Week #2: The Week of February 27th, 2012 (Gettin' into the groove!)

So, I readily admit that waking up at 5am Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays has been a bit brutal.  However, once I'm dressed and in my car, with no one on the road, I feel just fine.  And, after my workouts I feel great and it's nice to get such an early start on my day.  The "old me" (which I've decided to call the me prior to last week!) would typically sleep in untl 7 or 7:30 am, rushing to get ready in the morning.  Now, once my work outs are done, I'm back at home, making breakfast, brewing coffee, and waking Hailey up all before 7am!  It's great!  Dad typically rolls out of bed at 7:15ish and is at work  by 8.  It feels like such a great start to my day with a lot of  quiet "me" time to think.  It's just what I need.

Starting weight this week:  157 pounds.  A bit disheartening after the hard work outs last week, but I remind myself I'm not a full 7 days into the program due to my Mom's accident.  As a reference, at my lowest "fit days" I was at 142 and 19% body fat.  Again, this site is about brutal honesty - I'm not here to make it fluffier than it is. This does now explain why all of my pants have been very tight! :)

Monday, February 27th, 2012:  Triceps and Arms with Lauren (wow!  it's been awhile!  I am so sore!)
Tuesday, February 28th, 2012:  40 minutes of P90X Plyometrics and 5 minutes jumping on the exercise trampoline with Hailey
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012:  Chest and Back with Lauren (she had me doing one arm rows with 35s!  I was only doing them with 15s and 20s with P90X.  I can definately feel the difference)

Diet Recap Tuesday, February 28th, 2012:
Breakfast: 3 egg whites, 1 egg
10 almonds
1 banana
coffee with 1 tblsp 2 carb/2 fat creamer (sorry! I can't do black!)
1/2 cup oatmeal - no milk, no sugar
Snack: 3/4 cup cottage cheese with about 1/2 cup blueberries
Lunch: 2 to 3 cups greens with veggies, oil and red rasperry vinager, 1/2 cup cottage cheese
Snack: 4 egg whites, frozen strawberries, water in blender
Dinner: 4 meatballs, cooked carrots, 1/2 baked potato with spray butter, 2 cups greens with tomatos and non fat raspberry vinagarette

Diet ReCap Wednesday, February 29th, 2012:
Breakfast:  Ditto as above, but I threw everything in a blender to save on time and drank it as a shake to get Hailey to school in time.
Snack: 1/2 cup cottage cheese and an apple
Lunch:  Panera Bread chicken salad with light dressing
Snack: 1/2 cup cottage cheese and an apple
Dinner:  6 ounce buffalo burger (estimate) with 1 slice American Cheese, A1 and 2 slices of Whole Wheat Bread; 2 Cups of frozen broccoli steamed, 1 4 ounce Greek Yogurt for dessert
Bedtime:  1/2 cup cottage cheese and 1/2 cup blueberries (lots of water)

Drank lots of water all days, but I believe I was a bit short on my 64 ounces today.  I did have a diet soda today.  It's one of my vices.

Now that I'm caught up, I'm hopeful I can do a daily entry with my diet and work outs in more detail.