Day 11 Week2 - Yoga-X

Energy: Normal

Mood: Normal

Exercise:

Once again back to the Yoga-X.  Today I again could see improvements over the last week.  I could bend more and stand longer without shaking too much.  Some of the stuff still I couldn't do.. usually one of those that requires arm strength.  

After the training, I felt that I still have more energy to go run 3 miles.. but wait. it was late already so I decided to grab dinner instead.  Maybe I'll save the run for this Saturday my break day!

Nutrition:

Breakfast - Protein Shake

Snack - 32 Oz. non-fat Choco Milk

Lunch - Medium bowl beef Pho

Snack - 21g Protein bar

Dinner - Protein Drink 2 Tbls  

            - Home-made Turkey larbs

            - 1/2 cup non-fat Greek Yogurt

            - 1 cup of Non-fat chocolate milk and skim milk mixed 

Day 10 Week2 - Shoulders & Arms and Ab Ripper-X

Energy: Normal

Mood: Good

Exercise:

Definitely I could see improvements over the last week shoulders and arms.  I increased the dumbbells weight to 5 more pounds.. though it's not the weight that I wish it to be but I thought with at least 12-16 reps each I was doing pretty good.  

My Ab Ripper-X was a lot better than what I did in the previous week.  I think maybe because I just recovered from the cold too so my performance is getting better than when I had the cold.

Nutrition:

Breakfast - Protein Shake

Snack - 32 Oz. non-fat Choco Milk

Lunch - Barley Lemongrass Sandwich

Snack - 21g Protein bar

           - Turkey Jerky

Dinner - Protein Drink 2 Tbls  

            - Steak at Macaroni Grills with roasted mixed veggies (so delicious) 

Day 09 Week2 - Pyometrics

Exercise:

It was a cardio day..  I felt I got so much energy compare to the previous week.  Everytime when I do a lot of moves, I get blisters all over my feet.   I gotta start wearing something next time.

Nutrition:

Breakfast - Protein Shake

Snack - 1.00 cup of nonfat-choco milk.

Lunch - Thai Steak Salad with baby greens and lemongrass dressing 

Snack - 21g Protein bar

Dinner - Protein Drink 2 Tbls

            -  Thai Steak Salad with baby greens and lemongrass dressing

Day 08 Week2 - Chest & Back

Exercise:

Today I'm on the week 2 and do the same exercise all over again.
I could noticeably repeat more repetitions on the Push-Ups.  However all Pull-Ups I had a hard-time trying to do them due to the right arm Golfer Elbow.  Today I also started taking Ibuprofen to reduce the inflammation on my elbow.  :D  

Well I don't remember much because I'm writing this blog on Day 11 hehe..

Nutrition:

Breakfast - I had egg substituted omelet which tasted like craps.  next time I wanna eat the real egg white.

Snack - 1.00 cup of nonfat-choco milk.

Lunch - Left over Chicken Larb mixed with Turkey?

Snack - 21g Protein bar

Dinner - Protein Drink 2 Tbls

            -  Thai Steak Salad with baby greens and lemongrass dressing

Day 07 - Stretch-X

Wooww I left out my blog for so long.. Although the title is Day07 but really the day I'm writing this blog is Day 11 !!!!
Yeahh I at least completed 1 week and Day 7 was supposed to be my break or Stretch-X day.  I chose to do some stretches so I don't feel too old.

Stretch-X is an hour long session and covers the whole body stretch.  Of course I didn't really have a problem with this that much except my left hamstring which all massagers I've been to gotto mention about my super-tight hamstring.

I didn't feel I burned my Calories enough so I went to the gym right after and ran for 20 minutes.  Somehow my running stamina was not as good as before.. maybe because I'd not run for a week?

My break day is pretty mellow!! :D

Breakfast - Protein Shake

Morning Snacks -  1 Cup Strawberries

Lunch - a Large bowl of Beef Pho

Afternoon Snacks - 20 Gram Protein Bar and 2 Tbls Protein drinks

Dinner - What ta hex did I eat?

