Recovery Week Phase 1

Wednesday Mar. 25, 2009

Okay so I started my Recovery week with doubles. I had Kenpo that I missed on Friday and Yoga, which I have learned to hate. I'm thinking of replacing Yoga with a 45 min Palliates work out. So I have noticed that I have been dragging a little at work so I took Tuesday night off. I was in bed by 11:00 and I feel great today. So I will do Kenpo and Stretch X tonight. (I hope) Other wise I will catch up on Saturday. I'm looking forward to taking my 30 day picture. I'm not expecting a lot but I can definitely tell in my clothes. I haven't given up on my goal of 200 but I have told myself I won't be disappointed if I fall a little short. I know I must have gain some muscle. Besides, I have made it through 30 days of hard core working out 6 days a week. And still maintain a little bit of normalcy in my house.
So I will let you know more on Sunday after I take my pics.


March 28, 2009
So got up at 6:00 this morning to do Cardio. I have offically completed my 30 days. Yeah me!!!!
So as soon as my hubby wakes up I will take my pics. I haven't gotten on the scale yet but I will do all that together.
...And now tomorrow is day 1 of Phase II.


"Persevere in virtue and diligence.”

Snack time

As you may have noticed by reading "What I ate Today" I don't like fruit that much. I think in two week of blogging I have eaten 5 strawberries.

Low cal snacks
Turkey pepperoni 17sl 70c
Laugh cow lite any flavor 1 wedge 35c
Water crackers any flavor 5 70c
Turkey or ham deli thin slices 2oz 60c
Quaker Mini rice cakes 7-10pc 60-70c
100-CAL Popcorn 100c
Fat Free Lays 1 serv 70c

Protein bars
Okay so you all know how much protein bars cost. So there are a few ways to go.
South Beach Crispy Meal Replacement Bars 19g prt 210 c
They come in 3 flavors Vanilla, Chocolate, & Chocolate/ Peanut Butter. Target has them for about 6.50 for a box of 5 (about 1.30 ea)
The Grocery store seems to sell them for about 9.00 a box (about 1.80ea)

The Zone Bars I've only tried the chocolate /dark chocolate. 15g prt 180c
These are good but smaller than the South beach. You can buy these pretty much any where for about 6.00 a box for 5 ( about 1.20ea)

All the other sports bars came in with way to many calories or where 1.90 or more a bar.

Now your other alternative is to make your own. This will be the cheapest route.
We have made the ones with peanut butter and they are good but really high in calories. I will try and post the recipes. The lower in calorie one is made with rice crispy reg. or chocolate. We haven't tried these yet but I'll let you know how they turn out when we do.


Great substitutes
Store brand fat free cheese 30c reg cheese 70-100c
No calorie dressing 0c or Lite dressing 30-60c per serv (2 TBSP)/ reg calorie dressing 90-210 per sevr (2 TBSP)
Diet Soda 0c per serv. Reg soda 100c per serv. ( water is always better)
I like splenda but I don't reccomend having to much in a day. I actually like the sugar splenda blend. There is even a brown sugar and splenda blend. (Great on yams).

WHAT I ATE TODAY (week 1-4) Phase 1

Starting March 19, 2009
So I decided to use the FitDay.com food journal. So any time you want to see what I have eaten each day all you will have to do is click the public link.
http://fitday.com/fitness/PublicJournals.html?Owner=agoldennixon





TUESDAY MAR. 3, 2009

Breakfast 1 pk instant oatmeal 120 c/ moringstar farms soy sausage patty 80c
hot tea with 1/2 splenda 1/2 sugar 20c
10 whole almond smoked 80c
mid-day meal small salad with red beans low fat cheese light dressing calories 200c
diet soda
Lunch Lean Cuisine nothing over 180c water
snack fruit 50c /rice cakes 8-10 mini 45c
Dinner 93 % lean hamburger 1/4 lb 170c/sandwich thin 100c/alexa fries baked 120c
lettuce & tomato/low fat cheese 30c

After work out recovery protein shake w/fat free milk 152 calories 25 protein
total 1545c


