Day 74

Week 10, Day 1 Decelerator done. This week is different than week 9, although it does start the same. Today's workout was great and I feel awesome afterwards. I don't know how I feel about this workout within the program just yet. This is only the second time I've done it, but I did enjoy it and I can't quite remember how I felt about it last week. This workout is the first day of all 4 weeks in this block, so I will get a couple of more opportunities to do it and get a good grip on how I truly feel about it. For now, so far so good.

This week has Eccentric Upper and Lower in it instead of Triometrics and The Challenge and Pilates X replaces X3 Yoga. I might sub in some yoga this week as well. I am wanting more than the 30 minute workouts, but I am trying to be strict and stick with the program as is. I am really only doing so for the simple fact that I am trying to see how I can make the 30 minute workouts work for me versus what I did in P90X and the hour workouts. If I add more, I am "cheating" the program in my mind. I already am by doing my pushup challenge and the plank challenge. I will also be starting the burpee challenge March 1st. Oh yeah, those Big Brother Burpees at the end of the workout today are tough. That will be added into the burpee challenge as an option for those so deciding that they want to do them like that or a few sets anyway.

It is good to feel like doing more instead of doing less. Sometimes I want to not get out of bed and workout, but I always feel so much better and rejuvenated after the workout. So many thoughts run through my head after my post from last night about half full/empty. While I still stand firm on what I was saying versus the question that was being raised by the poster, It did make me think about other things this morning. I was looking at another msg board where I see someone unhappy with how her workouts have gone with regards to seeing the number of the scale move the way she wanted it. It's this:

People get so bogged down in results that they miss the journey. The world we live in is so media driven for most, not for all, and the TV, laptop, tablet or smart phone is how they gather and garner their perspective of the world.

 You see this example in commercials (watching TV) or even on YouTube. People looking at their phone and disregarding oncoming traffic, walking into poles etc. You get the idea. The increase popularity of "apps" for the tablets, phones and even the pc now with Windows 8 is just the way technology is going and we are all on board this train and social interaction only happens after pressing the "enter" button. We get used to seeing other people's weight loss journey or other people talking about achieving their goals and people starting doing something and after 1 week get frustrated because they are not getting out of it what "so and so" did. Sadly the human body is completely different than your favorite smart phone. We act and react differently to different situations. If let's say you want to lose 15 or 20 lbs, I bet you didn't gain those pounds in 7 days. I bet you have been gaining over the course of almost a year give or take. It could be a month or even a little less.The simple fact is that you will not lose it all or even anything in one week. So many factors go into a healthy fit body and sometimes our preconceived idea is not the way it really is. So the idea is to be fit and healthy, then exercise at least 30 minutes a day for between 4 and 6 days a week and eat an appropriately balanced diet with the correct amount of calories you need to not only feed the body as it expends energy, but can reduce the unwanted fat. The number on the scale is trivial and if you live and die by that number, you will always feel like a hamster in a wheel, always moving and never going anywhere.

Make the plan. Do the plan. Enjoy the journey and let the results be what they are.