Ok – so how many of you thought that I had actually quit my P90Xperience? You haven’t seen a blog in nearly 2 weeks so I can understand why you would think that…I haven’t even made reference to it on Facebook, Twitter or Buzz (if you don’t know what Buzz is, you need to get Gmail). But here I am, telling you that I’m still going strong!
I’ll be honest with you…the first 30 days I was REALLY strict…no drinking (except Bengals playoff game) and no sweets. For some reason after day 30 I hit a point where I needed to give in a little and so for the past 15 days I have been indulging, but also while working out and still seeing results. I’m not going to be that strict for the rest of my life…especially with Cadbury Cream Eggs basically jumping out of their wrappers everytime I am at Kroger. The other day one was actually out of it’s wrapper just lying there…it was the biggest tease…so I bought one (a wrapped one). They are pretty much the most delicious chocolate candy that exists and the creator should be held on a pedestal. I wonder if they are soooo good only because they are rare..meaning I can only get them one time of the year…THANK GOD FOR EASTER, Literally!
I’ve snacked a bit more at night in the last 15 days and instead of eating just carrots and fruit I’ve actually been eating some jalapeno tostitos (amazing) and hummus. Abbey bought some dark chocolate hershey’s pieces and holy crap they were like crack. I couldn’t keep my hand out of the bag. She didn’t like the way the tasted so I couldn’t let them go to waste…I was able to limit myself on a nightly basis, but I helped her out the best I could. All of 2010 I have been slapped in the face with $10 pizza deals from nearly every single pizza place in the world – today I cracked. I wanted pizza so badly so we got Pizza Hut, thin crust with grilled chicken, tomatoes and onions – it was good – no stuffed crust pizza, but still good. I was surprised that one piece only had 170 calories, which for me is really nothing especially after working out. The snow here has really helped because I’ve been shoveling the driveway (sometimes twice a day) so I’m getting some different workouts in too!
I told myself that on day 45 I would treat myself to Chipotle – I’m debating since I had pizza today, but maybe this weekend…we’ll see. Next weekend I’m going to splurge on my eating since Abbey, the best wife in the world, got us tickets to see Jim Gaffigan in C-bus. We are going up for the night on Saturday so we’re going eat a great dinner and drink a few drinks to celebrate our two years together! What else can I get off my chest…I’ve been sneaking Chips Ahoy cookies since they are in the pantry and taste really good! 2 every other night or so…on average. Needless to say the last 15 days I have fallen off the diet wagon, but I’m still hanging on to the back – dragging in the dirt. Good thing my arms are so much stronger, I can pull myself back up! 
The workouts have changed up a little bit since we last spoke…I started doing 2-a-days (3 days a week) with cardio in the morning and the normal workout at night, but that ended after the first week because with Isaac in the morning it was just too hard and too unpredictable. They got rid of Shoulders and Chest and replaced it with Chest, triceps and shoulders. Still a lot of push-ups, but not horrible nowadays. They also got rid of whatever was on Wednesdays and put in Back and Biceps. This is a cool workout, but I REALLY REALLY need to get some dumbells. Using the resistance bands just don’t seem to give me the full workout – I’ve been craigslisting; just hoping someone pulls through for me! John, whom I said was joining the P90Xperience with me, bought a pull-up bar so when I was at his house over the weekend I decided to give it a try. 4. I could do 4 F’ing pull-ups. Are you F’ing kidding me?! I do 15 with the bands and I could only do 4?! Wow!The other workouts have stayed the same and I still haven’t actually done Yoga (the full way through), but my mom did buy me a nice Yoga mat…THANKS MOM! I HAVE been using the mat for Ab Ripper X which for the past two weeks I have finally been doing MWF (which is prescribed). I don’t know how they do a few of the moves they do, but I guess that’s the difference between having a keg and having a six pack.
I became a fan of P90X on Facebook and found that there are a lot of “success” videos on there. I watched one today and this guy’s 30 day results compared to my 30 day results were pretty different. He is about 2 inches shorter than me and 20 pounds less so that may have something to do with it, but still! I still can’t see the major difference in my body, but I know the change is there. Belts are loose and pants are ready to fall. I’m noticing muscles in my legs and arms that I didn’t know existed and I feel really good. I’ve gotten down to 226 so a loss of 15 pounds in 45 days. I’d say I’ve lost about 3-4 inches off my waist.
Here are my Day 1 vs. Day 43 pictures:
Sweets, I thought, were going to be my downfall but the protein bars and marshmellows have helped to curb any desire. 
jcow
