Monday Manjoyment
Hey Kids!! How is your week looking? Mine? Honestly, it has started a wee bit on the sucky side, I'm a wee bit under the weather today. Sadness. Had to cancel my appointments downtown so I could stay home in bed. ;-( Waaah. I don't THINK I have my mom's cold, let's hope not. She was out of the count for days and days. I don't have time for that.
I hope you'll understand my wishes to um NOT VLOG today. I'm not feeling it. Yesterday, I'm a bit surprised I didn't post (is my brain leaving me?) because I wanted to share that I did P90X Yoga and WHOA WHOA WHOA. What an amazing yoga workout! Not surprised by the YOGA being amazing, I guess I was expecting a shorter, not as intense yoga workout. It's 90 minutes of really awesome yoga. I was drenched; not to the extent of Insanity drenched, but very sweaty. And there is this introduction part of the yoga video where Tony Horton says how much more he can do now in his life, as far as sports and activities and he said, "That's not because of the weight I lift or being able to do 100s of pullups, it's because I do yoga". Love that. I'm just so much more impressed with all the P90x and Insanity stuff by day. I had a massage yesterday and Mr. Rene was telling me he could tell the improvements in my body and he also said my face looked thinner too!
The one thing that I have really come to believe as a KEY KEY KEY COMPONENT to long term success in getting lean and staying lean is this; YOU MUST- IN WHATEVER WAY WORKS FOR YOU (be it weighing yourself or measuring yourself, and journaling your food) DOCUMENT WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND WHERE YOUR BODY IS. This might sound REALLY SIMPLE but when I observe other bloggers or friends that have gotten fit and are staying fit- they document everything even after they reach their goal. Some might gain 5-10 lbs but - THEY KEY IS- they SEE it and then adjust, get back to where they wanna be and then get a little more comfortable. If you don't pay attention, you WILL NOT NOTICE that scale creeping up. Trust me. You will not notice that you've gained a 1/2 inch on your hips or your thighs or your tummy.
Then....that next week or month, you don't notice the NEXT 1/2 inch or 5 pounds...that's how we get in a bad place. Then when we do realize it - we PANIC!! Don't let this happen!! I know now for sure, FOR SURE, that I need to journal my food and my workouts day in and day out until God calls me home because otherwise, I wish it weren't true....I will give in here and there and lose track and soon I'm OFF TRACK. I will not go there again. I'm BACK. I have my mojo back probably better than it's ever been. But I've been WAY OFF for a while. I let life's drama get in my way. I was soooo worried that working out would make my skin infection worse and now I look back and wish I woulda just DONE IT. I don't think my own sweat would have made it worse and WHO KNOWS?? Looking back realizing you WASTED TIME is um, pretty sucktastic. Don't let it happen to you.
Stay on top of your details. Track everything ~ in whatever way works for you. Make it a lifelong commitment and you won't regret it. I'm better at 40 than I was at 30, or at 20. I plan to be better at 50 than I am now. Watch me. And 60 and 70. Heck yea. Why not???
For the moment, I'm going to rest. I actually feel better already, thank God. ;-) More to follow!!
Below is a great P90X success story. I love the story of how the spouses keep each other in line and inspire each other. It's SO HELPFUL to be on this journey WITH someone.
For more information or to get started on P90X rocking your body~ CLICK HERE to visit my Beach Body site.
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Reader Comments (2)
YAY! I can post a comment. woo hoo! Just wanted to say AMEN to everything you wrote in this post. I can relate to it all and agree with tracking everything. If nothing else, tracking what I eat is opening my eyes - big time.
Hey Jacey- just updated my link page with your blog!! WOOT!! Let's track away and succeed!!