A nice whoosh of a day. Cleaned house, got laundry monster under control, exercised, ate properly, played with kids. Didn't ever really slow down to smell the sweet, cool Carolina air, but four bathrooms sparkle, the wood floors have been mopped, all the kids clothes are clean, folded and put away and there was time to make a nice dinner for everyone and snuggle down to watch The Golden Compass. Hopefully I'm set up perfectly to re-engage in the studio come May first.
The one day of rest was like swimming with concrete blocks chained to your ankles, struggling to the surface and then just barely getting one gulp of air before succumbing to the weight again. I did the Chest and Back, Ab Ripper X, and added an hour of Plyometrics X - which is just a great workout - for 136 minutes of intense mola re-education.
As there was no food in the house, I subsisted on water and a protein bar.
The rain was pouring down all afternoon and I had the windows open to keep the cool breezes flowing through the house and the sound of rain whispering in my ear. I finished up in time to walk down to the bus stop with a pair of umbrellas for the kids, so they wouldn't get wet on the walk up the street.
I didn't open the umbrella, choosing to let the hard rain cool me off. I could swear that there was more sweat pouring off me than rain though.
I successfully completed the first seven days of the P90X Regimen. Yesterday was my "rest day" but I chose to do the Stretching because I was so sore and tight. My body needed that rest day desperately. I feel better this morning, but I know I'm getting ready to tear into it again today. My right foot is still too injured for soccer tonight.
Now that I know what to expect from the workouts in week two, I hope to concentrate on the diet portion and learn some more of the recipes and try to regulate the times that I eat and try to get out of the habit of skipping meals (which I do because I'm busy, because I'm in pain) and get to eating every three hours to switch my metabolism from its slow "the sloth is starving me" mode to its usual fast calorie-burning mode.
The one immediate positive from the first week's exercises is a much more regulated bowel. Those of you who suffer from some form of stomach issue know just how nice it is when your body decides to operate the way it was designed to. It seems silly, because I know I used to take it for granted too, but I say a silent prayer of thanks each and every time a bit of waste actually leaves my system, and a regular bowel movement? That's a gift from the gods.
A Good Review of P90X by Shaping My Way
Another Good Review of P90X by Weight Loss HQ
Both reviews are followed by a long string of helpful comments and questions.
I am really enjoying Tony Horton's motivational style: not too chipper, not too aggressive, but totally upbeat. I also like how they use different people in each video, each of whom have their strengths and weaknesses, so that you can focus on the person who will help you the most during each hour. For instance one person is always showing you how to do the exercises with the bands instead of weights, and another is not quite as flexible as the others and uses blocks during Yoga, and so forth and so on.
The 90 minute Yoga X routine was very enjoyable yesterday - hard, but enjoyable.
April is the cruelest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain.
~ T.S. Eliot, The Waste Land
It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.
~ Charles Dickens
The basis of optimism is sheer terror.
~ Oscar Wilde
Painting is so poetic, while sculpture is more logical and scientific and makes you worry about gravity.
~ Damien Hirst
My diving bell becomes less oppressive, and my mind takes flight like a butterfly. There is so much to do.
~ Jean-Dominique Bauby
Nature knows no pause in progress and development, and attaches her curse on all inaction.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Philip: 'Mr. Fennyman, allow me to explain about the theatre business. The natural condition is one of insurmountable obstacles on the road to imminent disaster.'
Hugh: 'So what do we do?'
Philip: 'Nothing. Strangely enough, it all turns out well.'
Hugh: 'How?'
Philip: 'I don't know. It's a mystery.'
~ Shakespeare in Love
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