Day 06 - Kenpo X

Energy: Normal, 95% Recovering from cold

Mood: Normal

Exercise:

Oh yeahh it's Aloha Friday no work till Monday yahhooo.  Just think of that and it makes me energetic all of the sudden.  I'm still recovering from the bad nasty cold that caught a few days back and almost get rid of it all.  I only cough when I laugh hard.  Another bothersome injury that I still have is the golfer elbows.   Both right and left, but my right is getting very bad now.  I could hardly push or lift anything :(

Lucky today program didn't require much of the arm strengths like push and pull ups.  Kenpo-X babyy , the most fun thing for the week or maybe even among the whole P90X exercises.  This exercise is a cardio that combines punches and kicks from Kenpo martial arts.  I used to take Muay Thai and I think it was way harder than this.  Maybe this is not the real Kenpo since it's Kenpo-X  what ta hex.. anyway I could do pretty much the whole DVD 1 hr. without resting.  I paused and replayed sometimes to make sure that I got the moves correctly.  I sweated a lot probably more than running 5 miles non-stop.  I'm already looking forward to do the Kenpo-X again soon.

Nutrition:

Breakfast - Protein Shake

Snack - 1.25 cup of nonfat-choco milk.

Lunch - Korean Chicken BBQ and boiled Mandoo with little rice from Kimchee 7 in Aiea.  This was heavy and salty for me.  

Snack - 21g Protein bar

           - 1 Tiger Milk bar

Dinner - Protein Drink 1 Scoop

            - Chicken Larb and Somtum with Cabbage from Bangkok Chef

           - 1 cup of nonfat-milk.

Day 05 - Legs & Back, Ab Ripper X

Energy: Low, Recovering from cold

Mood: Normal

Exercise:

This morning I still some fever and I thought I couldn't make it today..  But right after 10 AM I felt so much better but stilla  little bit of runny nose and cough.  I worked from home today so it gave me a little flexibility for my workout schedule.  I actually went back to try Yoga-X for the first 40 minutes and this time I could do a lot better.  Hopefully I can do at least 2x a week to build my core and flexibility.  

Legs & Back were that bad after all.  Some of the stuff that I wanted to give up, I just paused the DVD and tried to do as many rep as I could.  The biggest challenge was  the pull-ups.  I think I developed some kind of Golfer's Elbows.  Very painful on both of my inner elbow when I tried to do a pull-up.  But this wont' stop me from continuing with the exercise.

The Ab Ripper was much easier today for me too.  Everything starts to get better!

Nutrition:

Breakfast - Protein Shake

Snack - Vanilla Yogurt (I should have gotten the low fat one)

Lunch - Turkey Wrap from INGDirect

Snack - 21g Protein bar

           - 1 String Cheese

           - 1 cup of fat free milk

Dinner - Protein Drink 2 Tbls  

            - Seared Salmon with black and brown rice + baked asparagus

           - Chicken tomato soup

           - 1 cup of nonfat-choco milk.

Day 04 Yoga X

Energy: Very Low
Mood: Very sick from catching a cold.. not a good mood low moral low energy..

Exercise:

Holy cow I was so sick and feverish.  But I wanted to be Mr. X-Man who can do Yoga-XXXX, so I still popped the DVD in..  Believe it or not, this was the hardest thing I've ever tried in my life.  I've gone through 2 teeth pulled-out and 2 smashing extraction for my wisdom teeth all at the same time.. still it didn't make me feel this desperate.  But all these hardships had a lot to do with I caught a cold as well (+ on top of sore butt from the previous days).  After the first 20 minute passed, I felt faint but I stopped and took a break before I collapse.  These Yaga poses are super hard core..  I thought I wasn't that bad when I tried in Hot Yoga or 24 Hour-Fitness classes..  but these Yoga-X stuff are real..  So overall I stopped and just watched the DVD passed by about 60%, and attempted to do it around 40%...  The session was 30 minutes longer than usual and came out to 1:30 Hrs.

Nutrition:

Breakfast - Protein Shake

Snack - 16 Oz. non-fat Choco Milk

Lunch - Mahi Mahi and Turkey Breast Salad.  The fish was again too salty.

Snack - 21g Protein bar

           - Instant Chinese Ginger Drink (to Sooth my throat)

           - 1 String Cheese

Dinner - Protein Drink 2 Tbls  

            - Seared Salmon with black and brown rice + boiled asparagus

Day03 - Shoulders & Arms, Ab Ripper X

Mood: OK

Energy: Low Energy I caught Cold!!!!

Exercise:

I took at a 5 minutes nap before I start my routine.  I didn't feel well the whole day because I caught cold from my dad I believe.  Just Bite the Bullet anyway, today was Shoulders & Arms.  Today it proves that the Bowflex dumbbells are so useful!!  It's a very good idea to change weight for exercise that you can lift more and lower it for those you can't really do it.  Most of my triceps are weak so I usually go right around 10lbs.  Biceps and shoulders I go around 15-17.5 lbs.   In the gym, I usually do 25, but I want to get leaner so I do lower weight but more reps.

