DAY 65 and 66

65 was yesterday. It was rest day although I had fun doing the pics and stats.

My son and I did go for a bike ride though. He's 5 but still manages to put in a 4 mile ride with relative ease. Didn't do 4 miles yesterday but he's more than capable.

66 - A night of rocking uggers and Chest, Shoulders and triceps. Very, very nice workout with increase in weights almost across the board. Even with the shoulder issues. Didn't do all the push-ups. If you've ever had this type of shoulder injury you'd understand. But I didn't stand around doing nothing. Instead of push-ups I either did more triceps or worked on the biceps. Always do something instead of nothing.

Food today -

Breakfast - snickers bar. What? Candy? Snickers Bar even!? How dare I!!!!! Ok relax. Chocolate shakeology with crunchy peanut butter and some caramel flavoring. Not too shabby.

Snack - protein bar
Lunch - boiled cabbage and a sausage
Snack - protein drink
Dinner - wheat spaghetti, sauce with a little meat.

Rock'in!!!!!!

DAY 60 STATS

                     START           30 DAYS               60 DAYS                   
Weight:        200 lbs            189 lbs                  180 LBS
Waist:          42 inches         39 inches              37 inches
Chest:         43 inches         41 inches               40 inches relaxed
Arms:          15 inches         15.5 inches            15.75 inches
Body fat:     21.6%              19.1%                     17.5%

DAY 60 PICS

DAY 62, 63, 64

I was pretty wiped out Thursday and Friday. My shoulder was bothering me quite a bit too. Have an appointment to get a cortisone shot to hopefully get it taken care of once and for all.

So today went for a couple mile walk to the library and back after dinner. And after that did uggers, legs and back and followed that with almost all of Kenpo. Yeah a pretty intense night of workouts.

Tomorrow stats and pictures for my sort of 60 day mark.

DAY 61 - Shoulders and Arms

Good workout on shoulders and arms. Not so good on uggers. I felt it coming on in the bonus round of shoulders and arms. 3/4 of the way through uggers and it hit me like a brick wall. A serious bonk. Need to tweak up the calories a bit more I think. I'm trying to find that balance where I'm taking in just enough calories so I'm burning fat and still have plenty of energy. May need to think about upping the good carbs a bit too. I know I'm getting enough protein.

I can't change what happened today but I can certainly look forward to tomorrow and make adjustments.

Loving every minute!!!

DAY 60 - can ya believe it?

Wow.. it's been a lot of work to get here and I've enjoyed every minute of it. Day 60. The official 2 month mark.

Did plyo tonight. Bonked the last half of the last set but I know why. Not enough calories for the day. It's all good. I'll make adjustments and press on.

Awesome day though. This weekend the 2 month pictures and stats. Excited to see what they hold.

DAY 59 - Umm... Don't do it!

I know I've said this before so let me say this again... maybe it will sink into my head... Don't do uggers 3 days in a row! It's KILLER!!!!

Anyway... WEEK 9!!! Back and chest and those... things. Feeling awesome all the same.

My Shakeology showed up today!! YAY! Perfect timing to start my 3rd month of P90X! I can't wait to try it out. Found great recipes to add variety. Going to give the 3 Day Cleanse a shot too. Need to give the fat loss a kick in the pants.

So food today -

Breakfast - protein drink
Snack - apple
Lunch - chicken, mozzarella and turkey bacon and corn
Snack - protein drink
Dinner - ham and 3 pirogies

Feeling great and looking forward to tomorrow.

DAY 58 - Something new..

So today was supposed to be rest but considering I had Friday off, so to speak, I did uggers and something new - Cardio X. I kinda liked it. It's a combination of Yoga, Kenpo, Plyo and Core. I think it's going to be a common part of my morning workouts.

Today was kinda rough on food. Not that I didn't eat right just one of those days where I was hungry all the time. I could have easily gone to the kitchen and stuffed myself like a Thanksgiving turkey. But I had control.

