Day 6: Kenpo X

28Mar08

My legs were still sore from Legs and Back so I could barely get through this one. The last 15 minutes I kinda petered out and just went though the motions. Which kinda sucks cause I really liked it, I just couldn’t muster up the energy. I’m sure it was a combination of just sore legs and my crappy diet this week. I almost thought about starting the week over, but decided against it. I already see little muscles peeking through the fat in my arms when I flex, but nobody will be able to see my fabulous new muscles if they are hidden under a layer of fat!

What else can I say about this one? I like kickboxing, I’ve done most of Cathe’s kickboxing workouts. Although this is kenpo which is a little different, more like self defense moves, of course the punches and kicks were similar. I felt a little out of sorts doing it, but I attribute that to it being my first time doing the workout and the fact that I really had very little energy towards the end.

Tomorrow: X Stretch and the end of week one!

I’ve decided to cheat on WW for a while and use the guidelines in the P90X nutrition guide and sparkpeople.com to track my food. The guide recommends that I eat around 2400 calories which I think is WAAAAAAYYY too much. I’m pretty sure the guide was designed mostly for men, not women. But I’m gonna track my food intake in sparkpeople.com for a few days, just to see where I am calories wise and make adjustments. I don’t think I’d be able to eat 2400 calories, I’d feel like I’m eating just to eat, not because I’m really hungry. I also want to know WHAT I’m eating - calories, fat, carbs and protein. I decided to start with 40/30/30, protein, carbs, and fat and see where that takes me. Right now I’m not even at 1000 calories and I just ate lunch, so I don’t know what that means. We’ll see what happens tonight when I prepare dinner.

I went to my first session with my new physical therapist this afternoon. I’m supposed to work on strengthening my leg muscles, which are quite weak and may be the reason my knee gets so sore after physical activity. She said my hamstrings, and ITB band are the main culprits so she gave me a list of stretches to do with those therabands. I’m actually looking forward to PT, it’s always nice to have someone stretching you out.

In the meantime I shall press on.

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