Day 38

My body feels like jello. Or overcooked noodles. Or a very heavy bag of sand. In other words, it is very sore and worn out. The combo of back/biceps & ab ripper x is totally brutal. Why? Because you destroy your upper body with the back/biceps component then tear up your entire core with the ab ripper. My quads even get sore from the beginning moves of the ab ripper! I was thoroughly SPENT by the time I finished it all tonight. Down for the count. Of course, that is partially because I didn't start working out until after 9pm, oops. Late night workout sessions always wear me out like no other... Seriously though, my body is certainly feeling the wear and tear of p90x! I collapsed on the floor for a couple minutes before even stretching out my core with some cobra. Owie. To be quite honest, I'm getting sick of ab ripper x. I know it's effective and I definitely can't get through the whole thing yet without a couple short breaks, but I'm sick of doing it. I get sick of workouts very easily, haha. But hey, as long as it's doing what I need it to do I'll tough it out and rip it up!

I realized that I never blogged my new portions that came along with phase two, so I guess I'll throw 'em out there now:

• 4 protein
• 2 dairy
• 1 fruit
• 2 veggie
• 1 fat
• 2 carbs (hallelujah!)
• 2 snacks (single & double)
• 1 condiment
• 1 recovery drink (this goes for every phase)

I am so happy to eat more carbs!! I still choose wisely but it's nice to know that I can have twice as many as I did in phase one. One less protein isn't too bad... And everything else is the same. Oh, minus one fat but I'm not super adamant about eating my fats anyways. I cook with a little extra virgin olive oil and call it good, haha. Overall, I think my body has adjusted to my new eating habits pretty well. I must admit that I miss sweets, though. I'd love to have some frozen yogurt! That was the best snack in phase one. But I loooove the soft pretzels and popcorn as snacks in phase two! :D Om nom nom. Oh, one other thing I miss/am craving- cranberry orange scones. I had a lightened up version of them that I would bake every one in a while and I'd really love to have one right now... Alas, I don't know how that would fit into the p90x diet. I did discover a recipe in the nutrition guide for some pear muffins that I'm going to try making soon. They sound yummy.

I'm dreading yoga tomorrow. Last week's early morning session left a very foul taste in my mouth which makes me not want to do yoga tomorrow... but it won't be an early morning workout so I think that will help. I'll bring it! I have no other choice, really. I've committed myself to this program and when I commit to something it's 100% or nothing. So I'll give it my all!