people.

I will not quit and I won't back down. I will take it one day at a time, one exercise at a time.

Why...

...is it that I always think that I need to be on some type of program? Is it my need to be organized or a fault that I am secretly unorganized and know that I will fail if not on a schedule? I don't know. But I am waiting for my new program to come in the mail and I have no motivation to do anything else. I have my mind set on this new program and nothing else seems like it will be as good. I feel like I cannot do anything else because then I will just have to quit that to start this new program and I HATE quitting anything.

Seems weird to me to need to have this much control, maybe because I feel like my life is out of my control a lot of the times...I do not know.

I do know however that any exercising I do is going to be beneficial, so I should just suck it up, stop waiting anxiously and just exercise it out. Ugghhh sometimes I hate the way I process things in my head.

My Liliana Alyse is the most beautiful girl in the world!!

I took some more photos of my Liliana yesterday. I should start her modeling portfolio now, she is a beauts!!

She is the light of my life and worth every lb and every stretch mark I gained during pregnancy. I can't imagine life without her. Every little squeal and smile melts my heart. She has forever changed my life for the better.

Update!!

I am going to get the INSANITY workout. Not that I don't love P90X but my chin up bar isn't up, I have no weights and it just sucks to have to have soooo much stuff to workout. I looked into the Insanity workout because you don't use any gadgets or weights or anything! I was so excited about this. Right now I am working out at home still doing combos of P90X cardio type workouts and my other dvds until Insanity arrives!! I am sooo stoked!! So I won't be keeping track of P90X lean, I am just going to do  Insanity but it won't be here for a week or so, will keep you updated when it arrives.

I am still working it until it arrives though.

Got a scale yesterday!

On a good note. I am super happy because I need to know where I am so that it motivates me to keep going, and I also need to know when I am headed in the wrong direction. I will probably weigh myself once a week.

On a bad note. I have never weighed this much in my life...on another good note I weigh like 30 less than the day I gave birth.

I would like to lose about 60lbs and hopefully I can achieve this by June 17, 2010 (my Liliana's 1st birthday). I told myself that I wanted to be back to my previous weight by the time she turn's 1. Giving myself a year to lose the baby weight is good, I think. I don't want to seem unreasonable in my attempts. I wasn't exactly 60lbs lighter before I gave birth but I needed to lose about 15lbs at that point also, so I am compensating for that too. :)

Good Luck to me!

P90X Lean - Day 2

Cardio X
When I first started this program over a year ago I was surprised by it's intensity...now that I am in much worse shape from having a baby I am super surprised. I used to like Cardio X and at times I even thought it was too easy for me, now I find myself out of breath and realizing how out of shape I am.

Instead of getting frustrated and depressed over it, I am just telling myself that today will be the last day that I will ever be in this bad of shape. Yes, I may be in the worst shape of my entire life BUT tomorrow I will be in a tiny bit better shape and the next day I will be in a tiny bit better shape than that and so on.

I look forward to the day when I think Cardio X is easy again. :)

I also went grocery shopping and got some healthy snacks and stuff for me. Time to overhaul my eating and exercising habits. I guess it was too easy to let them got to the wayside while being pregnant. I guess I just thought that I was getting huge anyway so it didn't matter. I still walked everywhere up until the day I gave birth and I am glad because I would have been in even worse shape if I hadn't.

P90X Lean - Day 1

Core Synergistics

Wow, did this workout kick my butt!! I forgot how hard it was...on a good note I did much better than I thought I would. I thought my stomach would be a lot weaker, and I thought that my legs would be weaker. My arms on the other hand are super weak. I couldn't do most of the pushups, but I did try and modify. I am doing as much as I can do while maintaining good form. I do not want to overdo it. Slow and easy, I will get better every time!!

I also put in the Hip Hop Abs - Fat Burning Cardio video in after I did Core and it was fun. Just wanted to get more cardio in. That's what I remember from the first time I did P90X I always added some more cardio to it.

Excited for Cardio X tomorrow.

I am also going to go grocery shopping and get some healthy stuff for the meal plan!! Yum Yum.

Starting P90X Lean today!!

Before I got pregnant I was doing classic but because of the belly fat I have accumulated I am going to give Lean a try first. Plus I haven't worked out much and Lean will give me room to get back into it!!

So excited!