21 Day Fix: Week 3, Day 4

Today is Thursday and for work it's my Friday. Yay me! Today I did Pilates Fix and while I have been doing Yoga Fix every day, I decided to take it off today. Sometimes you just have to go with how you feel. I am tired and while I know yoga to help with stretching and probably feeling better and not tired, I wanted a little more sleep. Tomorrow I will be doing my yoga so I am not worried I am slacking off. One thing you have to learn is not regret a decision to either do a workout or not do one. Sometimes you need a break and sometimes you need to push yourself. Today was the day I needed to back off a little. A tough first week at a physically demanding job and I could use a bit of a break. Hopefully not every week will be like this or I will get used to it.

Pilates is a core intensive workout. It really does work the abs and core, but that is how it was intended to be. My abs get sore from this workout and it typically takes a lot of work to really get the abs sore not just for me, but for everyone. The plank series is pretty good as well. There are 2 different plank series in this workout, 1 in full plank then one in forearm plank. Then the bonus move is forearm planking 10 seconds on and 3 second rest then repeat. This is done for 1 minute and then the workout is over except for the cool down. I like pilates, but it was harder to me in X3 due to the focus on the breathing. While this one she talks about breathing with her, it doesn't seem to be stressed as much. I think that takes the mind out of it and allows you to work on the whole thing without stressing about breathing.

Since today is my Friday, I just have to work 8 hours then I will have 2 days off. I will have one of those days to take my end of round 1 pics, weights and measurements. One thing I did before starting work was to buy some shirts and jeans for work. I bought waist size 44's and I could have gone down to 42's which is a far cry from the 50's I was sporting 4 months ago. I have already gotten down to 278 which is 18 lbs since March 31st. I am hoping to hit the 21 or 22 lbs lost mark. No matter what the final numbers are, I have done good work with this program and I have gotten the results I wanted. Losing 18 lbs in 21 days if I stay right where I am is pretty good. If you lose 4 lbs a week is only 16 lbs. That is a great weight loss per month number. I have done more in less time, so I can only be excited about my results. Anything less is just underplaying the work I put into it and the thing is it wasn't hard. I ate and I worked out. I never "restricted" to the point of being hungry and I cheated with a huge tub of popcorn, a box of raisinettes and 2 large diet dr peppers at the movies. If you do things daily and consistently, setbacks are not really setbacks but rather obstacles or moveable barriers that I have to go around. They don't stop me, they don't slow me down but they do keep me in check so I don't get lax in how I do the small daily tasks.