Back in the Game!

It's been a long time since I've blogged. I've finished P90X, done a bunch of Turbo Jam workouts and am now on my second day of TurboFire. You may not know what those are. P90X is 12 intense workout DVDs that use muscle confusion so the person exercising never plateaus with their weight loss/muscle gain. Turbo Jam is about 6 cardio and strength training workouts that are based on the Turbo Kick class - kind of dancey, punches, kicking..lots of fun. TurboFire? To use their words it is "Intense Cardio Conditioning." The TurboFire HIIT (high intensity interval training) workouts are short, but powerful! You continue burning calories even after the workout is over! Hells yeah! The good thing is those workouts are not done two days in a row. Chalene (the trainer) knows what she is doing and knows the body needs a day to rest - sure you still workout, and it is still hard, but not fall over dead hard like the HIIT workouts are.

I've also still been working on coaching people - helping other people to keep accountable to their Beachbody workouts (the company that makes P90X, Turbo Jam, etc.) and cheering them on along the way and getting other people to join me in my coaching quest. Not an easy thing to do since people are afraid that I'm trying to trick them into something they a) can't back out of and b) will end up losing a ton of time on money on it. The thing is, that can't happen! When somebody buys a workout program I recommend, they can return it within 30 days for a full refund. When somebody decides to become a coach, it doesn't cost that much and whoever it is can back out so easily. Coaching doesn't take that much time either. Okay, I'm probably boring the heck out of you.

Here's my short term goal: I will lose 10 lbs this month. Just you wait and see - it'll happen. I've lost 21 so far. I've also kept to another one of my goals - or I will soon enough. I have stayed with this company for an entire year. I think I've found my workout! I love TurboFire.

Right now though, I'm watching Castle and trying to figure out SocialOomph. Wish me luck on the latter!

Katie.

P90X Phase 3

I wish I could say that I have kept up with the exercising. I haven't. I stopped working out for a while, and then tried working out with Turbo Jam. I really like Turbo Jam, but several of the other coaches made the comment that I should finish P90X and THEN move on to Turbo Jam. They said I must finish what I started. So, I am finishing out the final phase of P90X. However, I think that I will do another round when I am finished so that I can get better results. I am not happy with how I look yet. Don't get me wrong, I am liking what has occurred so far, but I want to look better.

That's all for now.

Katie.

Day 37 and counting...

I tend to workout at night now, after my boyfriend has gone home to go to sleep and things have settled down a bit at my house. I have skipped about 4 or 5 days, admittedly, only one of those days was because I wasn't feeling well. The others were just pure laziness. I have found support on Facebook with an awesome group of guys and gals. If you are reading this and struggling with your P90X workout, go to that page on FB - P90X Support Group. They're awesome. My other help comes from looking at pictures of people doing Beachbody workouts on Facebook. I mean, their results are keeping me coming back to the DVD player day after day to push play and BRING IT! The fact that my clothes are fitting looser and I am fitting in my old clothes that had gotten too small are also big helps. Staying away from food....Ah food. I love you so, but you are just so bad for me!!! I wish that I could say that I've been following the Nutrition Plan to a tee, but I haven't. I have cheated waaaaay too much. But, all I can do is take it one day at a time, and see my body as a machine that needs fuel. Keep feeding the machine the preferred octane and stop trying to feed it that awful junk!

That's all for now.