Wednesday Mar. 4, 2009
Breakfast 1 pk instant oatmeal 120 c/ s soy sausage patty 80c hot
tea with 1/2 splenda 1/2 sugar 20c
Lunch Fat Free Bumblebee tuna salad 80c sandwich thin 100c/lettuce & tomato
baked chips 110c/Walmart water
Snack protein bar 200c
Dinner 3oz baked salmon, chicken flavored rice with chicken and carrots 1/2 cup 220c
small green salad w salad dressing 2 TSP 30c
100 calorie pk/chocolate graham cracker low fat 1 sheet 45c
total 1295 (note; I didn't work out today)

Thursday Mar 5, 2009
Breakfast 1 pk instant oatmeal 120 c/ s soy sausage patty 80c hot
tea with 1/2 splenda 1/2 sugar 20c/ Fat Free French Vanilla Coffee 16oz 110c
Lunch Sand thin 100c/ 2oz peppered turkey 60c/ Italian Dressing 1 tbsp 45c
Snack rice cakes 8-10 mini 45c
Dinner Chicken BLT salad from Wendy's no dressing w/ spicy chicken breast 530c
Snack chocolate graham cracker low fat 1 sheet 45c
After work out recovery protein shake w/fat free milk 152 calories 25 protein
total 1343

Friday March 6, 2009
Friday is the same for breakfast 230c. Fiberone bar120c for snack. I had a small salad with red beans and lite Italian dressing 250c. (600c so far today). Hubby and I are going out tonight so I will be eating and drinking most of my calories then. I will have a another snack before I leave work 10 almonds 80c so about 750c to go. 1500 is my goal today I have Kenpo.

Have a great weekend and eat well.

Week 2
Monday Mar. 9, 09
Breakfast 1 pk instant oatmeal 160 c/ s soy sausage patty 80c hot tea with 1/2 splenda 1/2 sugar 20c/
Snack 9 mini rice cakes 63c/ lite laughing cow cheese 35c/ 1oz deli turkey 30c
Lunch Salad w/1.5 tbsp Lite Bacon Bit 53c/ Fat Free Feta 1oz 35c/ Lit Italian dressing 2tbsp 35c Lean Cuisine 260c/ cookies100c pack 100c
Snack protein bar 250c
Dinner 1 cup of rice 212c/ 2 medium shrimp 14c (the seasoning on the shrimp was to salty so I only ate 2)/ 10 rice cakes 100c / 1 twizzler 25c
After work out 1/2 scoop Protein shake 75c/ fat free milk shake 90c
total 1637 (Wow 137 over I will have to burn 137 extra)

Tuesday Mar 10, 09
Breakfast 1 pk instant oatmeal 160 c/ s soy sausage patty 80c hot tea with 1/2 splenda 1/2 sugar 10c/ 250c
Snack 5 water crackers 70c/ lite laughing cow cheese 35c/ 10 turkey peperoni 40c 140c
Lunch Sand. thin 100c/ 2oz Deli Ham 60c/ No calorie Caesar dressing tbsp /lettuce/ cheese balls 100c pack 100c/ 10 whole almond smoked 80c 340c
snack fiber one bar 140 /2oz beef jerky 140 280c
Dinner Salad with French Onion soup 1cup 90c /2 water crackers 28c/ fat free American cheese 30c/sauteed mushrooms/ salad no dressing/ cookies 100 c/248
After work out protein bar 190c
total 1448





Wednesday Mar 11, 09
Breakfast 1 pk instant oatmeal 160 c/ s soy sausage patty 80c hot tea with 1/2 splenda 1/2 sugar 10c/ 250c
Snack Protein bar 190c
Lunch Sand. thin 100c/ Tuna salad 80c/ lettuce/tomato/ 100 c pack cookies 100c /280c
Snack whole almond smoked 80c
Dinner Tomato soup 2 cups 240c /Bread Stix 80c/ laughing cow 35c/395c
After work out protein bar 190c
total 1305



Saturday Mar. 14, 09


Dinner Did you know that a Sour Apple Martini is 140c? (I had 2 with my steamed shrimp and crab leg salad).



