DAY 38 - Legs and Back and Uggers.

Yeah, baby! 3 times in a row making it all the way through Abs. Fewer and shorter breaks!

I think the biggest motivator in all of this are the little successes I have each night. A few more reps, a little more weight... making it all the way through something I've struggled with. It's those little things that make you feel the best. That boost of "Hey! I really can do this!" It makes it all worth it. I can be beat after, or even during, a workout but I still smile when I look over my sheet and see I did a little more of everything.

That's why I'm so excited about abs. Unlike everything else, you do these every other day. You put a lot more sweat and effort into this above everything else. So even when you complete all 25 reps of just one of the eleven moves you say, "Wow! I did it." It gives you a boost of confidence. Even doing just 1 or 2 more than you did the other night is a big boost.

Now that I'm completing all reps of all 11 moves I'm pumped. I know I still have work to do on them. They ain't easy! I still take mini breaks but each time there are fewer and shorter breaks. So now my goal is to do all reps and all moves without ANY breaks.

Tonight was a smile night. I made it through the first 6 of the 11 moves without a break. Which is better than I did on Wednesday.

So food for the day -

Breakfast - protein drink and orange juice
Snack - cantaloupe
Lunch - chicken
Snack - protein drink and blueberries
Dinner - soft taco - wrap, 1/2 cup meat, lettuce, tomato, olives

Feeling great!!!

DAY 37 - No Yoga... Core instead.

Yep. Did Core instead of Yoga. I know I should be doing Yoga. It'll help increase my flexibility and balance. Problem is I'm still having to skip a lot of it because of my shoulder. And YES I did make an appointment with the doctor. I'm going Tuesday morning.

Anyway... I love core and I feel the results. I like yoga too but if I'm going to work out I need to get as much as I can out of it. So it's core. Seems kind of strange to do core with everything you do with your arms. It still bothers me but with yoga I'm torquing my shoulder too much. Especially on the chaturangas.

I did bonk tonight a bit. Had a very late dinner and had the bad 'I' word. I know.. not smart. But I did do everything.

Food for the day -

Breakfast - protein drink and some orange juice
Snack - apple
Lunch - leftover chinese from last night - not the smartest.
Snack - protein drink
Dinner - chicken, brown rice and corn... and a little later... the "I" word.

DAY 36 - Biceps and Back and of course uggers

So an awesome workout.. sort of. It's the first week with new exercises so still figuring out how to do the new things. Corncob pull-ups? OMG. They are pretty cool. Hard as hell but pretty darn cool. I seriously need to get a bar up though. It'd be much better than trying to do pull-ups with my fingertips on the beam. I'd probably get much better results.

Anyway it was a great workout. AND 2nd night of uggers and completed ALL 349 moves once again. Fewer breaks, many with no breaks at all.

Food for the day -

Breakfast - Kashi cereal and blueberries
Snack - none
Lunch - garden salad with chicken and ice tea
Snack - none
Dinner - some Chinese - beef lomein and vegetable fried rice.

DAY 35 - LLOOONNNGGGG

Very long day. I didn't get home until 8:30 - 9:00 tonight. I was supposed to do Plyo. Yeah not happening. I'll make it up though. I'm going to turn things up a few notches. I'm loving it!!

Food -

Breakfast - Kashi cereal and a protein drink
Snack - some blueberries
Lunch - protein drink
Snack - protein bar
Dinner - protein drink --- I was at work so selection was limited.
Late snack -- I know... bad choice... peanut-butter and jelly sandwich on 12 grain whole grain bread and some beef jerky.

DAY 33 & 34 - Yeah Baby! Week 5

Day 33 (Sunday) was rest. I was going to do Core but opted not to. Did go blueberry picking in the rain though. 17 pounds of blueberry picking to be exact.

SO.. Today, day 34, was the first day of WEEK 5 - Chest, Shoulders, Triceps and the ever lovely Uggers (Ab Ripper X, in case you're just joining me.)

Awesome workout and a nice change of pace. Entirely new routine - 25 exercises to be exact. Even with my shoulder still bothering me (yes I'm going to get it checked out) I was surprised at what I could do.

BUT... the most AMAZING thing was I did all 349 ab and core moves from Ab Ripper X!!!! You have no idea how excited I am about that. Every other day for a month I've been struggling to do them all. Every other day for a month I've seen a little improvement here and there. Maybe doing an extra rep before I take a break. But NEVER have I been able to do all the reps. Tonight I did it! FINALLY! Excited, excited excited!!!!

Food for the day -

Breakfast - protein drink and orange juice
Snack - apple
Lunch - protein drink
Snack - 1/4 cup of peanuts
Dinner - turkey sausage, peppers and onions and mixed vegetables

Tomorrow - Plyo

Bringing it!!

30 Day Pics - scary

DAY 32 - Kenpo

Kenpo was on tap for tonight. Tomorrow is rest day but I'm doing Core. Monday starts the week 5 routine. I'm SO looking forward to it.

Food -

Breakfast - Kashi cereal and some blueberries
Snack - didn't have one
Lunch - Protein drink
Snack - beef jerky
Dinner - brown rice, squash and zucchini, turkey burgers
And cheated a little with a little fat free ice cream

Updated pictures tomorrow night.

