21DF: Week 2, Day 4

Today is day 4 of week 2 and the workout was Pilates Fix. I also did the 10 min Ab Fix and then Yoga Fix. The 10 min Ab Fix is just that 10 solid minutes of abs. There are not real breaks like in the regular workouts. Each exercise is a 20 rep move. You do 2 rounds of the same exercises. So starting with crunches then to something else and on and on for 5 mins. Once you get to that last move of the round 5 mins have passed and you just reload back to move 1 and then rinse and repeat.

My abs were burning pretty good, so I decided to wait on the side plank raises that I have to do. I will do these a little later along with my pushups. The yoga got me sweating again and love doing it every day. I am seeing better flexibility already and I think my weight loss for the 21 Day Fix may be spurred in a bigger way by doing this. Today, if I had the Ultimate upgrade I would have the Barre Legs and Flat Abs Fix. Both of those are 30 min workouts, but I would have done the abs workout today at some point after Pilates Fix. Since I don't have it I decided to do the 10 min Abs Fix and since I am doing Yoga daily, I did that as well.

I think I might add that 10 min Abs Fix on another day. I am not sure when, but I think it would have to be after Upper Fix since I think that workout is not as intense as the other days. I have Total Body Cardio Fix, Lower Fix, Cardio Fix and Dirty 30. All of those are really focused on either total body or lower body and the best time would be Upper Fix. Come on they all get me a good workout in and I feel that Upper Fix is the weakest of the bunch. I am very happy, however, with the entire program or as a whole. It gets me tired and sweaty. I get sore in the legs and abs. The yoga workout is, to me, awesome. The nutrition plan is the most genius part, and most people blow off nutrition or give it a sort of neglect as if it were a stray dog off in the distance. If people would just treat their bodies as well as they treat their cars, we might not be talking about how nearly 70% of people 20 and older are fighting being over weight and obese.

The sad thing is that some people who are not overweight badly or at all take that as a sign of being able to feed themselves with crap, drink heavily or doing whatever bad habit that is "unhealthy".  People like me, we pay for it quite quickly. I eat too much, I gain a lot of weight quickly. That is a product of my Endomorph body type. For me, I gain quickly and lose slowly and look fat really easy. If you don't know the body styles here they are...

Ectomorph:

• Definitive "Hard Gainer"
• Delicate Built Body
• Flat Chest
• Fragile
• Lean
• Lightly Muscled
• Small Shouldered
• Takes Longer to Gain Muscle
• Thin

 Mesomorph:

• Athletic
• Hard Body
• Hourglass Shaped (Female)
• Rectangular Shaped (Male)
• Mature Muscle Mass
• Muscular Body
• Excellent Posture
• Gains Muscle Easily
• Gains Fat More Easily Than Ectomorphs
• Thick Skin

Endomorph:

• Soft Body
• Underdeveloped Muscles
• Round Physique
• Weight Loss is Difficult
• Gains Muscle Easily Like the Mesomorph.

So if you can find your type, you get an idea of how and why you gain/lose or stay the same easier or more difficult than someone else. Obviously we all wish we could be mesomorph, but we aren't. As an endomorph, I have to work really hard to lose the weight and while I love the weight loss, I have to vigilant. The thing that blows me away is the ease at which I am losing right now with this program. I can't possibly explain how effortless this has been. When I say effortless, it doesn't mean I am not working hard. It means I don't have to think about what I am doing. I pick the right foods at the store, prepare some of them for ease of use before hand and then just stay within the guidelines of my daily containers and viola! 12 lbs lost in 11 days. I challenge anyone to lose weight as well as I am and it not be "water weight" or keep it off. What I am doing is not a "diet" it is a lifestyle change. I can continue this for the rest of my life with ease. I can cheat here and there and I have, but I have still lost weight. It is possible to live and enjoy life and lose fat, gain muscle and become fit and healthy all at the same time. I don't hate the world and lost 12 lbs in 11 days. I am eating at least 1800 to 2000 calories a day. Why would this be hard for anyone else. The only thing I can think of is they either doubt they can do it or just don't want to. Both mindsets will stop you from being successful.