P90-X Day 3 at 11:59 PM

EXERCISE

Today was focused on arms and shoulders. This exercise wasn't quite as hard but seeing as to it is my first week (first 7 days), I am setting a goal to just get through half of each 1-hour routine. I exercise for 30 minutes. My arms felt it though. I've been using the resistant bands.

FOOD

As far as what I ate... I ate 1 tv dinner of baked mac-n'-cheese, 1 serving of mashed potatoes and 1 water. For dinner I had grilled chicken (with bbq sauce), corn of the cob, 2 dinner rolls, hash brown casseroll, baked beans and debbled eggs with 1 glass of ice tea. Later in the night I had 1 serving of potato chips (plain - ruffle) and couple of skittles with 1 water.

Don't really have anything to say for myself.

P90-X A Day of Shame at 11:59 PM

EXERCISE

I call this a "Day of Shame" because this means that didn't do ANY exercise today. This exercise routine is VERY difficult and since I am a newbie at it, my body has taken quite the impact. My entire body is already very sore.

So, I'm taking the day off for healing. Say what you must, but if you were doing this, you'd understand.

FOOD
Again today, I didnt' do so well. Bad habits are tough to break. Mentally I want to do good, but my mouth and stomach beg me to do otherwise.

I woke up and drank a small goblet (cup) of 1% milk. Then at church I had 1 doughnut. After church, on the way home, I stopped at Burger King and ate 1 Chicken Crisp sandwich, 1 Rodeo Cheeseburger, 1 Large Fry and a water (I feel bad... sounds like a lot but they are the small $1 burgers... but yet... it's still a lot I guess). Then at small group I had a small portion of Doritos (not very much because I didn't like this particular flavor), 3 mini powder doughnuts, 3 mini doughnut wholes and 1 glass of sprite. Later I cut up a watermelon and had a few small pieces of watermelon with some water.

That's it. There's my day. Hopefully I'll do better tomorrow. I'll be picking up with "Day 3" tomorrow.

P90-X Day 2 at 11:59 PM

Today's exercise routine was called Plyometrics.

EXERCISE

This will probably be one of my least favorites of all of the exercises. This type of routine is based on "leg" workouts. There are several types of jumps, squats, lunges, etc... My legs are pathetic and this routine let me know that very bluntly.

The routine lasts for about 1 hour (given the 10 minutes cardio warm-up exercises). I was only able to make it through about 30 minutes before running out of gas (quitting).

Boy did I sweat. "I'm talkin' swamp sweat. I'm talkin'... fill a whole bath tub... full of sweat!" JK (Will Ferrel quote from Semi-Pro - theme song).

FOOD

Today I had a wedding to photograph (since I'm a photographer), therefore didn't have much choice in when and what I ate. I either ate what they had to offer at the reception... or had NOTHING to eat (and I feel pretty bad when I don't eat). So, now that I've built up excuses for my obviously bad diet choices... here we go...

This morning I had Burger King. I ate 1 BK Veggie Burger, 1 Large Fry and 1 Large Sprite. I know, I know... some diet huh? But look at this way... I'm trying to transist smoothly so I don't hate this diet thing and quit. At least I got the "veggie" burger. It's a start. Then I ate nothing else till the reception of the wedding (that evening). At the reception I ate random portions of small pizza squares, grilled chicken with sauce strips, cocktail shrimp (with sauce), 1 mini ham biscuit and lots of water. After the wedding and our late trip back home, I stopped at McDonalds and ate 1 double cheeseburger and 1 large fry along with 1 large sprite. Forgive me... but I was working on my feet, all over the place.. ALL DAY and was hungry and exhausted (I worked up an appetite).

So there, I feel bad about my food choices... but hey. We start at the bottom and work our way up. I'll try to do better a little as I go.

Overall, I feel guilty for eating bad and sore from the leg workouts. Yeah, I'm pathetic. Hopefully things will eventually start to look up. My hamstrings are KILLING me!

P90-X Day 1 at 11:59 PM

Okay. So today was a LONG day! INSANE!

First off, here's my P90-X workout post:

Today was Chest & Back and then the "Ab Ripper." After doing several (between 100 and 200) pushups, my chest and arms (and even my lower abdomen) were feeling pretty weak. Toward the end, I had to strain to do 5 pushups (I mean lips blown out, teeth grit strain). My arms felt extremely weak, sort of like they were dead. I could try and pick up something but felt as if I could barely grip it. (These symptoms of course are probably due to the fact that I am extremely out of shape... apparently).

