Workouts
Monday: Recovery week begins! I did the warmup and cooldown from the P90X Plyometrics DVD (from memory, to save a little time), then 30 minutes walk/jog on the treadmill. 340 calories burned, which is not great, but I am taking it easy this week, right?
Tuesday: P90X Core Synergistics. “Talk about getting into shape!” I haven’t mentioned that I can do pushups more easily than ever before. I noticed this a few weeks back during the Striver’s Resistance workouts. Today the stacked feet/staggered hands and sphinx pushups were noticeably easier, and I hung in there a little longer for the plank-to-chaturanga, walking pushups, and a couple of other exercises. I am still not going for the full time on all exercises, or doing the chaturanga run, for example, but Tony’s book has helped me to improve compared to two months ago. P.S. I also walked/ran on the treadmill for a 12-minute mile.
Wednesday: I replaced the P90X Kenpo workout with the now-familiar Striver’s Aerobic Level 2 from Tony’s book. After that I spent 15 minutes on the treadmill.
Thursday: X Stretch. I don’t do this one often enough! Maybe if I figure out a way to do it while watching TV…
Friday: Core Synergistics again. Pretty much the same results as the previous day.
Saturday: Today I did almost no workout at all, due to a family outing. Just a few minutes on the treadmill. Some days are like that, I guess.
Sunday: No workout (again). Hey, I have to catch up on sleep sometime.
Nutrition
Monday: Surprisingly enough, considering my recent bad behavior, I was at the breakeven point for calories. A little low on protein and fiber, but otherwise not too bad.
Tuesday: Another breakeven day. I was doing well until dinnertime, then overdid it on after-dinner snacks.
Wednesday: Uh oh! My wife wanted Chipotle for her birthday (not her official birthday dinner, mind you, which will be over the weekend.) Also, we made our weekly visit to our friends’ house, and there was cake, as usual. +569 calories!
Thursday: Whoa, Nellie! Another bad day for calorie counting. Suffice to say, I ate a lot, for no particular reason except poor planning. One or more meals could have been smaller! +618 calories
Friday: Our usual Chinese Food Day at work. This time, we decided to try a Tex-Mex place, and I had half of a big burrito, with some fresh tortilla chips. Not too bad calorie-wise. I ended the day at a mere +70 calories, which is heading back in the right direction, at least.
Saturday: OK, remember that birthday dinner my wife wanted? Outback Steakhouse. No holds barred, including dessert. Well, I did only eat about 1/3 of my 12 oz steak, after the wings, salad w/blue cheese dressing, and bread… Anyway, +876 calories for today. Happy birthday!
Sunday: Back to sanity today. Even with no additional exercise, and some mid-morning goodies, I ended the day at just about breakeven for calories (slightly over). Maybe I am still recovering from yesterday.
Health and well-being
Monday: I started the week with a decent night’s sleep, which is part of the reason for the shorter workout. If I plan to get back into P90X, I need to solve this sleep time vs. exercise time problem.
Tuesday: I woke up too early today, as in an hour and a half before the alarm was scheduled to go off. I listened to my iPod for a while, then made the best of it by getting an early start on my day. There was no problem fitting in my workout.
Wednesday: I woke up early again. I got back to sleep after about an hour, which helped I guess. I still spent the day struggling with sleepiness.
Thursday: That stretching did me some good! Sleeping a little later helped, too.
Friday: I felt good about my recovery week.
Saturday: I had actually started on the treadmill, realized how late it was, and had to stop dead in my tracks to get myself cleaned up. I didn’t like that at all.
Sunday: I ran a lot of errands, and by the end of the day I was aggravated. Not very restful.
