Workout: Core Synergistics
Core Synergistics? That just makes me sound badass, doesn't it? I assure you, I'm not, though I am feeling a bit like one today.
So we started Day 1 of P90X today. I should have noted before that my days really do start at midnight, since I am a nightshifter, so I also eat my meals in reverse order, and 7AM really is my bedtime. So when I tell you that I completed my first workout in the program today at 7AM, it is basically the equivalent of a normal person working out at the gym on their way home from work.
I am just impressed that I did it. I expected to only get through 15 or 20 minutes of it to be honest. I used to swim 70 laps twice a day and John ran 5 miles twice a day, but neither of us have done those in quite some time. Add to that the fact that my muscles atrophied during a 6-month bedrest for pregnancy complications, and you get wiggly, jiggly Andi with absolutely no endurance whatsoever.
Imagine my shock when we made it through almost the entire workout. The only thing we really skipped over was the extra exercises at the end for the more advanced peeps, and he even tells you to skip them and go to the cooldown if you aren't there yet.
Go, Us! Of course I am sure it had to be hilarious for the outsider watching us, as evidenced by baby Zach laughing at us the entire time from his safe perch in his Pack'n'Play.
So then I went to sleep in preparation for another night shift tonight, and I woke up with a generalized soreness that seems to get worse after I am still and then try to move again after a bit of time has passed.
I also managed to stick to the diet part. I've been a good girl today. I did decide that eliminating coffee from my diet would likely kill me, and so I opted to allow myself my joe. That's about my only indugence right now. What else did I eat? Well, for my lunch at 2AM, I had a small salad with a low-fat, low-sodium ham and cheese in a whole grain tortilla. I drank lots of water all night. At 7AM, I had a cup of bran cereal, and apple, and a string cheese for some protein. For a snack (about 2PM), I had 1 oz. of roasted, unsalted cashews. For my breakfast at 5 PM, I had a half of a whole grain bagel, a banana, and another string cheese. Now, at about 8PM, I am about to have another snack of an orange and 1 oz. of cashews. So proud of me right now!
So the plan for tomorrow is workout with Cardio X. I am hoping, since we have had some unseasonably warm weather, to walk with my kiddos to the neighborhood park while I have a day off. We'll see how this goes.
