Day 24

Half-way through recovery week! Today was kenpo <3. I looove it. My shoulders were burning tonight... I'm tellin' ya, my body is exhausted! I really brought it- threw hard punches, got my kicks up really high, push push push! I felt awesome. I worked out between my morning job and babysitting so it made for a very busy day but it was good. I really can't complain. As much as my body is begging for a break, I am thankful that I have the physical capability to workout like this. It's definitely not easy but I was thinking today that so many people would probably kill to be able to workout like this. I'm lucky to be healthy and able to use all my muscles and do an hour long cardio routine. I can breathe, I don't have to modify moves for an injured muscles... I can do it. I struggle and it hurts, but I am physically capable of working out this hard. I love it.

In some ways, it's hard to believe that I'll be done phase one in a few days! Not gonna lie, it went by pretty quickly. I know it'll only get harder from here but I'm getting used to the diet and setting aside an hour or so to workout everyday. I'm excited to start a new phase! Some days and workouts have seemed painfully long... I can feel every excruciating second inch by as I push my body harder and harder... Yet, I get through it. And here I am, almost 1/3 of the way through my journey! Obviously, I'm feeling pretty accomplished and happy tonight, haha. I think this will all be worth it in the end. Gotta take new pictures on Saturday to compare to my day 1 pics. I'm not going to post any pictures until I'm completely done with p90x, though. I'm not losing weight or seeing too much difference, but I am noticing that clothes are fitting differently and I feel healthier, tighter. I can't wait to see how I look at the end of this! I better see some good changes, haha. I think phase three is going to be ridiculously tough. The time fram (December-January) is rough and I'll be working a lot which means less free time for planning/cooking around the diet and way more temptation to skip a workout... but I'm determined to make it! I'm doing my best.

Tomorrow is x stretch. Fabulous. I've been told that this "workout" is glorious. Not gonna lie, I'm basically thrilled to spend a workout focusing solely on stretching out my overworked muscles. Yes please. Even though it's a low-kay workout, I'll bring it ;]