P90X : Supplements

I'm adding supplements to my daily nutrition:

Fish oil 1000mg
Vit C 500mg
Co Q10 200mg
Chromium Picolinate 400mcg
Centrum
*everything available in wal-mart

I'm doing Kenpo X coz I ate chinese buffet for 2 days. BAAAAAD!!! :p

P90X : Day74 Legs and back

Meal
Bfast: 2 bacon 2 eggs, oj coffee
snack: 1/2 apple coffee
lunch: 12 ham cheese 1/2 apple coffee
snack: south living protein bar
dinner: beef steak mixed veggies veggie soup coffee
post exercise- choco
water water water

*my appetite craves for carbs (cookies! No!)

weights 10 lbs
bands 15 reps

P90X : day73 Yoga X

Week 11

I'm about to do my Yoga X... But this blog is not about that... it's about my new diet. Low carb, high protein. Okay so I did my grocery: lean meat pork, beef, smoked ham, bacon, eggs, cheese, choco, OJ, frozen broccoli, cauliflower and mixed veggies, apples, EVOO...

For dinner I had:
4 pcs grilled bacon(very oily.. better grilled)
2 pcs grilled hot dog(last pcs)
left over pork (portion)
sauteed broccoli(in EVOO)
water

I have a george forman lean mean grilling machine which makes the grilled stuff easily done. No carbs tonight although I have 2 opened animal crackers just waiting to be devoured. I also prepared the pork and beef and marinated them together with some soy sauce, vinegar, teriyaki sauce, chinese spice, salt and pepper.. that way when I'm hungry i'll just toss them ready. I'm wondering if I would survive a week without carbs.

Things to say no to: sodas, cakes, candy bars, cookies, pasta, rice, fries, bread(all kinds)

P90X : Testing a new diet

I came accross this article about losing an inch, and this guy Scott may have a sound point in what he is saying. Anyway, when I looked at my regular diet a big portion of it are carbs. Coffee with creamer, wheat bread, rice, pasta......... and low on proteins. I eat a portion of salmon, protein bar or ham a day... not enough meat in my diet. I would like to try his diet. Will change my grocery list as of today. Will keep you posted on what I bought.

Source:

scottfreethinking.com

P90X : Day71 Chest and back

Week 11

Wow, 3 more weeks to go and I'm saying sayonara to my first bout of P90X. Few things about today:

push ups: 12 reps per set (1st & 2nd rd)
pull ups/bands: 20 reps per set
weights: 10lbs (progress girl!!)

I'm excited about P90X., and I'm looking forward to my second bout. I'm thinking of getting the nutrition bar and drink, maybe the shake as well... point is I'm going to be more focus. At the end of this workout I will summarize all my achievements, highs and lows of this workout.

'til then, just bring it. Just show up and keep pushing play....

P90X : Day66 Yoga X

Week 10: Yoga X

I'm losing my balance and my medial arch of the foot is hurting. Why? I played badminton yesterday. A lot of running, jumping and sliding... I decided to just let it go and do what I can. This 1.30 hrs of exercise is really great as it calms my mind. I'm at peace when I do yoga. And the sweat, whoah, the sweat is a lot in those warrior poses. I can just feel my body trying to resist the movements but I force myself and do the best that I can. I missed a couple of exercise this week such as the plyometrics and Chest, shoulders and triceps but it's all good. I had a good bout of badminton yesterday. That'll make up for it. 3 1/2 more weeks to go and I'll be done with my P90X.

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P90X : Day63 X Stretch

Grilled tuna in teriyaki sauce and sauteed mix veggies.. That's dinner. Delish!

Yesterday I did my ab ripper X(since I missed it the other day) then I did the Kenpo. For some reason my butt seems to be sore since Tuesday.

X stretch. Takes the pain away. That's one of the benefits you get when you stretch. I don't sweat during X stretch

P90X : Week9 Day61 Intro to new Diet

Legs & Back/ No Ab ripper X

I had an episode of acid reflux 50 minutes into the exercise that I had to quit and didn't proceed to doing the ab ripper X. Why? :D I didn't eat breakfast. I had two cups of coffee instead. I only had a li'l pack of animal crackers (200 cal).. uhm a li'l baby ruth(45 cal) 2 hrs later and more coffee. dinner was good though. Garden salad. Why the starvation? Well, I felt guilty from Sunday. It was a friend's birthday. Filipino food feast. Lumpia shanghai, dinuguan, kare-kare, palabok, bistek, lechon kawali.. Heavy meat, heavy cal, heavy cholesterol. I know I know. I was too weak to resist the temptation.