Let me be honest here. I didn't finish the workout routine. I never even made it to the Ab Ripper. I would have, but I had to go to work. But after the way I felt, I needed the relief. Even if I had no work to get to, I still probably would have ended the Chest & Back early and moved on to the Ab Ripper (I know, you're not supposed to do that... but give me a break, it was my first day). I needed this kind of transition (plus, I knew I'd be getting more exercise tonight with church from setting up and doing a show).

Now on to the food. Today when I went to work, my Dad goes to Bojangles. Not a whole lot of healthy options there. So, I got the buffalo bites (grilled chicken bites) with a cup of slaw and a water. A few hours later, I had a bowl of Captain Crunch cereal (not the healthiest, but I needed food... but on the bright side I used 1% milk). Finally, around 9:30pm-10:00pm I had a terrible headache from lack of food (while at church performing), and had no choice (as I saw it) but to go over to Sonic and get me a Crispy Chicken sandwich along with a Large Fry and Large Sprite. I was hungry and felt bad. I didn't care about "diet" at that point. It "only" took 15 minutes in the drive-thru. Crazy night.

However, the musical part of the night went very well. Many teens lined up across the room on their knees, communicating with God. It was all worth it.

Lastly, I got in more exercise from helping set up and take down the stage setup for our worship. Some probably think I exercised my mouth more than my body but I helped with loading some heavy stuff too (LOL).

I'll update tomorrow.

P90-X The Fit Test at 2:47 PM

Today I'm doing the "Fit Test" from P90-X. It's supposed to find out if I'm fit enough to even attempt this extreme intense 90-day workout routine. I have to meet these minimum requirements (for a guy):

1. 3 pull-ups


2. Vertical leap of 5 inches


3. 15 push-ups


4. Sit-n'-reach at least 6 inches


5. Do a wall-squat for at least 1 minute


6. 10 bicep curls with 20lbs


7. 25 In-&-Outs (seated postion crunches)


8. 2 Minutes of jumping jacks followed by 30 sec. sprinting

If I can meet these 8 minimums, then I supposedly am ready (fit enough) to attempt the P90-X workout routine. Let me go try!

Well, I passed the minimum requirements. Let me just say. WOW. I didn't realize how out of shape I really was. My legs are pathetic. I did the wall-squats for the minimum of 1 minute and it killed me. I'm in for a beatin'.

Since I'm sort of starting today... I will go ahead and put what I've eaten for record sake. Today is considered "Day 0" more or less. Tomorrow will be "Day 1."

MEALS

• Breakfast - 2 pieces of butter toast (can't believe it's not butter spray) - one with cheese. A bottle of water.


• Lunch - 2 pieces of butter toast. 1 Serving of mash potatoes. 1 glass of 1% milk.


• Dinner - Pizza Inn Buffet (I know... bad. This was my last day as a "free man.")

P90-X at 10:35 AM

Okay. So I watched this infomercial on TV about an exercise routine called the "P90-X." It looks VERY intense but supposedly, if you stick with it and tough it out for 90 days, you are promised GREAT results. It's hard not to believe some of this stuff on TV when you see all of the before/after pictures of people but at the same time you think to yourself... that could NEVER be me.

But once you think about it a while longer, you have to think logically. If you really ate right for 90 days and intensely exercised for 90 days... you'd HAVE to look better. Even if you don't have that dream body you want, you'd have to at least look BETTER. Right?

Anyway, I'm going to do this 90 day workout routine and post on this blog every single day what routine I did and what I ate (or plan to eat) for that day. Every day. 90 days. I will end my 90 day routine (if I actually complete it) with a before and after photo of myself.

So, I'll be starting tomorrow's blog with "P90-X Day 1"

Wish me luck!

Broke Down at 9:55 AM

So here I am at home, stranded. I have two cars outside... neither working. I'm hoping to fix one before this weekend.

My firebird allowed me to make it into town to the Best Buy parking lot with no signs of issues. Next thing I know, my car will not start. Turns out my starter went out. So, my dad tied it up to the back of his truck and we pulled it (no power steering or power brakes) right through the middle of Greenville at "get off work" time. That sucked!

So, I got my brothers Dodge Stealth to drive around in the mean time. So, I'm going to the bank to deposit some checks. And what to my wondering eyes should appear, but a high-idoling car that sounds floored when in gear. That's right. When just sitting still, the car's idol is running about 3500RPMs. Sounds like your driving 60mph when just sitting there. The engine races away. Not good for the engine. So, I managed to get it home.

So, now I'm stuck with two cars that are not fit to drive. Tomorrow (or today) I'm planning on strapping the firebird back up to my dad's truck and dragging it to Bethel (about 25-30 minutes away) to work on it.

Turns out it's about a $75 part (not including labor if I have it fixed by someone else) for each broken down vehicle.

We'll see if this fixes the problem or better yet, what new problem we cause by trying to fix the current one.