Round 2

Okay.. So my results were short lived. I got a concussion and could not work out for two months. In addition to not working out my bruised brain was telling my body to eat fat and sugar. Makes sense, the brain is made of fat and runs on sugar. My hard work was fading fast.
So I am now on round 2 week 2 of P90X. And I am very excited about this! From receiving some positive response from this blog I have decided to blog some more. I will be posting soon! BRING IT!

Final Results

weight: -10.6 lbs

waist: -5"


bicep: -.25"
thigh: -2"
vertical leap: +3.75"
push ups: +35 (on knees)
toe touch: +6.5"
wall squat- at 60 days (+3.07)
bicep curls (10 lbs): (+43 reps)
pull-ups: +9
in and outs: +99

The final countdown!

Down to the last week. I must admit that I have gotten pretty tired of working out. I took a couple of days off. I now going to finish strong. Overall, I did well with the diet, and my best with the work outs. I feel great. I look good. I noticed tonight how easy it was to move. I did not realize how much my extra pounds affected me. Glad to be rid of those and hope to keep it off. My work out plan post p90x is going to be going to the gym, and the couch 2 5k. I am going to keep with the carb/whole food diet while I have fresh and local veggies available. I am very likely to do p90x again in the future. I would also like to try out the insanity work out. I will post my final results soon. Thanks for reading!! I really hope that this page helped anyone trying this work out. And thanks for being vegan!

pull-ups

Last night during leg and back I did 8 pull-ups during the work out. I was not all the way down, but I am happy with what I can do. I was able to do 3 in a row the first time, where I was only able to do 1 during the fitness test a few days ago. I had never been able to do pull-ups in my life.

60 day results

I am pleased with my sixty day results, and I am going to work really hard on this last 30. It seems like the pictures people have posted online have the biggest difference from day 60 to day 90. Lets see if that works for me too. I am loving my diet for this round. so much delicious food. And I can eat all day because most of what I eat has hardly any calories.

these are the results comparing day 0 to day 60

weight -9.2lbs
waist -4"
bicep -.5"
thigh -2.5"
vertical leap +3.25"
push-ups n/a (it was hurting my shoulder to do them, so I didn't)
toe touch +4.75"
wall squat +3:07
bicep curls +43
in & outs +70
pull- up 1

phase 3

Today I began phase 3 of the nutrition plan. It was a little bit of guessing and lots of good food. I shared a cupcake from city cakes who happened to be at the farmers market. It was delicious and a special treat. Now back to work. I am going a little crazy with this phase and I am going to try to do raw as much as possible or at least often. If not raw, then whole foods. I have little experience with raw, so I am going to do what I can and have fun with it. I am going to be pretty strict with the diet and limit foods to whole foods. Nothing processed. We made this decision a few weeks ago and stopped purchasing new food and rid our cupboard and fridge of most processed foods (at least anything tempting or perishable). 30 days left, and 30 days of eating healthy. Today my foods were: dried apricots, portabella burger on sprouted bread (not raw), banana smoothies, dried and seasoned corn, dried dates, and oatmeal. My calories only reached 1604. I made some raw bread/crackers that will be ready tomorrow. I am also looking into making a raw cheesecake. my fat was pretty low so I think this is actually feasible (the ingredients include nuts and coconut). I was also lacking in protein so I added some protein powder to the smoothies I had. I think beans or lentils might be a good way to replace the protein powder. I have some soaking along with nuts and seeds. I expect raw food to be work and planning, and I am going to do my best.

update

Updated opinions of workouts: these were my first thoughts of the workouts, and ordered from most liked to least liked
1. Kenpo X-- this was fun and quick
2. Shoulders and Arms-- I like working these areas. It is easy to feel the muscles being worked.
3. Legs & Back
4. Plyometrics
5. Chest & Back
6. Ab ripperX-- it's tough
7.Yoga X-- ashtanga yoga is my least favorite type of yoga, but at least it is only half of the video

Now: (of the second training block)
1. Kenpo X-- Still love this. It is fun and a great workout.
2. Back and Biceps-- It is over fast and my arms are on fire when it is done. I like how I can do everything in this video well. Also Tony seems to be in an extra good mood in this video.
3. Ab ripper X-- never thought i would like this one, but I do. I can now do the entire video and I push myself to do it better every time.
4. Chest, Shoulders, Triceps-- again, now that I am able to do the exercises I actually like them. There are tons of push-ups and it doesn't bother me at all. I currently struggle with pull-ups still. my apartment has a very low ceiling and instead of a chair I am using a milk crate for help. Tried bands out today to replace pull-ups and I am going to try to mix it up between them.
5. Yoga X-- has gotten easier, still not happy about it on yoga day
6. Legs and Back-- I feel neutral about this video and the exercises, I feel like working out my legs is the most difficult and leas enjoyable.
7. plyometrics-- over it.