Thursday, January 28, 2010
Stress
It's keeping me from sleeping well. It's keeping me from being happy. It's keeping me from being headache-free. I wish I wasn't stressed. F***!
Saturday, January 9, 2010
P90x Update
I have never seen those "ab lines" on my body until THIS MORNING!!!!! There are 2 faint lines appearing as I flex my abs. It's awesome! heheheheehhe. I've also lost 2lbs and lost 1% in body fat. And this is weighing myself after a full breakfast. Yahoo!
But I got a headache the other day and I truly believe it was a sugar headache. My body needed some bad sugar! So, I ate a piece of hard candy. I just cannot distinguish that from my body. So everyday, Ill have a piece of hard candy. I also discovered the best vegetarian oatmeal cookie at my local organics healthfood store. It is homemade...hmmm, maybe it's vegan.
Oh! So I was in that healthfood store, Sai's and asked if they had beef Jerky. The lady froze, looked at me for 1 whole second and said," we're a vegetarian store."
EWWWWPPPPS! I honestly thought it was a Organic Healthfood store, not Veggie Store. My bad!
Friday, January 8, 2010
Thursday, January 7, 2010
P90x
Today is day 3 in my P90X workout. I am really really sore. My body aches so bad that I wake up in the middle of the night because when I turn, it hurts. So I wake up. I was going to post up pictures of myself to do a before and after comparison, but I haven't gotten around to taking the pictures, or having someone do that for me. What I will do is post some measurements for you!
Body Fat: 20% (Is that disgusting or what?!!!!! Ew. My goal is 15%)
Weight: 109.4 lbs (This is 2.4 lbs heavier than what I was last year at the same time. My goal is 103 lbs. I was at that weight 2 years ago and I felt happy with myself then.)
Chest: 33"
Waist: 27"
Hips: 36"
Thighs at midpoint: 18.5" (I want to loose 3 inches at least off of my thighs!)
Arms at midpoint: 9.25"
Those goals mentioned are what I WILL achieve by end of March. I want to be able to fit my high-waisted skinny diesel size 25 jeans COMFORTABLY, again. Wooo, if we go to Japan in April, I will actually look "normal" in Asian standards!
I started off on the classic P90x routine, but found it way too hard/intense for me. Plus, I am not trying to bulk up, so I have switched my regimen to the P90x Lean Schedule. Don't be fooled though. It's just as hard. The difference is the workouts are less weight or resistance focused and more cardio and core focused with lots of reps per movement. I still want to gain strength in terms of doing push-ups and pull-ups, but instead of wanting to do 20, I'll be okay with just 7 perfect ones. Please note: I cannot even do 1 real pull-up and can only do 1 real push-up.
As for my diet, I am more or less eating their suggested recipes since I don't want to have to calorie count everything I eat. There are 3 phases to the diet during the P90X. Right now, I am in the "Fat Shredder" section, so I am pretty much eating very minimal oils, only natural fats and that's very limited too with the food list they provide. After a month though, the Protein heavy diet will come down to be balanced out with a little more carbs. And Phase 3 (if you get there), it consists of a heavier carb diet called the Athlete's Diet. Ideally, by Phase 3, you will be so lean that you will be needing much more carbs for energy because you burn through fat too easily. Wow, I think I'll be happy with reaching phase 2 of the diet. Even though I love carbs, I can't ever imagine myself to NEED more carbs just so I can maintain my energy level.
With their meal plans and recipes, they already put together dishes that you can cook depending on the amount of servings you need from each food group.I must say, their recipes have been quite yummy. One of their biggest rules is to never not eat enough. By starving yourself, your metabolism fails and it no longer burns the fat you want out of your body. You won't have the energy you need to complete every exercise routine correctly and you won't burn the calories you wanted to. Another thing that is super hard for me is to not snack on processed junk food. I am a big snacker; My family is a big snacker; My culture is a big snacker. We are allowed to eat little snacks during the day, but those aren't real SNACKs! The only thing I have found so far are the Ostrich/beef Jerkys. Those are soooo yummy.