30 Day Stats

Ok so I was going to do this tomorrow but...


                     START                30 DAYS                               
Weight:        200 lbs                   189 lbs
Waist:          42 inches                39 inches
Chest:         43 inches                41 inches
Arms:          15 inches                15.5 inches
Body fat:     21.6%                     19.1% 

Pictures will be posted later this weekend.

DAY 31 - Pretty cool seeing that 31

Legs, back and abs. I didn't do much in the pull-ups department. Still having problems with my shoulder. SO... Monday it's make an appointment day with the Doctor to have him check it out. I'm hoping it's nothing serious and it doesn't impact me too much.

Love the workout otherwise... wellll.. not so much doing abs but like I've said I'm seeing changes and that's what counts.

Food today -

Breakfast - protein drink
Snack - apple
Lunch - protein drink
Snack - protein drink
Dinner -- yeah I know. Not cool - a couple small slices of pizza.


So tomorrow is Kenpo. Sunday I'm doing core and I'm doing my 30 day pics and measurements. Should be interesting.

DAY 30 - Woot

So officially 30 days of working out. Yeah a skipped week in there but still.

Last night I switched it up. Instead of doing Yoga I did Core. I like Core and it was a very good workout.

Food yesterday -

Breakfast - Protein drink
Snack - missed it
Lunch - more of the tuna
Snack - apple
Dinner - 2 small pieces of pizza

DAY 29 - Arms, Shoulders and uggers

Great workout once again. I just love doing this. Uggers were ok. Definitely a little more difficult doing them 2 days in a row. But the results are worth it.

Food yesterday -

Breakfast - protein drink
Snack - protein bar
Lunch - a little spaghetti
Snack - protein drink
Dinner - a tuna dish - wheat pasta, tuna, broccoli, tomatoes. Wasn't too bad.

DAY 28 - Plyo and Uggers

Very nice workout. Uggers after Plyo maybe questionable tactic but it was still a good night.

Food for the day was:

Breakfast - protein drink
Snack - apple
Lunch - a little spaghetti
Snack - Applesauce
Dinner - eggs, turkey bacon and pancakes (from scratch). Pancakes probably weren't the best part of the meal from the carb standpoint BUT they tasted very good.

DAY 27.. yes repeat

So I'm repeating week 3. Back and chest last night was great. I was actually able to do dive bombers and did quite a few. It was surprising.

I didn't do abs. I wasn't feeling right so I'll do them tonight with Plyo. End of this week I'll take measurements and put up 30 day pictures.

Food yesterday -
Breakfast - protein drink
Snack - 1/2 cup cottage cheese
Lunch - 1/2 cup cottage cheese and grapes
Snack - some peanuts
Dinner - spaghetti - probably why I wasn't feeling so great

Feels good to be back in the swing of things.

Home

Made it home safe and sound. Tomorrow getting back on track.

So...

Working out at Disney all week didn't work out to well. Did lots of walking and sweating though. I'll be home late Sunday so Monday I'm going to repeat week 3 and then move on to Week 5. And I'm going to go through an intense fat burner couple of weeks. Food was very difficult to deal with down there. Yes I ate too much and not the best so I'm going to have to get back on track.

DAY 27 - Fayetteville, NC

Long day on the road. Got to the hotel at about 5:15. Went to dinner, came back and swam for an hour. Now I'm relaxing (9:15pm). Yes supposed to do Yoga but not tonight. I'll do that when we get to Disney tomorrow. It's a drive day and just hang out at the resort. So Yoga tomorrow.

Food - don't ask and I won't tell.

DAY 26 - Core and Stretch

Core and yes I did Stretch. Donna made an observation just a few minutes ago. I didn't do my workout yesterday and I slept terribly last night. I did too. Tossed and turned for hours.

Anyway... Feeling really good. Did better on Core than I did the other day.

Food -

Breakfast - Kashi cereal
Snack - none
Lunch - the other half of the sub I had last night.
Snack - none
Dinner - beef soup.

Yeah not a great day for food. It was a busy day finishing up getting ready for Florida. Tomorrow morning is an early wake-up - 3:30am - and hitting the road. Stopping in Fayetteville, NC for the night. Then arrive in Disney Sunday afternoon.

And yes I'm going to continue working out along with a ton of walking, swimming and sweating.

DAY 25 - Stretch

Didn't do it today. It was a busy day with getting ready for Florida. I'll make it up. Tomorrow is Core again and I'll probably do Stretch. It'll be an early night because it will be an early wake-up on Saturday to head out.

Food today - kinda light

Breakfast - Kashi cereal
Snack - protein bar
Dinner - 6" 9 grain honey oat sub - chicken breast, lettuce, cucumber, pickle, green pepper and a little lite mayo.
Snack - some peanuts.

I know not the best.

DAY 24 - Kenpoooooo!!!!!!!!!!

Still can't decide which I like better. Awesome workout. Taught Jayven (my almost 5 year old) how to do the elbow series, sort of. He loves working out with me. Great workout - I already said that. My coordination is getting much, much better.

