Tuesday, May 3, 2011

P90X, Day 15: Plyometrics

Rest Day was Day 14, but since I didn't work out Wed-Fri I worked out today. My schedule is all off and I threw it even more off because I did Plyo today instead of Chest & Back + Abs. I decided to wait for my weights to come (today!) so I can do the weights training with weights and not bands. I am SO EXCITED to receive them. Speaking of which, I found a body tape measure on Amazon for like $5 + free shipping!! It's a little contraption kind of like a normal tape measure where you can pull out the (flexible) tape measure but this one allows you to insert the beginning of the tape into the contraption so it creates a loop. I'm going to measure EVERYTHING: biceps, thighs, waist, Armando's head...

I really pushed myself through Plyo today. I just kept thinking that summer is coming and I need to look good! I was pooped by the last 25 minutes which is... halfway through. I actually did some of the jump-touch-your-knees and some of the rockstar jumps which are SUPER hard. I almost tripped over myself doing the circle runs. You need space for the monster truck tires and the last thing which was the football thing.

I'm drinking this sample pack of creatine. I don't know what it is or what it does. Something about building muscle and it doesn't come from animals. Tastes fruity. I like it. I wonder if it really does help build muscle.

This weekend I had 2 birthday celebrations so I kind of fell off the healthy-eating wagon. Well, Saturday with the french toast + french fries, I was fine with; I think I also forgot to mention half a slice of ice cream cake. Sunday I ate 2 bananas w/ pb, some crackers w/ pb, 30g protein shake and then we went to the Stinking Rose where I ate two of the bread rolls ( :( ) and some roasted vegetables. And a lot of Armando's fries. Well, after I ate two fries that were fishy (they were part of his fish and chips) I stopped. Ew. Oh and there was taro cake too. Yesterday I had 30g protein shake, 2 bananas w/ pb (...when I get addicted to something, it's ALL I want to eat), like 2-3 potatoes' worth of sweet potato fries, some nuts, the rest of the vegetables I didn't eat from the Stinking Rose.

My skin is doing better but not as better as I had hoped. Hoping for it to clear up after this week.