5!!

Day Five. Day Five. Day Five!!!!

Been a great week so far. Weighed myself last night and I have dropped 3 pounds. Not a big fan of the scale at all because it can be very deceiving. I always use Mark as an example when I talk about the pitfalls of scales. Mark is like a Superman. He is super active and a veritable health freak. This man bikes almost daily to and from work. He runs (A LOT), and does strength training. Basically, he is a powerhouse who truly believes in his fitness. However, if I were to tell you that my roommate buddy was 6'5 and weighed between 275 and 290 (depending on the time of year) without telling you about his active lifestyle... you might say he's I don't know.. overweight. But to see him... you'd NEVER imagine his weight. He is skinny, skinny, skinny. I always tell him that he's withering away. So, perfect example... The scale might reflect his need to lose weight. However, his measurements and BMI, tell a different story. So again I say that I while I will for sure weigh myself to get an idea of where I am every so often, I firmly believe the truth of whether or not this is working for me will come to light through my measurements. So.. here's a recap of the day.

Exercise

Well. Today was to have been TurboFire Fire 45 EZ (as I did not have the Low HIIT 20 disk). There was a quite a bit of hubbapaloo this morning so I did not at all get the start I had planned on. Nonetheless, I was determined to get A workout in today. So around 1 pm, I popped in my TF disk and the jamming music flooded the living room. It did not take long for me to realize that my head and energy level were not where they needed to be to do this long and non stop cardio routine. So I pushed pause. Got some water. Walked around a little and then came back to hit play. Once again, my body was projecting nowhere near the intensity it needed to be giving. I almost gave up but then told myself that this is what I ALWAYS do. I find a "valid reason" as to why I can't do today and tell myself I'll make it up tomorrow but then that never happens and then I slowly go from fired up to burned out and my exercising is done.

So, because I swore to myself I would stick by this... I thought.. "What would Tony say?". He certainly wouldn't advocate for quitting. I don't see him advocating for doing a workout I'm not prepared for. So... I popped TF out and went back to something I knew I'd complete and that would give me a cardio burn. In went Power 90 Fat Burning Express and away I went. I remember when I first began with Power 90 and how that particular video was difficult for me. I remember not being able to finish all the moves in their entirety at all.  NOT THIS TIME!!! I nailed it. My intensity was like a 9. I felt FANTASTIC afterwards and I actually increased all movements to include a weight where feasible. To say that I was proud of myself is an understatement.

So... lesson... Days will come where you just feel FLAT. On those days, instead of giving up.... think outside the box. It's better to do SOMETHING, even if it's a walk around the neighborhood, some ab work, or a bike ride, than to do nothing and then beat yourself up later. ANY exercise in any form is better than NO exercise. PERIOD.

Food.....

Because of my uber messed schedule, I was a bit nervous as to how to keep on track. So, my meals were actually later than normal but it all worked out. I had plans tonight to have dinner with my former Assistant Chief (and super special person to me) and a friend so I knew I needed to keep the fact that I would more than likely have a drink as well as food that I did not prepare myself. So, I ate the same breakfast (my daily: protein shake, two eggs, three turkey sausage, multivitamins, and one cup of coffee). Because I had gotten a late start to the day, my breakfast was actually more my brunch. I had a slice of swiss cheese for "lunch' (really a snack), and held out for dinner. The glorious thing is that since I had a good breakfast/brunch I wasn't hungry. SUCH A HUGE ADVOCATE OF EATING A SOLID BREAKFAST EVERY, SINGLE DAY!!! For dinner, the ladies and I met at Applebee's. Love how Applebees has their "Weight Watchers" menu to assist with those counting calories. I decided on the Roma Pepper Steak (approximately 510 calories), which was delicious. Only ate half the steak because the side more than filled me up. My downfall came with the liquid yummies. This restaurant did not carry vanilla vodka (Can I just ask??? Who doesn't carry vanilla vodka? I mean really. This has to be the FIRST restaurant since like 2005 that I have been to that doesn't carry it.... UGH) so instead I ordered two (Happy Hour all day SON) house margaritas on the rocks with salt. I knew this would be a doozie and it was (486 calories). But in the end because I planned accordingly it all worked out. I ended up approximately (and including the calories burned from work out) 97 short of my goal. Dinner was great though. It was so nice seeing Linda. I have missed her dearly. Was also fantastic catching up with Julie, seeing her awesome mother, and oogling over her most precious little baby!!!!! Drank water the remainder of the night and ended the evening on a happy note!!!

Tomorrow Mark is going to our dear friends house to assist with the rebuild. Not sure if I will go but if I do.. that will be some great manual labor!!! We shall see! On the workout front we have P90x-Legs and Back with the hated Ab Ripper X (ARX). I'm liking how this pops up every other day because it will get me in the habit of pushing little more every day!!! Woo to the Hoo!!!!

Peace in the east......