Day 79: An understanding

This morning I felt rushed, as if I didn't have enough time to prep my food for the day, get my workout in and then get to work on time.  The workout was just there for me today, I just went on auto-pilot to get through the majority.  I did run out of time and I will need to finish the sit-up series sometime throughout the day - most likely tonight after practice.

I've also had a late start to my eating for the day, not a big deal but now I'm set to have lunch around 3:30 or 4.  Ugh, it's just one of those days.

I had a chat with Patrick yesterday about me not being exactly happy with where my body is physically at.  It was definitely helpful as he made some valid points to help me understand how my body's blueprint works.  Anyhoo, the PCP is a jump start to get my body onto a new blueprint.  I am confident that with continuing to use the habits learned, I will reach my fitness goals within the year and be able to maintain.  So my body and mind have reached an understanding.  It's nice to have peace between the two.

Day 78: Spent!

Today's workout was no joke.  From start to finish, it was tough.

i.am.exhausted.

Going to try my best to hit the grammage today for food!

Day 77: Back to Reality

Traveling specifically for Thanksgiving was definitely tough to have perfect PCP dayzz. I managed to get in all workouts, but where I struggled was with the diet. I had my final indulgence early because it was Thanksgiving. I did notice some things that differed from previous Thanksgivings.

PCP influenced Thanksgiving

• I only ate 2 home-baked rolls, while my normal amount is 7
• I loaded up on the steamed green beans - they took over 1/2 of my plate!
• I portioned out the turkey I ate, avoiding the skin
• The sweet potato casserole was too sweet for me!  I felt they ruined the poor vegetable with all that brown sugar and butter.
• I did eat the stuffing, cause it was still sooooo goood.
• No gravy or mashed potatoes for me
• A very small spoonful of cranberries was all I needed to make that lovely Thanksgiving smorgasbord bite
• Still had to have a slice of my momma's raspberry pie.  Still soo good.
• I went for an hour long walk after all the eating, when normally I would sit in front of the TV and as I dozed into an uncomfortable food coma.

So although I made some good choices, I also made some indulgences, so I felt I needed to count Thanksgiving as an indulgence.

What I found hard was being out of my kitchen and controlled environment while on holiday.  I found ways to make it work and followed the exercise 100% but I never got the diet 100% right.  There were many reasons for it, but I think the top two reasons for me was environment and not wanting people to watch me prep food.

Well now I'm back home and spent last night preparing my food and getting back on track, so here's to finishing the PCP strong!

Day 69: On holiday

I'm visiting my family for the Thanksgiving holiday. It feels good to be home. So far the workouts have gone well. Yesterday I ran with the family dog and her pulled me most of the way! The food has been a bit tough, but today I will try to have a better PCP day.

Day 65: Interruptions!

Ugh!  Seemed like the gym is getting a lot busier lately and more people are flocking.  This morning I was interrupted twice in plank position.  I mean who does that?  Who accidentally just walks right into a person doing a plank...oh I'll tell you who, someone engaged in their hi-tech phone and nothing else, that's who!!  WTF~!

To say the least, going to failure on the last set, makes the next exercise even more exhausting.

Day 64: New Diet, New mind

Yayyyyy!!  20g more carb in the morning and 20g more carbs at lunch.  This is going to be a good food week.  Oh how I missed feeling full and satisfied for what seemed to be many, many weeks.

Plus, I have my first after work-out snack.  Yaaaayyyy!!!

Other than that, davincis were killer and legs well, lunges, pistol squats and jump that was a beautiful feeling.  I think something is wrong with me.

I <3 PCP today.

Day 63: A good day

Hello everyone!

While this week of workouts was very draining at the gym, I did the exercises and kept reminding myself of why I was doing this.  So it was rewarding to just be able to go for a run today and although it was cold and wet outside, it felt like one of my better runs.

I'm really enjoying the improved stretching I'm experiencing after every workout.  I am able to go deeper into my stretches than I ever have.

...a moment of weakness :-(

I did have a fail yesterday though in the diet... and I caved and had a Hershey's chocolate bar.  I know it wasn't what I should have chosen, I had other alternatives - fresh fruit, even more whole grains would have been better for me, but in a moment of weakness, I chose poorly.  I'd like to say it made me feel sick, but it actually made me feel better, settled my stomach and I gained the motivation to do my daily workout.  I did extra cardio just because I felt bad about my choice.  But all in all, had a pretty good workout, just feeling a bit weaker on the pull-ups than earlier in the week.

Please stay strong Team Cookie Monster!  Don't let my slip-up influence you to do the same.  Because I'm back from my moment of weakness, ready to attack the PCP again.  Looking forward to the new diets and a fresh start for this last phase of PCP.