Breakfast - Kashi cereal
Snack - none - late breakfast
Lunch - leftover 1/2 a chicken breast stuffed with mozzarella cheese wrapped in turkey bacon.
Snack - protein bar
Dinner - fish and broccoli

I did have a snack later - a handful of tortilla chips.

All in all a good day.

DAYS 56 & 57

Day 56 - Didn't workout. No real excuse just exhausted and spending time with family. Celebrated Jayven's 5th birthday a few days early with family. Have to set priorities you know.

Day 57 - Core followed by abs. Bonked on abs and should have done them first. I was also cramping tonight even during core so not sure what was going on.

Get some rest tonight and I think tomorrow I'm going to try doing cardio and kenpo.

Monday is week 9!!!!

DAY 54 and 55 - Need to catch up with things..

Certainly didn't slack off on things --

Day 54 - AM workout with Plyo. No evening workout. Spent a little time with Katie before she had to leave and made sure she had everything around.

Day 55 - No morning workout but up at 4am to take Katie to Scranton. Sad day. Always sad when the girls have to leave. And for this evenings workout - Uggers for the warm up followed by Kenpo. Crazy ya? Maybe tomorrow or Saturday I'll do uggers as warm up for Core followed by Cardio? That's REALLY crazy.

Can't really remember everything I ate over the last few days. I know my protein drinks and some apples. Had soy burger, tomatoes, wheat pasta throw together kinda meal Wednesday for dinner and again for lunch today. Really haven't been very hungry today.

OH and I've successfully removed diet soda as a necessary component of my normal day. That means 4 to 6 liters of soda daily is no more. Yay me!

DAY 53 - Uggers

Only did the uggers today. Better performance when you aren't already exhausted. So I think on ugger nights I'm going to do them first then the other workout.

At any rate. Tomorrow morning I'm doing core and tomorrow night I'm doing plyo.

Food - not the greatest day because I was in Syracuse.

Breakfast - protein drink
Snack - none
Lunch - Beef stroganoff, salad, piece of bread and a small piece of brownie - I know, I know. I was hungry.
Snack - protein bar
Dinner - sloppy joe and some fries. I know, I know.

I'll make up for it.

DAY 52 - Good Night! - And holy crap - WEEK 8

Plyo was good tonight. I find it odd that tonight I was working out and a few times I found myself yawning. Must not have been breathing right or something. Trust me it's still a very tough workout so it wasn't boredom that was getting me. I even took some time to work on my arms - biceps and triceps. Not a lot mind you. Just a little extra.

Hey did you catch Tony Horton in the chat room? Excellent advice on getting better results on the pull-ups. I'm going to try it out.

Felt good all day.

Food - and let me know if you get tired of hearing what I ate. I know it's been kinda boring lately. Just working on getting that last bit of the middle gone.

Breakfast - protein drink
Snack - protein bar
Lunch - protein drink
Snack - apple
Dinner - some pizza. Daughter and Son-in-law took us out to dinner.

Rocking day. Tomorrow not sure if I'm going to get a morning workout or not. I have to be in Syracuse early in the morning. I will however make sure I get the evening workout in.

DAY 52 - Good Morning!!!

Wake up to Kenpo in the AM. Very nice way to start the morning. I so like doing the cardio stuff to start my day. Blood gets moving, heart pumping, calories burning, fat melting away. I just feel better the rest of the day.

So tonight I'm thinking Plyo and maybe sneaking some abs in there.

DAY 51

No workout today. Just realized this week is recovery week. Ummm.. Don't think so. I'm going to push hard this week. I have a goal to be at by day 60 and recovery week isn't going to cut it. Tons of cardio and stepping up the resistance.

It's going to be a tough week especially Tuesday. I have to be in Syracuse all day which means probably no morning workout. And Thursday an early morning to take Katie to the airport.

I'm pushing ahead and pushing hard. Day 60 here I come.

DAY 50 - Rest

Took today as a rest day. Spent several hours at my daughter's house for my son-in-law's birthday.

