Wow, good thing I'm not as bad about working out as I am about blogging! :) Having said that....Ok, so obviously the last few weeks have been crazy, as I was preparing for my daughters' and husband's birthdays within a week of eachother. I will admit, with preparations for the huge "1" birthday party, I had to skip a day of working out because there was literally too much to do. It was only Yoga, and I just pushed the workout schedule up a day. So technically, I skipped a work-out for the first time, but made it up the next day. So I'll be finishing P90X a day later than planned. So I felt a little guilty, but it was all too necessary with how stressful that day had been.
It's really getting hard to stay motivated with the diet with the holidays rolling around. I love food so much...........I'm at a point where my tastebuds are grimacing when salad comes near. It's hard to find a variety of dressings that are good for you and not full of sugar. I've gotten lazy with finding new things to eat because it is so time consuming to prepare and hard to veer away from the simple meals for that reason alone. Alas, I'm still plugging along, just not enjoying what I eat completely. Having kids and figuring out what they should eat is hard enough! Things would be so much easier if I had a cook and a maid..........
I had a pity party for myself yesterday. This month has been hard with all the festivities in my life that somehow ended up all in October. For whatever reason, I feel like I've hit a wall and am not seeing all the results I want. It seems I'm maintaining my size and weight instead of continuing to lose. (And like I knew I would, it's hard to not measure the progress in your weight due to the fact that muscle weighs more.) This makes it difficult when I am working as hard as I am every day, (ahem, I'd prefer to call it, busting my ass) because all it really does, is make me want to stop. I keep going though, because I know this happens, it's just frustrating. I cannot comprehend how at this point the results are not smack-you-in-the-face obvious every day I look in the mirror. Hopefully I'll push through the wall soon. A little under halfway to go until I'm done, so why quit now? If nothing else, I'll walk away being in much better shape than when I started. This was my gateway program, so it'll be a lot more fun to spice up my work-outs by picking ones that I like, and switching it up when I feel like it. Hard to get out of the box much with P90X.
On a brighter note, I really enjoy a few of the work-outs that began as the bane of my existence! Plyometrics is an insanely fabulous work-out. I highly suggest this for anyone who thinks their work-outs are not challenging them. There is still always something I need to take a break from for a split second, or cannot finish all the reps. Such a work in progress but I love that work-out!
Hopefully it won't be weeks before I get back to this! Hope everyone is doing well!
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2 comments:
I seriously can't believe how amazing you're doing.
For the plateau you should try changing your diet a bit. I was a raw foodist for quite a while and there are tons of awesome raw food combinations out there. Or instead of eating meat for a meal eat the equivalent amount of spiced up beans and rice.
If you need to get ideas I can send you links to a few amazing blogs!
That'd be great! I have switched it around a little, and I'm probably just being nitpicky. Dane says he notices differences, I just don't think they're as extreme as the first month. I take more pictures in a week, so I guess we'll see :) Thanks for the suggestions! I'd love to see the links! Doesn't hurt to try new things!
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