My friend came over and helped push me through the session.  He also spotted and watched my form.  If you have a partner I think that's a +.

Today I could do more Ab Ripper!!  but still not too satisfy with my performance... but definitely by give me a few more weeks maybe I can do closer to the number that done on the DVD

Ohh yeah my butt still hurts from the yesterday exercise.  I love it.. especially sitting on my warm seat ToTo.

Nutrition:

Breakfast - Protein Shake

Snack - 8 Oz. non-fat Choco Milk

Lunch - Lemon Grass Tofu with Bunn Vietnamese noodle... kind of sweet :(

Snack - 21g Protein bar

Dinner - Protein Drink 1.5 Scoops  :

           - Wahoo's 1 Soft Taco Carne Aasada and 1 Blakend Au/Ono? enchiladas with black beans and rice

          -  1 string cheese

Note: Today I just got my Fat Monitor and Heart Rate Monitor.. starting tomorrow morning after I wake up I will regularly measure my body.

Day02

Day 02 Plyometrics


Mood: Good
Energy: Energetic

Exercise:
Yeahh!! My second is a cardio day..  there were lots of squatting and jumping in the Plyometrics exercise.  I am considered myself a regular runner and I run at least 16-23 miles a week..  and after finish 1 hour of this exercise, it put me feeling like a baby learning how to use my legs.  Dang I felt that my legs are weak.. however I thought I was doing very good with the pace they were going but I just couldn't do and intense as the DVD boys did.  But what ta hex, this is only my first day of Plyometrics!  The bottom line is I did it!

Oh and I totally didn't know that I was supposed to do a 16 minute Abs Ripper yesterday!!! so I tried it right after I drained most of my water to the Plyometrics.  Anyhow, Abs Ripper as the name implied it rips. totally rips.  The exercise has over 300 total abs moves, it could have been lucky enough if I actually did 100 of those moves.  But I totally believe that if I do them 3 times a week, I will have a 6pack in 3 months for sure.


Nutrition:
Breakfast - Protein Shake: I put way too much protein in my drink.. supposed to be 1.5 tblsp but I put 1.5 scoops which is around 6 tblsp

Snack - Tiger's Milk protein bar and 8 Oz. non-fat Choco Milk

Lunch - 6" Subway Turkey Breast Sandwich with only Mustard and Vinegar

Snack - 21 Cashew nuts

Dinner - Protein Drink 2 Scoops  :(  again it was supposed to be 2 Tblsp damnnn  I drank 8 tblsp!!!!!!   dude I think I can feed a baby with my breast tomorrow!
           - Mahihi with Baby greens
          -  Soft Tofu soup

Updated on Day03: After I got off from my bed this morning my butt sore!!  I felt so painful but felt very good at the same time.  Walking up stairs increase my soreness a 1000x!

Day01

So I decided to jump on the P90X 3 weeks ago, untill yesterday I got the DVD which was delayed on the way from the East Coast to Hawaii delivery. Today I went to pick up $399 BowFlex dumbbell and it works great so far.

Goal: Not to get bigger, but to get Leaner with nice muscle definitions
Concern: The diet part is too hard, now I have to count my calories intake and I can't eat sweets! No more eating out for me.

Prior to the real P90X workout, I actually went to the gym and ran at 9.5 Minutes/Mile pace for 30 minutes. Then went to pick up the dumbbells before get ready for the P90X. Oh forgot to mention that I totally didn't do any Fitness Test or follow the P90X nutrition guidelines for the breakfast and lunch. In the morning I had McDonald's Egg and Cheese Biscuit and lunch I had Thai omelets and stir fried Choi Sum with rice.

Now let's talk about my very first day experience, Day1 is Chest and Back. Mostly doing pull-ups and push-ups enough times that making my muscles firmer! I didn't expect much out of it since it's my first day!! But I knew I could have pushed myself harder which I didn't. Most of the time I stopped half way before each exercise period ended. Overall I sweated a lot but didn't feel the muscles sore at all which tells me that I didn't work hard enough.

Right away after the exercise, I wiped my computer desk!! which I should have instead drank the protein drink.. oh well.. Don't ask me why I went to clean my desk.. I guess I wanted to cool down by wiping off some dust off.

For the dinner, I had Lean Chicken with Baby Green salad. I am supposed to use Non-Oil based dressing but I couldn't find one and lazy to make one.. so I sparingly put some of the Gyotaku dressing on the salad.

That's it my first day of P90X!! I promise I will be more strict on my diet as well as work harder for the next day!!!!

Ok I just realized that I missed the Abs Ripper DVD!! So I will do it today the Day2!