Day 119 (start of week 18) - P.A.P. Lower

Today starts the second week of Phase 3.  The workout tonight seemed pretty good and I had less pain over the weekend, so it seems my body is adjusting to the new moves.  Today it was back to eating right:

• Breakfast - Protein bar
• Lunch - Caribbean Salad and half of bread from Cosi
• Dinner - Garden salad wrap with some left over beef in it
• Snacks  - Protein shake, pretzels, strawberry bar, wheat thins, carrots

Total calories = 1600

Day 118 - Rest Day

It's another Sunday and I'm not nearly as sore this time after doing the workout yesterday, so that's good.  I took my Dad to lunch after church and had eggs, scrapple, home fries (half of them) and a piece of toast.  Tonight Eli's family came over for dinner and we had roast beef, roasted potatoes and corn.  Eli's Mom brought a chocolate cake, so I had a piece (so yummy).  That put me at 2000 calories for the day, so I need to get back into my normal eating routine tomorrow.

Day 117 - P.A.P. Upper

Second day of doing this routine and I stepped it up a bit.  The Superman with weight is brutal and so is plyo on the medicine ball (having to hold the position for 60 seconds).  Clapping pushups are a breeze and the pullups weren't too bad.  I also played some basketball this morning, but only played for a little while so that I could get home and help in the garden.  Priorities.  By Tuesday I'll be at day 120, so hoping that I look a bit different compared to day 90, but not so sure there is a huge amount of change.  We'll see.

Day 116 - P.A.P. Lower

Well, I hit this a bit harder this time and I'm pretty sure I'm going to feel the results.  I was once again sweating my butt off (literally).  I sure am glad I only do this routine twice a week because I couldn't handle it much more.  For dinner Kristi and I went to Ruby Tuesday's and I had the grilled fish and zucchini and a salad.  It was okay, but seemed to have been grilled in butter or something, so I question the healthiness of it.

Day 115 - Rest Day???

Well, I'm once again having trouble understanding the concept of a rest day.  Since phase 3 doesn't include Ab Ripper I decided to do a round of Ab Ripper.  I also did some chin-ups and work with the dumbbells to keep the arms loose.  I feel really good and am looking forward to another round of the P.A.P. Lower and Upper to finish out the week.  My traps have really been sore from P.A.P. Upper the other night.  Doing the Superman move with the 5 lb bar is definitely the cause.  Can't wait to do it again :-)

Day 114 - X2 Yoga

The picture to the left is called the Crane.  I've gotten to the point where I can hold this almost as long as I want. 

I was grateful for the Yoga tonight.  It really helped to work out all of the stiffness resulting the the workouts from the last two nights.  I can tell that I'm getting better at some of the yoga moves.  I'm able to hold most of the positions for the required time without having to modify at all, so I'm really getting a lot out of the positions because I'm able to focus on each position to make sure I'm doing it right.

Day 113 - P.A.P. Upper

Wow, that was a workout today.  I sweated a lot from moves that didn't require an moving at all.  There was a move doing plank with my feet on top of a medicine ball and having to hold that for a minute.  Wow, that was good.  I definitely am seeing a bit of new definition in the abs, so I just need to keep up the work and hope that phase 3 provides as much benefit as I saw from phase 2.