Week 1--Day 4, 5, and 6

I'm sure you were wondering if I was faithful over the weekend, I was, just not to blogging. ;) I have a bit to cover in this post, but that's ok, because I'm up to the task!  I figure there was so much time "wasted" over my weekend by working out, I would just wait to blog, as I'm sure there aren't any screaming fans awaiting my posts. ;)

Well I'm not sure if it was just that my work-out times were thrown off, but they seemed way more difficult this weekend. I'm sure it had nothing to do with the pain that was making me hobble around.  Anyway, so day 3 consisted of Shoulders and Arms.  Not really too bad, I enjoy working those guns out, and my husband paid me a compliment that my shoulder muscles already look somewhat cut.  No, P90X doesn't have THAT fast of results, I just informed him that was from hours and hours a day of lifting my hefty little chunker babies.  I guess I'm not in as bad of shape as I thought, as I do have SOME muscle definition.  You wouldn't know it by the amount of suffering I have gone through thus far though.  (I find myself continually wondering if the people in the videos are suffering as they are, I wonder what I look like?)

The actual ridiculous work out didn't come until Saturday, when I experienced Yoga for the first time. I mean really, who would've thought from watching all the movies that it could be so difficult, they always make it look so easy!! There is no such thing as easy in these videos though.  I found myself throwing a childish fit as I refused to do a few of the moves, irritated that I was taking an hour and a half out of my Saturday afternoon to twist myself into a complete pretzel.  My yoga mat kept rolling up on me and I felt like punching it. I was about to square off against the TV, close to tears, once again thinking, why am I doing this???  I had been looking forward to the yoga portion, as I'm pretty flexible, but it is hard core yoga, the full shebang.  Just as I'm about to reach breaking point, it finally starts to get semi-easy as we move to sitting position and start doing the more realistic stretching, that doesn't have to do so much with balance.  When they started doing the move where you balance your whole body (which is pretty much crunched up into a little ball) on just your hands, I only scoffed. No WAY.  Maybe that will be for another week.  If I'd have tried, I'd have ended up doing a somersault and probably knocking my back out of place.

Onto Sunday for Legs and Back.  Can I just say that I hate lunges??  Hardest work-out yet, due to me being sore and tired I'm sure.  Once again I found myself folding my arms and tapping my toe like a spoiled child ready to throw something. This time I actually did produce tears though.  All I could think about was this entire work-out as a whole, and that I'd have to do all these work-outs 11 more times at the very least.  What am I trying to prove? Am I trying to prove something to myself or everyone else?  Both I'm sure.  Trying to be an example that you CAN come back to your normal state and size after having twins.  That after you have kids, it's not over! You still have hope! You can still be attractive and slim, not flubbery and gross! My husband is my hero however and jumped in to do it with me, encouraging my every move.  It was a draining weekend in the way of working out, but I have to admit, I do feel so much better when it's done.  I feel like I'm changing every day. 

I just also have to express how much I love the diet.  No, really.  Protein is amazing! I'm such a meat-eater, I just can't get enough.  Who wouldn't want steak, salmon, and shrimp multiple times a week while still losing weight and getting in shape?  Well I sure do.  It's nice to cut out all the crap we sometimes allow into our bodies. I have not been having sugar, which I thought would be harder. I am allowing myself one cheat meal on Saturdays, and this weekend we went to Buffalo Wild Wings with friends and I splurged on 7 Asian Zing chicken wings. Oh delicious. Yet even after eating that, I felt gross and unhealthy.  So sticking to this diet is the easiest thing so far about this whole shenanigan. 

Today is my last work-out of the first week, it's Kenpo, whatever that is. I have a sinking feeling it has something to do with kicking, so probably something like Karate or kickboxing.  Tomorrow will be my first rest day, and I am welcoming it with open arms! (There is an optional stretch video which I haven't decided if I'll do yet.) Two weeks to go until I can be in rest phase, which I hear isn't really rest because it's all cardio. Gr. In any case, it'll be nice to give my muscles a slight break. 

Well that about covers it! Until tomorrow....