Start of Phase II

Alright, just got done with the first workout of the second phase.  Love the workout, really felt great afterwards. I can tell that I'm going to have to buy some lighter weights though.  I've been making due with a pair of 25 lbs. dumbells up till now.  I'll have to pick up some 10's or 15's, but that's no problem.  Weight-wise, I'm down to 193.8.  So during the recovery week I lost around 2 pounds...I didn't really give 100% in those workouts though, I wish I would have.

I get to add a couple more carbs into my diet now at the expense of one less protein, one less veggie, and one less dairy.  I don't think that'll be any big problem as I typically had to try to figure out how to fit all those in anyway.  Yesterday I just stayed with the Phase I diet, which is most likely what I'll do today as well.  Then I'll have to figure out what meals to use for Phase II.  During phase I, I rotated through about 6-7 different dinner options.  Phase II isn't much different, I'm thinking about adding in an occasional sandwich for lunch now instead of a a big salad every day.

One of these days I have to take some post Phase I pictures and take some new measurements as well.  Hard to believe I'm 4 pounds away from being under 190 :)  Looking forward to being fit and single come summer!

P90X Update

Alright, week 3 is in the books!  It's taken a lot of motivation the last couple of weeks to finish the week off...I tend to dread the Yoga and Kenpo, even though neither one is too terribly bad.  The yoga workout just takes a ton of time.  Anyway, it's always nice to be re-energized by stepping on the scale on tuesdays!  Down to 195.0 today, which is 3.6 pounds lost in the last week and 15 pounds lost over three weeks!  The most noticeable area is in my abs.  I'm heading into my "recovery week", which has yoga twice :\ and is more cardio based, so I'm not exactly looking forward to it.  This will also be my last week of the Phase I fat shredder diet, which I've actually become accustom to and enjoy.  The next phase I'll have one less protein, one less veggie, one less dairy, and two more carbs.  None of those should cause many problems for me since most days I didn't all 7 proteins and I always had to catch up on dairy and veggies after getting home from work.  I'm looking forward to some bread, pasta and/or rice dishes.  I'm really looking forward to the third Phase when I can have 3 fruits a day, its amazing how much you look forward to fruit when that is the only sweet that you have.  Not drinking alcohol, soda, or fruit juices is workout just fine for me.  Same thing with not eating sweets, although yesterday someone brought donuts into work and it took some will-power not to have a little sliver of one.  Almost all of the reviews and such that I've read online are by people that aren't following the diet as strictly as I am, but I figure why not?  It isn't terribly difficult and it's not like I can't eat the things I enjoy.

Starting Week 3

Well, I'm just starting my third week.  Checked the scale yesterday and I'm down to 198, pretty awesome!  One more pound to go before I'll be lighter than I have been since my sophomore year of college, 9 years ago.  I went into college at 193 or so if I remember correctly, so I'm hoping a month from now I'll be back to that or lower.  The first week I was losing around a pound a day, the second week it was about a pound every two days.  I have to average a little over one pound per week from here out to meet my goal of 185.  I'm feeling great and the time has flown by so far.