DAY 49 - PM

OMG. Kenpo and abs Thursday night, core Friday morning, go on a 3 or 4 mile bike ride, then back, legs and abs again Friday night. Made it through uggers but it wasn't pretty. Well actually the first 3/4 of abs was fine. And actually I did amazingly well. Made it all the way through pulse ups without a break. After that though it fell apart. It's ok. It happens. As Tony says "Do your best and forget the rest." I still did all the reps just not in the prettiest fashion.

So food today -

recovery drink
Breakfast - protein drink
Snack - apple
Lunch - ham sandwich and an apple
Snack - protein drink
Dinner - Burritos.

See? Told you I have regular food in the diet and not just protein drinks. So can't wait to order my Shakeology.

DAY 49 - AM

Did core again this morning. I know. Need to change it up. Tonight Back, Legs and Abs. Tomorrow maybe something different. Doing Kenpo for sure and maybe CardioX. I haven't done that one yet.

DAY 48 - PM Edition

I'm BAAACKKK!!! Full round of uggers and did Kenpo. Those that may be just joining me - uggers are abs. 339 motions on abs. 11 exercises 25 reps of each. Well.. leg climbs are 12 per leg and Mason twists are 40 reps. ANYWAY... it's 339 moves. I may have actually done a few extras here and there.

Feeling great today. Again plenty of energy through the day after this morning's workout. 

Food for the day -

recovery drink after this morning. 

Breakfast - protein drink

Snack - Protein bar

Lunch - what was left of the Teriyaki beef.

Snack - protein drink - tried something new. Had 35g of protein with like 10g of carbs. Was really good. Waiting to get my Shakeology though. (Check it out and if you're interested let me know.) 

Dinner - small piece of steak, baked potato and mixed vegetables. 

I know some of you might be wondering about all the protein drinks and bars. I'm sort of on a cleanse routine at the moment. I am taking a packed multi-vitamin Activit every day and I still add actual food to my day. I'm watching my caloric intake to make sure I'm where I should be. I also eat fruits and veggies. So I'm getting everything I need but keeping the carbs down to almost nothing. For example to other day I took in about 1800 calories. My protein intake was around 240g but my carbs were way down around 50g. I'm not worried about too much protein because any extra protein my body doesn't need just passes through and isn't stored. 

It'll be so much easier with Shakeology. It's really meant as a meal replacement. 

Great day and great night. 

DAY 48 - Back and Biceps in the AM

Love doing these. Actually love the results. I was going through the routine and got to thinking. It's better to workout on an empty stomach to capitalize on the calorie burn. So if I'm getting up in the morning to workout and have really cold muscles I was thinking it made more sense to do the cardio stuff in the morning. More calories burnt = more fat burnt = lower body fat percentage = happy Jack. :)

So from now on I'm going to do my cardio in the morning - Kenpo, Core, Plyo, Abs, etc and do all the resistance work in the evening.

That said - Kenpo to replace Yoga tonight and I'm doing abs.

DAY 47 - Morning Core

Up early and did Core this morning. Nice getting up and getting that blood flowing, muscles pumping. Felt really good all day. Even with the busy day work I had energy to spare.

Food today -

After workout recovery drink so it was late breakfast but that was a protein drink.

Snack - none. It was more or less my breakfast.
Lunch - leftovers from last night. Just the meat and veg. No pasta.
Snack - some peanuts
Dinner - same as lunch.

Ended up being light on calories today but had my protein just about where it needed to be. Carbs were well under control. Tomorrow's another day I'm really looking forward to it.

DAY 46 - Plyometrics and something popped..

I'm back!  And no, nothing broke and I'm not hurt. I'll get to the pop in a sec.

Plyo was great! Sure it was harder than it has been BUT I pushed through it all and I feel really good right now.

So call me crazy. Like I said the handles are going to be gone by day 90. I'm stepping up and bringing it full force. Enough jerking around. I'm going to borrow something from one of my coaches - Tommy Mygrant:

"Nobody but you owns your life!! So stop blaming everyone else and starting taking responsibility for who you are, where you're at, and what you do from this point forward!! IF NOT YOU, WHO?? IF NOT NOW, WHEN???"

