Day 38

Ok, I have a really good excuse about why I haven't exercised up until today.

Like I mentioned before, I had a friend in town for like 10 days. So, pretty much almost that whole 10 days we didn't exercise. On top of that, Dom had her cousin here for 3 days. So that didn't help.

But finally, we are back. Today we did core. We've given up following the schedule and are just doing what suits us the best, depending on time and if we've started on the right day. But the point is, we're exercising. Right?

Day 29

This week is going to prove to be very, very difficult.

We aren't exercising today. And I don't know if we are this week. Dom works all week from 9-5, and her cousin is in town for 3 days. Likewise, I have a friend in town until Monday. So with our schedules, I don't know if we're going to be able to exercise at all.

Maybe we can supplement P90X with something else, like hiking. That's exercise and it's touristy too. Maybe that'll work?

Day 28

Man. The hardest thing is keeping track of what day I'm on. lol

So we've finished up our first 'month' of p90x. There was the week that we didn't work out at all on account of me being sick, but that's supplemented by the week of core synergistics that we did in the very beginning. So I feel confident in saying that I still completed the first month.

I think I need better shoes. I find that my feet hurt a lot; to the extent that I can't continue and need to rest them, they get that sore. I don't think I'm getting the best flexibility out of my shoes that I need. Perhaps I will look into buying a better pair. The ones I have are pretty old anyway.

We went to the pool at my friends hotel today. I jumped in and promptly scrambled for the side of the pool. My legs were so sore!!! They didn't feel that bad just walking around like normal, but using your muscles in the water...man, I felt that.

After a month I can't say that I really see a difference by looking in the mirror, but I can see a difference in my clothes. My pants are starting to fall off me, I'm going a few belt-holes tighter. My aunty, who I haven't seen in months, told me that I looked like I lost weight. So I trust her since she hasn't seen me in ages. That's definitely encouraging. :D

Day 24

So, today we're skipping exercising. Dom's mom needs help with stuff so we can't do it today. Also, I have a friend here from Australia. I have a feeling it's going to get more difficult finding the time to exercise. So far we haven't been skipping because of him, but we'll see what happens with that.

We've changed our workout schedule a bit. This is how it goes now:

Monday: rest
Tuesday: Core synergistics
Wednesday: Arms and shoulders and ab ripper x
Thursday: Cardio X
Friday: Legs and back and ab ripper x
Satutday: Kempo
Sunday: plyometrics and second half of yoga x

So its all the same until friday, but when sat and sun come around we changed it. We figured that it makes more sense to do kempo after legs instead of after arms, and we wanted more cardio in this workout so we added plyometrics. And since we hate yoga but can't take it out completely, we're adding on the stretching and balance part of yoga onto plyometrics instead. We'll see how this works out.

Day 23

I have not kept up with the date. I'm pretty sure this is day 23. I'm just guessing tho.

Finally got back into exercising yesterday. I Thought I was going to die, but a week of setback isn't that big a deal evidently. My abs hurt today, and I'm glad because I like that feeling. I know I was working it!

The only problem I had yesterday was using weights. My shoulders were really really stiff and they got sore really quickly. I didn't use weights as much as I would have liked.

Today is arms, chest and abs. Yay. I can never do the ab stuff fully. I think it's because it comes after a full workout and I just feel lazy. But I'm going to try hard today because I need to.

Day 20

Okay. So I haven't exercised this entire week. I did one whole week without any exercise. I'm hoping that when I finally do it again starting Tuesday (our regular start date), I'm not going to feel like I did on my first day. I expect a bit of soreness, but I don't expect to be incapacitated the next day.

I feel bad that I didn't exercise for so long, but I've been sick, and this one came with asthma. Didn't wanna aggravate it.

But I'm not giving up! I'm going to keep on going. There's going to be some changes in the schedule that me and Dom want to make (like adding plyometrics and doing less yoga). So we'll see how this schedule tweak goes starting Tuesday.

Day 17

I think that's the right day anyway. I'm still sick. I wish this cold was just one day of being deathly ill and then that's it. But no. It's coming in stages.

First was chills and fever and feeling miserable. Then it was sneezing like a maniac with a runny nose (I think that was just allergies though). And then today It's asthma and congestion. I'm 3 days out of my schedule and I hope this doesn't throw me off too badly.