Week 3
Sunday March 15, 2009
Breakfast South Beach phase 2 Protein Bar (pr 19g) 210c/ Fat free French Vanilla med 150c/ 360c
mid-day meal small salad/ 2 oz turkey 60c/ lite dressing 35c/ 95c
Lunch 1/2 Subways 6" sweet onion teriyaki 225 /1/2 Bag Lite Chip 35c /260c
Dinner South Beach bar 210c/210c
After work out protein shake 160c/ 160c
Total 1085

Monday March 16, 2009
Breakfast 1 pk instant oatmeal 160 c/ s soy sausage patty 80c hot tea with 1/2 splenda 1/2 sugar 20c/ 5 whole almonds smoked/ 40c /300c
mid-day meal South beach bar (10g prt)140c /140C
snack South beach bar 140c (10gr prt) /100CAL PAC popcorn 100c /240c
Dinner buffalo chicken breast w salad 210c/ 1oz fat free feta 35c/ no calorie dressing/ 245c
snack 100CAL PAC cookies 100c/ water crackers 70c/ turkey 1/2 oz 20c/ laughing cow 35c/205c
After work out South Beach crispy bar (19g prt) 210c/210c
TOTAL 1300


Starting March 19, 2009

So I decided to use the FitDay.com food journal so any time you want to see what i ate each day all you will have to do is click the public link http://fitday.com/fitness/PublicJournals.html?Owner=agoldennixon

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P-90X LEAN WEEK 1 -4 Phase 1

SUNDAY-SATURDAY MAR. 1-7
My Goal is to get down to 200 by Mar. 31, 2009. That is when we leave for our Family vacation to Dominican Republic.

Week 1
My work out attitude: My attitude was really good until Friday after my Kenpo work out. I was really tired and irritable. I was going out to dinner with my hubby and I tried to save some calories for dinner. This was mistake. Not only was I irritable but my work out suffered. I usually work after dinner so that could have been the problem.
Food issues: I didn't have any food issues this week.
Weight: 218-212.0 (I had to check the scale twice).
Note: WEDNESDAY - WE DIDN'T WORK OUT. WE HAD YOGA but my hubby hates the yoga and he didn't wake me up for the work out. Bad hubby. So I will try and make it up on Saturday.
Weekly Wrap Up: So all and all this has been a great week. My hubby picked up our daughter so I could come home after work and workout on Friday. (You have to love the support system). So I will try to keep eating every2-3 hours to keep my energy up. But I'm so happy to say I'm down 6lbs this morning. I haven't been hungry not once. So despite the fact that we/ I missed Yoga, I'm please with this week results.

Week 2
My work out attitude: My attitudes has been really good this week.I over did it just a little on Thursday so I took Friday off and did Kenpo on Saturday.
Food issue : So I got carried away with the eating on Monday So I'm trying to dial it back
Weight: 212- 205.8
Weekly Wrap Up: Okay so I was so very please with my results this week. I dropped 1 pant size and 2 skirt sizes. I have dropped 13lbs since staring P-90x and 23 since Feb 1. for 6 weeks of work I think that is pretty good. That is about 3.8 lbs a week. I feel really good. I gave up cheese, fast food & TV (thank GOD for TiVo) and I have shed 23 lbs. in 6 short weeks. Next week I'm going to try to keep Bringing it.
Notes: I'm thinking about getting a tattoo that says "P-90x for Life". LOL
By the way my favorite exercise is the Superman /Banana. Least favorite that DAMN AB Ripper X.

Here is to another another great week!!!

