Days 42 & 43

I am officially HALFWAY through my p90x journey!!! 6 weeks down, 6 weeks to go!! :D It feels good to say that! Not gonna lie, the workouts and diet are really starting to wear on me. My body is tired and I miss some of my favorite foods from before... it's tough!! I knew it wouldn't be easy, though. I still think it has been and will be worth it. Lately I've been thinking about how far I've come and how far I still want to go. I can notice a big improvement in my upper body strength. Although I still have a very weak upper body, I've made some advances. I can see more muscles mass in my shoulders/biceps/triceps. That is encouraging. But, at the same time, I want to see my definition/fat reduction in my abs and legs. I'm telling myself that I just have to keep working as hard if not harder than I have for the first half and it will come... I hope I'm right ;]

I seriously did nottt feel like working out tonight! I had just driven two hours, hadn't eaten much all day and Jake was passing on the workout tonight due to homework (boo). All these things made my desire to skip tonight very pressuring. But if I only worked out when I felt like it wouldn't be a very frequent occurrence. Gotta bring it when I want to AND when I don't want to. Sometimes, just for the heck of it, I challenge myself to bring it even harder on the days when I'm especially not feeling the workout. Tonight was one of those nights. Chest, shoulders and triceps gets me every time. It's so intense. While I was struggling through the moves I found myself wondering how well my two brothers (both p90x grads who are on their second round of the program) bust out this workout. They're both so friggin' strong and intense. My older brother is the most disciplined, driven and hardcore fitness person I have ever met. But seriously. Tonight, as I stumbled through the workout, I thought about the intensity my brothers bring to their workouts and tried to imagine working out with them and attempting to keep pace. I did alright. I definitely couldn't keep up with them and I can't keep up with Jake when he does this workout with me either. I pushed myself and tried hard. I was pretty happy to accomplish 10 clap pushups, even if they were on my knees. And I did all but four of the two twitch pushups (hate those things)! My arms are dead now. I'll be feeling this tomorrow.

Quick bragging right- Jacob did an awesome job with his PT test this weekend! He actually got the best score he's had since getting stationed with his current unit. He busted out his run with a huge time improvement (we're both crediting that to plyo- he's been such a beast with that workout and it definitely showed during his run) and he racked up an impressive number of sit ups and push ups. I'm so proud of my man!! :D He has been doing an awesome job with p90x. I know it's rough for him, especially the diet aspect, but he's stepped up and dedicated himself in a big way. So babe, if you read this, please know that I am super proud of you! I love having you as my workout buddy and partner in all things. You're the best.

Tomorrow is the X workout. Plyometrics. Lovely way to end my Mondays, haha. Even if I don't feel like working out again tomorrow, I'm gonna bring it!