August Update

Hmm, it’s been a while (once again). Don’t worry, it’s not because I have abandoned the good habits Jillian and Tony taught me. On the contrary, I have continued to work out on a regular basis, I seem to be making progress on my slowly expanding waistline, if that makes sense, and I made an important pre-purchase recently…

Workouts

Sometime after my previous post, I had some trouble with my Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred DVD. It just wouldn’t play in my basement DVD player, where I like to work out. I don’t see any scratches on there, and the DVD player works fine otherwise. At that point, I had been using it for about three weeks anyway, so I decided to mix it up (again) by going back to the workouts in Tony Horton’s “Bring It!”. That was how I structured my workouts for the month of August, with a relaxed schedule of cardio, strength, and treadmill workouts, 45-60 minutes, five or six days per week.

The big news is that I have pre-ordered P90X2, which will be shipped in December. I didn’t order the package with the exercise ball and foam roller. As with P90X, I think I will purchase the accessories elsewhere. I suppose there’s time to change my order if I decide they are really offering a good package deal, but putting down the money for the DVDs is plenty for me right now.

Nutrition

For 19 days last month, I was at a calorie deficit, or about 100 calories surplus. That’s pretty good, I think. There were a couple of high calorie days around my wedding anniversary, which is OK, and the other “high” days were not too bad (300 calories surplus, or less). I did have a run of about a week where I ran a surplus every day, but as you will see below, my weight was not adversely affected.

Health and well-being

I am still trying to figure out my sleep deficit problems. Nothing new there. I could certainly benefit from a new mattress, from quieter surroundings (when the air conditioners are removed from our windows), and from more time in bed, plain and simple.

I have lost two pounds overall, and my waist size is shrinking slowly, back to where I would like it to be.