Week 3
3.15.09 Sunday Note: I had a really busy day on Sunday and I did not eat enough calories. I felt it while I was doing my Core work out. I was little lite headed so I paused and took a two min. break. But I finished up strong. I have to remember to eat enough even when I'm busy.
3.16.09 Monday Note: To day was the hardest day to stay focused and motivated. I did not feel well at all today. (Headache, cramps and tired). I really didn't want to be bothered with Tony and his P90 madness and not to mention my kids thing one and two were even more annoying than usual. All I wanted to do was go to bed. I really considered skipping dinner and cardio x and just hitting the bed. But the planets aligned and the work out god's shined down from that big Gold's gym in the sky and behold. The kid's ate dinner and took their baths with out fight. Thing one read a book to thing two and lights out. All were asleep by 8:45. And then My Hubby ( AKA p90 boy, master of the universe), opted to do Cardio with me instead of his scheduled PLYO. So we did it. I Brung it and now I'm going to bed.
Yes work out delirium has set in and I REALLY HATE TONY RIGHT NOW.
3.17.09 Tuesday Note: Okay so for the last two days I've been having a hard time making my minimum caloric intake. I just haven't been hungry. Yesterday it was hard but today it is even worse. It is about a quarter til 2 and I have only had 520c. I need almost 700 calories just to make the minimum 1200 today. I'll let you know how it goes. Oh yeah I'm not tired or crashing today. I think yesterday it was the cramps and headache. So I'm not sure what is happening but I'll let you know how it works out. I also may skip weigh in this week. I was told because it is that time of the month I will weigh more and probably be very disappointed at weigh in. So I may just skip it and save myself some grief.
My work out attitude: My work out attitude was pretty good this week. I didn't have a day where I thought about quiting
Food issue : I didn't have any food issues this week. I did have 2 pcs of fried fish on Friday and corn bread. But I didn't go over my calories for that day.
Weight: Skipped because of my period.
Weekly Wrap Up: This week was pretty good. The beginning of the week was ruff but I have to say that after I worked out i felt much better except after yoga I still felt bad.
So next week in my recover week.
Wow! I'm one week from my 30th day.

Week 4
My work out attitude:
Food issue:
Weight:Weekly Wrap Up:

I'm so PUMPED!!!!

So today I took a trip to The GAP. SO DRUM ROLL PLEASE...........

I have dropped 2 sizes. I went from an 18/20 to a 14 /16.

I purchased a 14 skirt and 2 pair of 16 capris.

Yeah me!!!!! The Skinny girl in me is doing back flips>>>>>.

I will complete my 30 days /phase 1 on Mar. 27, 09 I can't wait to weigh in and take my pics.

Why I decided to do P90X lean

This is my hubby day 1-30-60-120.

I know. :)
WOW!!!
The hard work can pay off. He is my motivation to keep it moving and BRING IT!!!









He didn't like the 90 days so he wouldn't let me post those. He didn't follow the nutrition program either. But he did go heavy on the protein and cut back on carbs.













Hopefully I will be as proud of my before and afters.

Pre - P90x Lean pre-work out

PRE P-90x.
Weight: 228-223
I started running 3-4 days a week for 30 mins. (4.5-5.0 mph). So I did that for about a 3-4 wks.

I started on on my husbands recovery week. Note: he is on day 130 something. His recovery week is all cardio and Kenpo. So That is were I started. I have to say the schedule is grueling and my attitude did suffer. I'm not a happy go lucky person but boy was I mad the first few days. I was trying to stick to a low calorie diet. That was my problem, so I made the adjustment in calories and the latter part of the week I was much better. Oh yeah by the way I'm not following the nutrition program set forth in the book. I'm trying to keep calories between 1200 and 1500. So far so I did cheat before my work out on Friday. I had a slice of pizza and a salad. Monday's weigh in accounted for that slice. So here are the three things I will try and cover every week. Attitude, Food issues, Weight loss/ gain. By the way My husband and I work out together on the days we have the same work out scheduled and this is after. Thing 1 and 2 are asleep. Between 9:30-11:00pm


Pre-P90x lean
My work out attitude: Pre- P90x work out beginning of the week was not good. Was not eating enough. I adjusted my calories and the latter part of the week was much better.

Food Issue: I had 1 slice of Pizza ( bad, bad, bad) but it was just so damn good.

Weight: 223-220
Note:I normally weigh in on Saturdays (usually day off) But in light of the pizza incident I weighed myself on Wednesday 220-218


Start Date Sunday March 1, 2009

P90x

I'm starting the P-90x work out. So check back and watch my progress.