A Fit Girl’s Journey thru P90X – Week 1

Monday, Jan 3, 2011. Start of my first week of P90X.  I’m SO excited and anxious to get started!  I’m already pretty fit from Chalean Extreme and I did 30 days of Insanity and have been doing TurboFire for the last 6 months.  I’m ready!

My accountability partner is on his 3rd round so we’ve decided to do doubles.  I’m following the Fat Shredder plan from the P90X nutrition guide and it only allows for 1 carb a day for the first 30 days.  I started last week so I’d be ahead of the game – and made it through!  I thought there would be no way possible I can survive off of 1 carb a day, but it’s not so bad.  The xtra protein,  healthy fats and veggies are keeping me full.  😉

Day 1:  TurboFire 30  (a.m.) and Chest & Back +Ab Ripper X (p.m.). Wow, this was HARD! I can lift 25 lbs with shoulder press and up to 20 lbs on a bicep curl, but lifting my own body weight is a whole other story!  I’m doing chin ups with the chair for assistance – for now.   I’m pretty good with doing push ups on my toes so no problem there, but there are TONS of them in this workout!  It’s all push and pull the whole way through.

I go hard on the weight and reps throughout round 1.  Then I hear Tony say “now we have to do it all over again!”  Oh no!  I didn’t listen to Tony when he said “pace yourself”.  And then he says “most workouts would be over by now, but not ours!”  My response:  frustrated eye roll!  I dig in and push myself and make it through til the end.  I’m drained and it dawns on me I still have to do Ab Ripper!  Note to self: do Ab Ripper first!  I take a 10 minute break and decide to get Ab Ripper out of the way so I can shower and be done!  Where’s my coffee and the TV remote??

Day 2: Plyo – felt like a brisk walk in the park after CE, 30 days of Insanity and 6 mos of TurboFire. 🙂  My chest, arms and back are completely sore from Day 1.  I’m feeling exhausted and hungry all the time.  I decided I can’t do doubles this week.  Not a good idea.  I want more carbs, but I’m eating xtra protein anytime I get hungry.  Pray for me!

Day 3: – Shoulders & Arms + Ab Ripper: I’m looking forward to this one.  I love working shoulders and arms. I take my advice and do Ab Ripper first (smart girl!).  I lift heavy and make notes on the workout sheet where I think I need to go heavier next time. Day 3 not so bad. ;-).  I’m taking Tony’s advice and having a Results & Recovery formula after the weight training workouts.  I need it!

Day 4: Yoga. I’ve never liked Yoga, but my chest, back, shoulders and arms are so sore from day 1 and 3, I NEED this!  I literally feel the tension and soreness leaving my muscles after each pose.  My muscles are thanking me.  Can’t believe it but I make it through the whole 90 minutes.  Glad I did.  I feel SO much better!

Day 5: Legs & Back + Ab Ripper – I’m looking forward to this one too (except the chin-ups).  Next to shoulders, legs are my fave body part to work.  I’m digging deep on all the reps and am really pushing it!  Halfway through, my legs are like jello. I pause the DVD and text my accountability partner “P90X is too hard.  I don’t think I like it!”  He replies  “It’s supposed to be hard!  That’s how you get results!!”.  I head back to The Lab and finish.  My legs and glutes are so SORE! Glad I did Ab Ripper first!

Day 6: Kenpo X: Thank you Lord that this workout is not intense and its punches and kicks.  I’m enjoying this workout, grateful for the break from intensity and I’m getting some blood flowing through my SORE muscles.

Day 7: REST DAY – YEAH!!!!  I’d planned on doing Stretch X to get in some extra stretching, but I don’t wanna see Tony Horton’s face today! No thank you!!  Complete rest and getting my mind right for Chest & Back tomorrow.  🙁

My thoughts after Week 1: What have I gotten myself into?  Why did I tell all those people on Facebook I was doing P90X?  I’m a Beachbody Coach.  What would it look like if I quit now?  I can’t quit!  12 more weeks of this?  Lord help me.  All I know is my abs better look like the P90X picture when this is over!  My eating has been on point – for the most part -except for a BBQ Chicken pizza at California Pizza Kitchen on Saturday (I ordered  it on thin whole wheat crust for damage control) and the white cheddar popcorn and pretzel M&M’s (my weakness!) I had on Tuesday :-).   To be continued in Week 2…