By the way,I'm introducing new stuff to my meal starting tomorrow. Lunch will be tuna sandwich with coleslaw. Dinner will still be garden salad. But instead of using ham/hotdog/salami(high sodium content..) for the protein I swapped it with canned chicken chunks in water. Also I'll be introducing grilled fish in teriyaki sauce and brown rice. Frozen mixed veggies (see your frozen aisle) will also be in my regular meals. Everything is still in my fridge. I need to put some effort in cooking at home. Main reason I don't cook is I eat alone. Got to get over it to create change in my meal plan.

P90X : Day58 Plyometrics

Merciless!!! *grins*

Oh yeah.. Plyometrics as Tony Horton said is the mother of all P90X exercise. What i love about Plyometrics is the cardio benefits. It's fast paced with a lot of jumping movements. Not a lot of rest this exercise is.. or any of them.. That's why it's challenging. Each week my endurance is improving, I feel like I have more stamina. I play badminton every weekend and since that sport requires agility, Plyometrics gets me there!

In my search for Nutirtion plan I found this site The Fit Club Network, a subsidiary (I think..) of beachbody, which is the owner of P90X. It helps explain the nutrition behind P90X and why it's important. I still haven't figured out my meal plan but I'm getting there.

P90X : Day57 Chest and Back

Stats:
Push ups: 12 reps per set(10 reps on 2nd Bout)
Pull bands: 15 reps per set
weights: 7.5 lbs (girly!)
Ab- Ripper X: 20 reps per set

I decided to take on Tony's offer to not over do it. Especially ab ripper X. Oh how I dread the ripper. I can barely breathe from finishing the first set and he automatically would proceed to the next. By the time I finish I'm "finished!"...

So yeah. I'm so happy that by now I can do at least 12 reps per push up type. There's like 6 (I think..) types of push ups.. Then it gets repeated so that's 12 sets overall (WOW!). And yeah, it's interspersed with the chin ups. :D I'm still not doing any chin ups. I do the bands dude!(so girly.. *smirks*)..

It really hit home when Tony said that "Rome was not built in a day, and so is your body." I was beating myself up for the past few weeks for not losing that 5 lbs. But then I told myself that I was only exercising seriously(not even 100%) for 7 weeks. Get over it. Just do your best and forget the rest. What's the worst that could happen?

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P90X Nutrition Plan

An email response sent by another P90X Blogger:
"Thanks for the comments on my results. Keep pushing play and make sure you are following the nutrition plan. The food is at least 70% of the results you will see. You will see strength gains without the nutrition but not the weight loss and the look. Read lots of blogs and get involved and keep doing it because it works. The nutrition is tough at first but it becomes a lifestyle and you likely will never return to your old eating habits" ...

There's the big wakeup call for me. All this time it's right under my nose. I saw it. I just didn't believe it then. So I will sit on this and figure out my meal plan. I make start cooking at home again.

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P90X : Day55 Yoga X

Felixibily. Balance. Posture.
These are the three things you need for Yoga X. The thing I love about Yoga X is it calms your mind. Whenever I do this type of P90X exercise I always light a hayride scented candle with all the lights turned off. That really sets the mood. Time flies, 1 hr 30 mins, whenever you do Yoga X. Some of the maneuvers are still hard to digest. Anything that involves a mix of bending and twisting I would then start to feel a cramp. My flexibility is really challenged but I still try as much as I can. During the balance and posture exercises I stumble and fumble but I go back and do it anyway. It's going to be a while for me to get the hang of it.

February will be my 3rd month in this exercise. Usually when I start to exercise, any type, I would quit during the 3rd month. Not P90X. I want to stick to it. I believe in it. And as I progress I will keep on blogging about it.

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P90X: Day53 Core Synergistics

Another CORE exercise! What did I tell you?

45 minutes through the exercise my head was spinning, heart rate's shot through the roof.. I was nauseated by then. I had to forward the video to the cool down part. Man was I out of condition. Yep! That's what I get for skipping Kenpo and X Stretch. :D Well.... On Saturday I decided not to do Kenpo since I played badminton for 3 hours... that's good exercise already. Sunday, uhm I was too lazy to get my butt going.

So what is it about core exercise that's so difficult? Core synergistics incorporates multiple muscle groups; your abs, back, hips, pecs.. your midpart. The exercise sequence is fast paced.. followed by multiple sets of push ups... Your doing like 30 reps of one exercise with weights and then 15-20 reps of push ups. In core synergistics you perform like 5 or so different kinds of push ups...and then there's the bow to boat.. superman to banana.. right, it sounds cute. But not when you're squuezed to your limits already and asked to perform more core maneuvers... it's EXTREME.. after only 10 minutes my sweat started pouring like rain showers.. They were everywhere! I kept hydrating myself but eventually I had to give up. I didn't want to push myself.. not today anyway. I know how hard this exercise is since I've done it like 5 times since Day1. I feel it's too much but I do it anyway. Bottomline is.. Just do your best, and forget the rest!


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