Day 180 - X2 Base & Back + X2 Ab Ripper

Today marks the final day of 6 months doing this program.  What a busy day.  I started the day doing a makeup session of yoga in the AM (see day 179) and then had a golf lesson for close to an hour and then did this routine and finished up the day hitting some golf balls.  I'm beat. 

Hmm, looking at this picture I think I need some sun.

Day 179 - X2 Yoga

I had to play catch-up and do this Sat. A.M. because Kristi lured me out to see Snow White and the Huntsman last night.  So, I got up at 6:00 today and did yoga.  I was a bit tired and stiff from the golf yesterday, but quickly got loosened up.  I went over my calories yesterday because of the golf outing so I'll need to see if I can keep things more under control today and make up some ground.

Day 178 - X2 Shoulders & Arms + X2 Ab Ripper

I hit about 100 golf balls today n prep for the golf outing tomorrow, so the back was feeling that a bit.  I'm also a bit surprised that I have some soreness in the chest tonight as a result of the pushups last night.  Goes to show you that I need to find a way to mix in more of a workout for the chest.  The workout went well tonight.  I did it after dinner and for this one I think it helped to have some food in me before the workout since it doesn't involve much jumping around.  With dinner I had some nice tomatoes and cucumbers from our garden.  Yum.

Day 177 - Rest Day (sort of)

Officially it a recovery & Mobility or Rest day for me, but I decided to do my own thing again instead.  I did the following with about 3-5 minutes in between each:

• 13 Chin-ups & 50 Push-ups
• 12 Chin-ups & 45 Push-ups
• 12 Chin-ups & 45 Push-ups
• 11 Chin-ups & 40 Push-ups
• 11 Chin-ups & 35 Push-ups

This actually felt really good for my night off because it helped me to focus on some areas that need extra help and I was able to do it at a pretty relaxed pace.  It was nice.

Day 176 - X2 Plyocide

I'm psyched.  I got all the way through Plyocide without having to add in any extra breaks.  I pushed it throughout and was very happy that I recovered quickly in between the routines.  I was sweating so much by the time I was done that I had a hard time with the stretching at the end because my legs kept slipping off of each other while working the ham strings.  As I continue to lose weight and tone my body I continue to be amazed at just how much fat I must have had on me before starting this journey.  I sure am going to do my best to make this a long term routine to keep this weight off.  I can't see going back to where I was before and all of the stress it puts on the body.

Day 175 (Start of week 26) - Chest & Back & Balance + X2 Ab Ripper

Today's workout is a combination of Chin-ups and Pushups and then Ab Ripper is obviously all about the core.  I created this video with one of the workouts from each to show a sampling of the type of things included. 

I increased my protein today after this workout in hopes to keep muscle mass up as I continue to lose weight.  I was able to get to about 170 grams today, which is pretty good.

Day 174 - Rest Day

I had a hard time sleeping last night.  Apparently going to bed right after a stressful workout was not a good idea.  My body was in full on "burn" mode and I was hot all night to the point where I couldn't sleep.  I had this same feeling once before after an especially strenuous day of working out.  Good thing today is a rest day so that I can recover. I got a real nice nap today, so I'm now feeling much better. I weighed in this morning and I'm now at 144 lbs. (down a total of 44), so progress continues.  Today for lunch Rich and I took our Dad to a Chinese buffet where they had a Mongolian BBQ, which was pretty good and fairly healthy since I included shrimp and vegetables.  I did have one indulgence and had some mint chocolate chip ice cream (not much). For dinner I kept it real light.  Salad and some turkey breast meat.