POP!!!!!

So what does that mean for me? It means I'm done coming up with excuses for missing this or that. Done making stupid choices on food. I'm bringing it. I love working out, I love the results. Mostly though I love how I feel. I have more energy when I'm working out than I do when I miss days. I was really dragging this last weekend and Monday.

POP!!!!!

SO Bring It I shall. Morning workouts along with the evening workouts. Better choices on food. It's going to be dramatic.

So how about you? What do you think? Crazy? Obsessed? How about tired of having the fat around the middle? How about tired of just being tired? How about YOU step up and join the fun? I'm more than happy to help you out and get you going. It takes work. It's not quick fix. BUT you'd be amazed at how you feel after the first few days. AMAZING! I'd be right there with you every step of the way.

I'm changing my life and if you want to change your life you know where to find me.

DAY Hmmm....

I'll have to figure out where I am actually. Technically day 49 but I haven't worked out since Wednesday\Thursday last week. So lets pick up at Day 45.

Chest, Back and Triceps. Uggers too. It feels good to be back to working out. I crashed on uggers. Paid for not doing them Wednesday and Friday last week. I'll get back up to speed.

The past is the past and just need to focus on today. So I'm going to do my best to double up this week. I have a goal to lose the love handles by day 90. Very doable. Just need to focus on what I'm doing and eating.

So food today -

Breakfast - protein drink
Snack - beef jerky and an apple
Lunch - protein drink
Snack - protein drink
Dinner - 6 ravioli with cheese.

So no updates...

... went camping this weekend. No workouts unless you consider putting up tents, taking them down, hiking, walking around the park and swimming.

Doubles this week!

Day 44 - Night workout...

Umm. Yeah not. Busy tonight getting ready to go camping this weekend. Unless you want to consider sweating my butt off putting up the house of a tent, rounding up everything in the basement, going up and down the stairs a few dozen times, taking down the house of a tent, blah, blah, blah. It's all good. It'll be a fun weekend.

Besides, I worked out this morning. I'll probably get up early tomorrow and workout then.

And about morning workouts. I kinda like them. More energy through the day, more focused, easier to get things done through the day. Let's see if it helps me sleep better too.

And one more and... I'm a coach now so if you have questions or want to check things out for yourself or whatever visit my coach page:

http://beachbodycoach.com/JackMason

And of course let's not forget the daily food rundown:

Breakfast - recovery drink after my workout.
Snack - more of a late breakfast - but a protein drink and some cantaloupe
Lunch - brown rice, chicken and more cantaloupe
Snack - protein drink
Dinner - half a subway sub - wheat bread, chicken breast, green peppers, lettuce, cucumber, pickle and lite mayo.

Half Way....

I was sitting here and realized I'm half way through P90X. It just boggles my mind. This is an amazing program and it does work. Thoughts running through my head sound like an infomercial. But I can honestly say it really does work. I know I might not hit where I want to be at the end of the 90 days and that's ok. But there's nothing stopping me from doing round 2. 

I've learned so much going through this. There are two big things I've learned so far. Food being one of them. I've really started to think about everything I put into my mouth. I think about how it's going to affect me, if it's good carb or bad carb, portion sizes when I don't have any other options. Just a ton about what you should and shouldn't eat.

The second big thing and probably the bigest is that I can push myself hard and do things I didn't think I could possibly do. I'm turning 42 in a few months and I never thought I could look as good or feel as good as I do. Sure 20 years ago maybe but not at 42. I know I have more work to get where I want to be. But even where I am now I've gotten compliments about how I look. You know the "Wow! Are you losing weight?" or the "That's really working for you. I can see the difference. You look good."

That is probably the biggest motivator for me. I look in the mirror every day. I see changes but because I see myself every day it's not as dramatic. People that I see maybe once a week or once a month notice it even more.

