Day 13: Kenpo X

04Apr08

I woke up almost an hour late this morning (forgot to set the alarm!) but that didn’t stop me from crushing Kenpo!

I had good energy this morning, definitely better than I felt doing Kenpo last week. I will just attribute that to the extra 49 minutes of sleep I got this morning and an improved diet. It really is a solid workout, and I had alot of fun. Although I was late getting started, once I began I was even thinking about the time, I was just thinking about the task at hand and how good I felt.

One thing: I am not feeling the stretches in the beginning because I don’t feel I’m properly warmed up, just stretching a cold body. Which is kinda funny because in the other workouts Tony mentions not stretching a cold body in morning workouts before a little warm up first to get the blood flowing. Just thought it was a little contradictory. I might just do my own warm up for a few minuets then go into the stretches. And those things are HARD! I am SOOOO inflexible! Runner’s lunge sucks!

Not so hot weather-wise here today. But as I was on the bus on my way to work I really felt good. I felt in control of my eating again, I felt focused on a goal, and I felt good about the healthy things I’m doing for my body and mind. I just want to be able to keep this up and see where it takes me. As I’ve said before, every day is a work in progress.

Tomorrow will mark the end of my second week. I can’t wait to keep going, finish the recovery week, take some pics and see if there’s been any progress. I could almost beat myself up for cheating myself out of a true first week with my horrible eating, BUT… that is in the past.

Eats have been good. I tweaked things a bit and have been trying to more closely follow the fat shredder plan which is 50% protein, 30% carbs and %20 fat. Yesterday it was 44% protein, 24% carbs and 32% fat, so clearly I need to find places where I can eliminate some fat. I was under my cal intake yesterday too, around 1536. I’m okay with that because I think it’s okay to keep the body guessing. High end of the range one day, low end the next. It is a work in progress since this is a new way of eating for me, tracking this intensely, but I’ll get it right. It’s almost like a game now, since fitday’s got the little charts and graphs and things. It’s all about How Can I Improve my Numbers. Much better than playing the points game.
Apparently the fat shredder should only be done for 6 weeks since it’s so high protein, so I’ve gotta make the most of the 5 weeks I’ve got left. I know I read that somewhere on the MDB boards, but I can’t find it now.

Still up in the air about the recovery drink. Almost everyone I ask on the boards says it’s a must, but I don’t know if I want to put my credit card information in beachbody’s hands after hearing about their poor customer service and mixups, and really don’t know if I wanna spend almost 50 bucks for it.

But overall I’m pleased with my progress so far. I’m still thinking about an alternative to the bands for pull/chin ups (thinking about just sucking it up, buying one of those ones that install in the wall) AND seriously thinking about getting those powerblocks now instead of later. I finally got the last bit of my tax money and although it is supposed to be for a new bedroom set I might have to see if I can spend a little bit of it on the powerbocks. I don’t REALLY want to put anything on my CC, but…. well… I want them!!!

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