This is my new wake up time. Hubby decided a few weeks back he’d start doing p90x– he did a week of it and I don’t know WHAT got into me, but I decided that not only would I do it with him, I told him I’d do all the meal prep and planning if he’d do the official p90x “diet” (okay, “nutrition plan”). Whatever. It’s a diet.
4:30 is a really hard time to wake up, especially when you’re used to getting up at 6. I am a solid 9 hours of sleep kind of girl, so I honestly thought I’d DIE if I tried it. I managed to wake up and get my body out of bed. Again… I have NO IDEA how. I have blown off about 50% of my early morning workouts without even giving it a second thought, just because I “couldn’t” get up. I seriously thought I didn’t possess the strength to uncover my body and put my legs on the floor. Anyway, I survived 5 whole days of both the hour and a half workouts from 4:30-6am, AND the ‘diet.’
I am exhausted to say the least. I fell back asleep this morning on the family room couch at 6 and woke up after 7 when my sons woke me up. But, I have this sense of pride and accomplishment.
Half the battle is the food. We’re doing 5 servings of protein a day, with only 1 carb… and some other stuff like fruit, veggies, 1 dairy, etc. We aren’t really cutting calories– just eating lean and healthy. We are in the “fat burning” phase of the plan, and if we feel like we’ve either gotten to our goal body fat level or start ‘bonking’ during our workouts, we’ll go to phase 2– which basically increases the carbs.
So, we’ve got 5 work outs during the week, I’ll swim and bike this weekend, and once I get my little ortho inserts for my running shoes I’ll start training for the run. I’m fairly sure it’ll be mostly walking, but that’s ok with me (and Amy).
The outdoor pool opens tomorrow!!! I can’t wait to take the kids!!
