Day 16

If I were posting this on the Beachbody message board it would read.... "Week 1, Day 6 The Warrior done....", and so is the situation. The first week of P90X3 is done for all intents and purposes. Tomorrow is day 7 and I have the option to rest or do Dynamax which is an intense stretching routine. P90X had the same option and I did it about half the time. I think I will do it since the workouts are only 30 mins and it can't hurt and most likely will help with soreness.

First week in and how do I feel. Well I feel pretty good. I knew I would not be able to do all the workouts 100% and with 100% intensity as my personal fitness level is no where near where it needs to be. I also knew that this program is designed for people of all levels of fitness and you can increase your intensity many ways within the workouts. So as you get better at the workouts, your fitness increases and your agility grows you will be able to increase your intensity and difficulty as you like.

I definitely feel soreness where I figured I would in my upper body. My shoulders and chest mostly, but also some in the arms mostly triceps (from all the pushups). While I am sitting here typing this, I feel really no soreness or fatigue in my legs. Then I stand and take a few steps. My legs turn to jello and I feel the soreness in my thighs and butt with each step. My calves have always been the best feature on my legs and they don't feel taxed, so I must focus more when the moves involve as I want to get them burning as well.

My core... That really is sad. It's like a Greek Tragedy when I look at my "core", laugh a little and cry more. Feel pity and remorse, you know how it got that way and you feel there is no real hope in sight. As I do the workouts and most involve the core, I wince a little each time. I know that it is in such disarray, but the only way to fix it is to work it. So I keep trying and maybe with each upcoming workout I will notice improvements no matter how small.

My eating over the week has been pretty good. I did eat whatever I wanted and as much as I wanted on Christmas day. This one thing is not a killer, but rather repeating this everyday. I have been doing a shake after my workouts and that is my breakfast. That has been a good way to start my day and it kick starts my day off right. I workout then have my shake and sometimes jump in the hot tub right after. That is where I am going after I post this.

I weighed a few days back and I think I will weigh officially on Sunday mornings before I do the Dynamax. I started on this scale reading close to 350. The last time I was on the scale it was under 340. Weight, as I have said time and time again, is only a number. Obviously when you are overweight you say that, but when trying to lose "weight" and what we really mean is fat and you are doing resistance work, you have to understand the difference. What I mean is that you do resistance work you are building muscle. Muscle is more dense than fat and there fore has a greater weight. So although you are losing fat, you are building muscle and therefore your net weight loss will be less. If you are in the morbidly obese range, you will still see greater losses if you are eating right and exercising. The leaner you are, the less likely you will show greater losses. Instead you will find your clothes fitting differently and also the definition of your muscles will show more.

All I really know is that I have completed my first week, one of many to go. I will not get anywhere in one week. I will have to string together several weeks to notice any true changes in appearance. I know that after 16 days of eating better or for the most part really good and doing exercise that I am pretty sure I have lost close to 15 lbs. The number I am not exactly sure of, but I will be monitoring it much closer as time goes on. I feel confident I will reach my goal of getting under 300 lbs before the end of this 90 day program. I am excited to see what I can accomplish in 90 days and beyond. I am excited to see what others will do and hope that if you read this and you are kind of close to me, that you might join me in a Tough Mudder in the future as that is one of my goals for either this upcoming year, or the year after.

Until tomorrow....  Keep Bringing It!!!!