- I absolutely loved P90X at the beginning. It's a great workout that can be done in your own home, which is great when a.) it's cold outside, b.) you're out of shape, or c.) both a and b. I really think doing P90X prepared me to start my training for my half marathon. I would never have been able to pick up the running at the point I did if I hadn't been doing P90X beforehand.
- By the end, I got really really sick of doing the same workouts. Cardio, Kenpo, Core Synergistics, and Yoga are done every single week (and some twice a week!), so after some 8-10 weeks I just dreaded doing them again. Ironically, these were some of my favorite workouts at the beginning, but by the end I was happy to replace them with running...or just not do them. :)
- I would definitely recommend that those just starting P90X measure their body before beginning. I didn't really see any weight loss over the months (but I wasn't exactly great at eating really well either), but I did see quite a noticeable difference in some parts of my body. Specifically, I noticed that I lost almost an inch in my upper arms (and pretty much completely lost my "Relief Society flapper" that I was so self-conscious about when I was the Relief Society chorister), and I now have a noticeable beginning to my butt (okay, this is seriously TMI, but I've always had one of those butts that gradually grow into thighs--HORRIBLE when you play volleyball in spandex. While my butt definitely isn't as a cute as a volleyball player's, it's much better than it's ever been before!). I did take some before pictures, but I don't think I'm going to do after pictures. I think if I had been more disciplined in doing P90X every day, and not skipping the Ab Ripper workouts almost every time, I would have had some more noticeable results.
In other goal news, training for the half marathon is well underway! I have less than a month to go before my race, and I'm so excited! I've really battled with some body issues -- at first, I was having really bad knee pain. After a new knee brace and (another) new pair of running shoes (and my bank account $120 less), the knee pain is essentially gone. However, lately a new "injury" has surfaced: toe pain. A few weeks ago I was (stupidly) running in flip flops, and I think I overexerted my big toe trying to run essentially barefoot but with the added stress of trying on hold onto my shoe. My toe would sometimes hurt and sometimes feel fine, but then I had an 8-mile run last Saturday and it was hurting pretty bad. Plus, I was having some pain in my arches after that run. *Sigh* Why can't running just be easy??? Anyway, I'm going to keep pressing on. This week is a little lighter of a run week, and then next week I have a 9 mile run, then a 10 mile run, and then my race! I'm just trying really hard to keep running without causing an injury that will keep me out of the race. Last night a friend was asking me if I was going to run a full marathon after this race is over. I told him to ask me after the race. I may find that 13 miles is good enough for me, and consider the goal I set for myself in high school as done (technically, the goal was to run a marathon, but in high school I also expected to get a Ph.D. and not get married until I was 30, and look how that turned out...).
I'm a little behind on my nonfiction book reading. Nonfiction books don't seem to hold my interest as well as fiction, but I'm trying to plow through them. I have a few lined up that I hope will keep my interest enough to allow me to finish them...not to mention a huge slew of fiction books that are just begging to be read. All in due course... However, on the bright side, I'm perfectly on track to hit my goal of finishing the Old Testament!
So, one goal done, another to be done in 3.5 weeks, and 2 more or less on track. As for my weight loss...well, we won't bring up that right now...
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