One Week Down...

I completed week 1 as of yesterday. Yay! I feel it went pretty well... I'm sore anyway, so that's gotta say something, right? On day 3, I decided to try adding a little extra by going out for a short run in the morning. The problem though, was I didn't get out till later than I had planned (I like the snooze button, what can I say?) so it had started to warm up outside. It was also extra humid due to a big rainstorm the night before, so it got sticky pretty quick! I kind of wimped out and only ran a mile. I walked one more mile, then headed home. After all, I still had Shoulders, Arms, and Triceps to do... I got back to work, already sweating like crazy from my run. The warm up seemed redundant, but oh well. I found that I can do most triceps and biceps exercises at higher weights than I can do with the shoulder exercises. I don't know if that's common, or if I'm just a pansy.... don't answer that... :P I skipped the bonus round for this week, my arms already felt like Jell-o! Overall, though a good upper body workout. I can't wait to see what kind of definition I might get in my arms over the next couple of months! After the cool down, I put down my weights, drank a bit of water, and was ready to hit the shower... until the screen faded back in with a shot of a very well defined six pack...

Oh, @&$(%#!

I forgot all about Ab Ripper X! This is done at the end of most of the strength training workouts! It's a short workout, only about 15 extra minutes... but... I just... I dislike it so, so very much! It's a great ab workout, but quite brutal, and I suck at it! I can barely do regular sit ups, let alone the jacked up stuff Ab Ripper X has you doing! Ugh, oh well, I gotta do the work if I want to get anywhere, right? And my abs and core are one place I need all the help I can get! Ha! I plug through it as best as I can. Most of the moves I can only do about 10-15 of the 25 reps they do on the video, if even that many, and they're not pretty! But I'm only just starting, it'll get better with time, right? ....

Day 4 brought Yoga X. I haven't done yoga in quite a long time. I used to take classes in college and really enjoyed it. It kicked my butt, especially the first half, which did all the sun salutations, vinyasa moves, so you were pretty much moving constantly! The second half did mostly balance postures, and core stuff (because apparently Ab Ripper X isn't enough, harhar). Although it was a hard workout (duh, they all are), and it's the longest one at an hour and a half, it reminded me how much I really like yoga, and how much I was missing it! 

Day 5 was an interesting day. It falls on a Friday, and I decided that the best way to make absolutely sure I do my workout on a Friday is to do it first thing in the morning. During the week, it's not really a big deal for me to do my workouts in the evening because I don't normally have much of anything going on at night during the week. On weekends, however, we more often than not end up doing stuff at night after everyone is home from work and everything, so it would be really easy to skip a workout altogether if I put it off. Of course, doing it before work is a challenge in itself because that means an extra early wake up call, and I'm not much of a morning person! I forced myself up at 5:30, though and got my Legs and Back workout done! I was running short on time afterwards, however, so I did put off Ab Ripper and did that later that night. Not that I will make a habit of that, however. I just underestimated my time that morning. At least that particular workout is easy to squeeze in at another time because it's so short!

Day 6 was my Kenpo workout. Fairly straight forward. I had been doing this workout on its own from time to time when either it was too dark or the weather was too bad to go running, and I just wanted to do something at home. It's a good fun cardio workout, and kind of nice stress relief because I to get to pretend to punch and kick stuff!

So Week 1 I would say overall, was a success! I have to admit, however, I got a little lax in my eating towards the weekend. Not terrible, but I can do better. I was doing really well early in week when I was writing everything down. I started to slip when I slacked off on tracking everything I ate. So there's the problem! I know how to solve it, I just need to, you know, actually do it, and quit just talking about it! Haha! it's okay, though, I'm not too discouraged, I'm not beating myself up about it, because I know what it is I need to do. Plus, hey, I stuck to my workouts! Lots of positive things to be proud of this week!