Food today - another protein kinda day. Might as well keep it simple and tell you to look at yesterday's post for my food.

Loving this more and more every day.

DAY 23 - Core Synergistics

OMG! That is an awesome workout. I'm not sure which I like better - Kenpo or Core. I held up pretty good. Sphinx push-ups - yeah. They're  going to take some work. Those are NOT easy.

Food today - It was a protein kinda day.

Breakfast - Kashi cereal and protein drink
Snack - protein bar
Lunch - 1/2 cup cottage cheese
Snack - protein drink
Dinner - didn't eat dinner. It was late when I got home and I wanted to get my workout in earlier.

So here's a quandary. Next week I am supposed to start week 5. That means I'd be back to doing weights. Problem is I'm going to be in Florida all week. I really don't want to haul my weights down to Florida.

SO... I'm going to double up this week. I'm going to do 2 weeks of the recovery.

Here's the logic -
 1 - I don't need the weights. I can use the bands for the 2 or 3 things that need them. Bands are easier to throw in the truck than weights.
 2 - I could really use the extra core work.
 3 - It's a lot of cardio with Core, Kenpo and Yoga. Plus I'm really going to need to burn the extra calories off. Granted we're going to be doing a lot of walking in Disney but food choices are going to be somewhat limited from the healthy point of view. Yes I'll be using portion control.

So it's going to through me off on the 90 days by a week but it's not like I'm taking a week off. I'm still going to work out every night. At least I'm going to do my best to work out every night. We are on vacation so I may miss a night of the regular hour workout. Maybe I'll kick in an uggers session. It's only 16 minutes.

DAY 21 & 22

Day 21 was a rest day. I should have posted what I had for food because right now I don't remember everything. I know I had Kashi cereal for breakfast, a protein bar for snack. Oh a very small steamed hamburger and a few tatter tots. Ok so it wasn't the best dinner.

Day 22 - Officially started week 4 with Yoga. Still some problems with moving asanas. Primarily the Vinyasas and chaturangas. But it's getting better.

Food today:

Breakfast/lunch - Kashi cereal (slept in late)
Dinner - McDonalds Bacon-Ranch salad w/o the ranch dressing. Chicken was grilled.

Feeling good.

DAY 20 - Keeping it simple

Kenpo - Nothing to say but love it. Maybe next time I'll do it twice in a row. Goes WAY to fast.

Tomorrow is rest day but I might do stretch. We'll see.

Food -

Breakfast - Kashi cereal and blueberries
Snack - didn't really have one. I think I had some orange juice
Lunch - spaghetti
Snack - protein bar
Dinner - 6oz pork chop, rice and black beans 1/2 cup, mixed vegetables.

Have a very safe and happy 4th of July everyone!

DAY 19 - Legs, Back and ugghers

Wow. Can't believe it's day 19. Closing in on the end of the first month pretty fast. Today was legs, back and ugghers. That's what I'm calling abs now. Did great on the legs and while I gave the pull-ups a shot it didn't work too well so I stuck with using the bands. My shoulder does feel better today too. Heating pad and sleeping with those disposable heat pads stuck to my shoulder helped a lot. Still I took it easy. Kenpo tomorrow and rest on Sunday. And.... wow recovery week!

So what does recovery week entail?
Day 1 - Yoga
Day 2 - Core Synergistics
Day 3 - Kenpo
Day 4 - Stretch
Day 5 - Core Synergistics
Day 6 - Yoga
Day 7 - Rest or Stretch

Ok so what is Core? Let's see the book says - Stacked foot/staggered hand push-ups, Banana roll, Leaning crescent lunges, squat run, sphinx push-up, bow to boat, low lateral skaters, lunge and reach... holy crap.. there are 22 moves in this thing. So much for recovery.

Actually what they mean for recovery is to drop the weight training and work on cardio, flexibility, balance, core muscle groups, etc.

So food today -
Breakfast - Kashi oat flake cereal and protein drink
Snack - Protein bar
Lunch - spaghetti
Snack - protein drink
Dinner - fish, cauliflower, carrots, brown rice.

It was a good day! Love it!

DAY 18 - Yoga

Ok so that was interesting with the shoulder. I couldn't do all of the Asanas. Too tweaky on the shoulder. Had problems with warrior poses too. Just the odd twisting of the shoulder. Damn shoulder. I'm starting to use heat and cold on it. See if I can get things to correct themselves. Might need to just give it a good rest too. Tomorrow is supposed to be legs and back and abs. It might turn out to be just legs and abs. Saturday is Kenpo and that didn't seem to bother me last week. We'll see.

Food - yeah. early morning. Sucks when you have someone call in 20 minutes after they were supposed to be there. Rushed out of the house to cover.

Breakfast - Orange juice and about an hour later protein drink
Snack - protein bar
Lunch - spaghetti - small portion about a cup
Snack - protein drink
Dinner - 6" 9 grain wheat sub - chicken breast, lettuce, green peppers, cucumber and a touch of lite mayo.

I'll probably end up eating something a little later. Sticking with high protein of course.