Day 75

Week 10, Day 2 MMX done. I felt good with the workout today. Sprawls are still a weak spot for me with my size and bad back, but for the most part I did well. I am enjoying this workout, but I still get pretty gassed so it is having the desired affect.

This seems to be the last decent weather day we will have for quite a few with some snow and freezing precipitation on the way for the weekend. That Polar Vortex is coming back down into North American and well it is screwing up all the good weather. Luckily I will be working out in my living room as usual and no matter the weather I get in the hot tub.

I hope the nasty weather is short lived. I think I might do a 5k "donut dash" on March 15th. If I understand my P90X3 schedule correctly, that will be day 6 of week 12. The last "real" workout that day. Then my completion day will be March 22nd. That will be my 90 day mark. I am unsure if I am willing to eat the donuts. I believe you eat 6 total, 2 with every mile. I am very interested so it is on my radar and will give me a good idea how I have progressed since December when I started working out and eating clean. That last part the "eating clean" is what keeps me from eating the donuts. I have an issue with food and I don't need help in screwing things up. Yes, I will have gone so long doing so well, but until I get to where I can look at something and think "OK I can eat that, no big deal" and not feel like total shit after then I might want to avoid it all together. I know I have gotten better and it is ok to have a "cheat day" or "cheat meal" which I have only done once and that was Christmas Day. We shall see what happens.

The idea of doing the 5k is more with my reconnection to an old high school friend (she is not old, well not older than me, but rather we haven't talked since probably graduation). She runs and bikes and works out. She is also in our pushup challenge and is going to do my burpee challenge. She has become a point of inspiration for me and a sort of distant workout buddy. She just did another 5k or 10k a couple of weeks ago and I made a comment about walking it and she replied that some do walk it instead of run. I used to run and would love to run again, however, I don't think my back will ever let me run long distance again.

Her inspiration has got me thinking about doing 5k's here and there and my November goal of the Tough Mudder in Houston is something that while I am not sure if I can do it, I still have that as a goal and being 235 by my birthday which is at the end of November. I have around 7 months until then, so I am thinking I can get close by doing a couple more rounds of P90X3 or 1 round of that and several rounds of the 21 Day Fix. While I am using the portion control method and it is working beautifully for me right now, I am not doing the workouts until I finish P90X3. 

Goals are there to be achieved and new goals made. All I can do is push towards each goal as they come up. Make your goals and if you fail to get there, reevaluate what you are doing and see how you can improve it. Our life is full of goals. Getting to work on time. Making our significant other feel loved. Improving our bodies and minds. Paying off debt. Some are simple, and some are not. They all have one thing that makes them special. They all are something you want or need to do. All you have to do is put the effort forward and realize those goals. If you work for them, you can achieve them. If you don't work for them, you will never achieve them.