The other day I noticed something I hadn't before. I was doing stretches before a workout and happened to look down at my arm. There was a ridge on the back of my arm. I know it's a simple thing but the definition I'm seeing in my arms and other parts of my body I've never seen before. I really DO have abs! No I'm not being conceited or self absorbed or anything like that. I'm just amazed at the changes I'm seeing every day. It feels good!

I'm amazed at the things I can do even in the workouts. I remember watching the P90X commercial and seeing someone do corncobs. I was thinking "wow. Yeah right. I could never do those." Well... I'm doing them. Even beyond that everyday things seem better. I'm more focused on things, I have more energy (would probably be even better if I slept better at night. That's a bed issue though), confidence is higher and just about everything is better.

So I look back over the last 6 weeks and see where I started and where I am now. The transformation to this point is amazing. Can't wait to hit day 60 and day 90.

DAY 44 - Morning workout...

So I got up early this morning and did biceps and back. It was actually kinda nice doing it in the morning. More energy all day long.

I didn't do abs but I'll be doing them tonight after I do Core. No yoga. Too hard on the shoulder right now.

Day 43 - No workout

Long day in Syracuse for classes. Ended up in a meeting too. I didn't get home until 7:30 so it was late before I even had a chance to think about working out.

I think they're trying to kill us. Lunch was fried chicken, mashed potatoes made with sour cream and drenched in butter, green beans drenched in butter, Italian bread, chocolate cake with chocolate frosting and salad. Ugh. I should look into Shakeology.

SO.. food for the day:

Breakfast - orange juice and a protein bar
Snack - protein bar
Lunch - 1 small drumstick - coating was picked off. Just ate the meat. Salad, about 10 beans, 1/4 cup or less of mashed potatoes.
Snack - none
Dinner - late - brown rice and cantaloupe
Snack - carrots... I was hungry.

DAY 42 - Plyo. And you know what? Week 6!

Just realized that I'm in to week 6 already. Where did the time go? See what happens when you are having fun and enjoying what you're doing?

So plyo tonight. I can tell I haven't done plyo in a couple weeks. I kicked my butt. I guess all the more reason to turn things up.

Food for the day -

Breakfast - the usual. What can I say? Quick, easy and I really do enjoy it.
Snack - some cantaloupe and blueberries - word of caution if you pick fresh blueberries - DON'T freeze them. Completely changes the taste.
Lunch - brown rice and chicken.
Snack - protein drink
Dinner - 6oz pork chop, brown rice and spaghetti squash

Off to ice the shoulder.

Shoulder Update

Just got back from the doctor. Acromio-clavicular bursitis. Fancy words for an inflamed joint in the shoulder. It's a minor joint where your collar bone ties in to your shoulder. It's very common and very easy to treat. Ice twice a day especially after working out. Generally clears up after a month. Or get a cortisone shot and have it done with. I'm trying the ice first.

So it's GOOD news!!

DAY 40 - Rest -- DAY 41 - Back, Chest and Triceps and of course...

UGGERS!!!

Ok so I bonked a little on the uggers. It was a real struggle getting it all done. I did it but it wasn't pretty. I'm blaming it on dinner. Should have known better.

So I'm going to be making some changes. I really need to step some things up because I really want to get rid of the fat I have around the belly and sides. I need to do more cardio or more of something. More than just the normal workout each night. Not sure exactly what I'm going to do but I'll find a way.

So the food --

Breakfast - protein drink and orange juice
Snack - cantaloupe
Lunch - brown rice, chicken and blueberries
Snack - protein drink
Dinner - spaghetti VERY small portion but it kicked my ass.

DAY 39 - Kenpo and a little extra

Kenpo tonight! Love it. Had a little extra workout today. Spent an hour at Dorchester Lake working out the legs on a paddle boat. And a round of miniature golf later in Vestal.

Food today -

Breakfast - Kashi cereal
Snack - none
Lunch - Leftover beef Lo Mein and rice
Snack - none
Dinner - 1 small hamburger, 3 ears of corn on the cob and 1/2 cup of cottage cheese.

Tomorrow - Plyo. I'm going to try to do it first thing in the morning.