For the first day, I had a delicious egg white mushroom omelet with light cheddar, tomatoes, green onions, and mushrooms. In between meals I would eat fruit and edamame or some sort of soy nut. I also cooked rolled oats hot oatmeal for breakfast with Mrs. Nagasako's homemade blueberry jam, apples, and cinnamon. For dinner that day, I made Roasted Red Pepper soup (which was tangy, spicy, and delicious), baked salmon, asparagus, and black and wild rice. I've always loved eating black rice, especially the Korean kind. But since I don't get white rice to mix the black rice with, it's definitely not as savory. I don't care though. At least I get some rice. I can't live without rice. Yesterday, Mori cooked Turkey rubbed in Basil Pesto and Green beans. We drank the soup again b/c I made a bucket full...and I added black rice in my soup b/c I just had to have some rice, even if it's only a spoonful.
Today, I am scheduled for Shoulders and Arms + Abs. I'm scared.
Body Fat: 20% (Is that disgusting or what?!!!!! Ew. My goal is 15%)
Weight: 109.4 lbs (This is 2.4 lbs heavier than what I was last year at the same time. My goal is 103 lbs. I was at that weight 2 years ago and I felt happy with myself then.)
Chest: 33"
Waist: 27"
Hips: 36"
Thighs at midpoint: 18.5" (I want to loose 3 inches at least off of my thighs!)
Arms at midpoint: 9.25"
Those goals mentioned are what I WILL achieve by end of March. I want to be able to fit my high-waisted skinny diesel size 25 jeans COMFORTABLY, again. Wooo, if we go to Japan in April, I will actually look "normal" in Asian standards!
I started off on the classic P90x routine, but found it way too hard/intense for me. Plus, I am not trying to bulk up, so I have switched my regimen to the P90x Lean Schedule. Don't be fooled though. It's just as hard. The difference is the workouts are less weight or resistance focused and more cardio and core focused with lots of reps per movement. I still want to gain strength in terms of doing push-ups and pull-ups, but instead of wanting to do 20, I'll be okay with just 7 perfect ones. Please note: I cannot even do 1 real pull-up and can only do 1 real push-up.
As for my diet, I am more or less eating their suggested recipes since I don't want to have to calorie count everything I eat. There are 3 phases to the diet during the P90X. Right now, I am in the "Fat Shredder" section, so I am pretty much eating very minimal oils, only natural fats and that's very limited too with the food list they provide. After a month though, the Protein heavy diet will come down to be balanced out with a little more carbs. And Phase 3 (if you get there), it consists of a heavier carb diet called the Athlete's Diet. Ideally, by Phase 3, you will be so lean that you will be needing much more carbs for energy because you burn through fat too easily. Wow, I think I'll be happy with reaching phase 2 of the diet. Even though I love carbs, I can't ever imagine myself to NEED more carbs just so I can maintain my energy level.
With their meal plans and recipes, they already put together dishes that you can cook depending on the amount of servings you need from each food group.I must say, their recipes have been quite yummy. One of their biggest rules is to never not eat enough. By starving yourself, your metabolism fails and it no longer burns the fat you want out of your body. You won't have the energy you need to complete every exercise routine correctly and you won't burn the calories you wanted to. Another thing that is super hard for me is to not snack on processed junk food. I am a big snacker; My family is a big snacker; My culture is a big snacker. We are allowed to eat little snacks during the day, but those aren't real SNACKs! The only thing I have found so far are the Ostrich/beef Jerkys. Those are soooo yummy.
For the first day, I had a delicious egg white mushroom omelet with light cheddar, tomatoes, green onions, and mushrooms. In between meals I would eat fruit and edamame or some sort of soy nut. I also cooked rolled oats hot oatmeal for breakfast with Mrs. Nagasako's homemade blueberry jam, apples, and cinnamon. For dinner that day, I made Roasted Red Pepper soup (which was tangy, spicy, and delicious), baked salmon, asparagus, and black and wild rice. I've always loved eating black rice, especially the Korean kind. But since I don't get white rice to mix the black rice with, it's definitely not as savory. I don't care though. At least I get some rice. I can't live without rice. Yesterday, Mori cooked Turkey rubbed in Basil Pesto and Green beans. We drank the soup again b/c I made a bucket full...and I added black rice in my soup b/c I just had to have some rice, even if it's only a spoonful.
Today, I am scheduled for Shoulders and Arms + Abs. I'm scared.
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