Ok I guess it's not totally boring...but might be to you. :)
I don't really like talking about my days because right now I'm working at a job that is pretty mindless for the most money I've made as a freelance contractor ever. I don't want to complain, as I like my co-workers and everybody is pretty cool. They give me a lot of freedom for the little work I do, and seem to love practically everything I do. Downside is that most of the time there isn't anything to do but surf the net. I'm willing to continue working there if they want to renew my contract somewhere at Fox.com but truthfully I would rather work a little closer to home and be a lot busier...so I don't think I will be heartbroken if I don't stay there. My agent over at CC told me soon as I get done with American Idol that she was ready to get me back out into doing more varied freelance. Hope those opportunities keep on coming.
SO you guys get to hear about what I do when I get home, which probably isn't much better! I got home today and immediately got into my p90x workout, which was Shoulders & Arms, Ab Ripper X. Shoulders and Arms isn't too tough because it's not cardio. I can lift weights and stuff for a long time, no biggie. My arms are pretty sore and my lats feel stretched so I'm hoping everything starts looking tighter. Ab Ripper X is still way difficult. I couldn't do a lot of the workout b/c my abs wanted to die.
I still wish there was more cardio in this whole thing and I'm not too sure what to do about it. I get home around 7:30 or 8 and by the time I'm done w/ the workout and dinner it's around 10! I was thinking about going for a quick run before doing my workout tonight but it got late and I knew that my little snack of soynuts wasn't going to get me thru both a run and the weight lifting so I just stuck with the p90x. No where on the site does it say that I ought to be supplementing my p90x workouts w/ extra cardio though I've seen other people complain about the lack as well. Tomorrow is Yoga X, which I failed at last week. It is a 90 min workout. I might skip it and do a run as soon as I get home because I think I might be going to karaoke. If karaoke gets cancelled then I'll do the Yoga X instead.
My entire reason for starting p90x has vanished also. The trip I was going to go on in May was cancelled but I going to continue working out just to see if there is any transformation. My friend said that after 2 or 3 weeks I ought to be seeing some difference. Hope he's right!
Ok now for a shower and then beddybye.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
About P90X
Goooooood morning everybodyyyy
So I'm on week 2 of p90x and so far I haven't lost any weight yet. Granted, I started with the Classic version not knowing that there was a Lean version so last week, there was barely any cardio. This week however I'm doing the Lean version so yesterday was Core Synergistics X and today is Cardio X. I hope I can start seeing some results by Friday. I'm trying to have some patience.
Core Synergistics was alright. Since it was the first time I've ever done it I feel like I didn't quite perform that well since it was a learning experience. Today with Cardio X might be the same. I think the things I had the most trouble with were all the push ups. My upper body strength is poor but I am sure that just continuing on with this program will help me in that area. I was looking at my arms this morning and I think they are starting to firm up just a little bit. Hard to tell.
I definitely feel a difference in my overall mood and energy. I'm much more bright-eyed in the mornings. I look forward to the workouts at night too. I'm just happy this Lean version doesn't include the Plyometrics X dvd! Maybe it does later but for now it's all about cardio, strength training, and yoga.
As for the nutrition part, I'm going to bring the p90x shopping list to the Trader Joe's this weekend and will try to make a bigger effort to eat the way they say to. If those people look that way because they follow that eating plan, I might as well try it to instead of doing my own plan, which is to basically follow the no-sugar, no-flour, no-alcohol menu (almost impossible w/o a support group!!). I think the biggest help to me would be to just plan out all the meals ahead of time and eat left-overs all week or something instead of trying to make each meal at a time. I sort of wish they had a more vegetarian friendly menu but I am used to substituting things now.
That's it for now on the fitness trip.
So I'm on week 2 of p90x and so far I haven't lost any weight yet. Granted, I started with the Classic version not knowing that there was a Lean version so last week, there was barely any cardio. This week however I'm doing the Lean version so yesterday was Core Synergistics X and today is Cardio X. I hope I can start seeing some results by Friday. I'm trying to have some patience.
Core Synergistics was alright. Since it was the first time I've ever done it I feel like I didn't quite perform that well since it was a learning experience. Today with Cardio X might be the same. I think the things I had the most trouble with were all the push ups. My upper body strength is poor but I am sure that just continuing on with this program will help me in that area. I was looking at my arms this morning and I think they are starting to firm up just a little bit. Hard to tell.
I definitely feel a difference in my overall mood and energy. I'm much more bright-eyed in the mornings. I look forward to the workouts at night too. I'm just happy this Lean version doesn't include the Plyometrics X dvd! Maybe it does later but for now it's all about cardio, strength training, and yoga.
As for the nutrition part, I'm going to bring the p90x shopping list to the Trader Joe's this weekend and will try to make a bigger effort to eat the way they say to. If those people look that way because they follow that eating plan, I might as well try it to instead of doing my own plan, which is to basically follow the no-sugar, no-flour, no-alcohol menu (almost impossible w/o a support group!!). I think the biggest help to me would be to just plan out all the meals ahead of time and eat left-overs all week or something instead of trying to make each meal at a time. I sort of wish they had a more vegetarian friendly menu but I am used to substituting things now.
That's it for now on the fitness trip.
Monday, April 27, 2009
the weekend
I had a pretty rad weekend, for the most part!
I received the Hogfather in the mail earlier in the week and waited and waited till Dave could watch it with me. On Friday we got to watch part of it. It's pretty close to the actual book by Terry Pratchett too.
Saturday I woke up and did the p90x Kenpo X dvd and then Dave and I drove up to Leo Carrillo to meet up with Joe and Erina and some of her other friends to do some beach camping! The campsite is really well-kept and had big shady sycamore trees all over. It was really sunny and cool and the tide pools were full of little hermit crabs and sea anemones so Dave and I took pictures. I found this little baby crab and picked it up and it totally pinched my fingers. When Dave uploads his pix I'll post some of them for you here. After all that we went on a hike which was ALL uphill. Totally kicked my butt! I thought I wasn't THAT out of shape but I was bringing up the rear in most of the way. After that was the big ole communal dinner and going back to the beach to look at the stars. It was very nice.
Sunday Dave and I took off pretty early. I spent the remainder of the day doing laundry and running a few errands. I planned on painting the portrait of Ingrid but I was too sore from sleeping on the ground and wasn't motivated. I will work on it this week though. I wish I could bring it here to Fox to work on it since I spend lots of time just sitting here looking at the internet.
That's about all for now! xoxo
I received the Hogfather in the mail earlier in the week and waited and waited till Dave could watch it with me. On Friday we got to watch part of it. It's pretty close to the actual book by Terry Pratchett too.
Saturday I woke up and did the p90x Kenpo X dvd and then Dave and I drove up to Leo Carrillo to meet up with Joe and Erina and some of her other friends to do some beach camping! The campsite is really well-kept and had big shady sycamore trees all over. It was really sunny and cool and the tide pools were full of little hermit crabs and sea anemones so Dave and I took pictures. I found this little baby crab and picked it up and it totally pinched my fingers. When Dave uploads his pix I'll post some of them for you here. After all that we went on a hike which was ALL uphill. Totally kicked my butt! I thought I wasn't THAT out of shape but I was bringing up the rear in most of the way. After that was the big ole communal dinner and going back to the beach to look at the stars. It was very nice.
Sunday Dave and I took off pretty early. I spent the remainder of the day doing laundry and running a few errands. I planned on painting the portrait of Ingrid but I was too sore from sleeping on the ground and wasn't motivated. I will work on it this week though. I wish I could bring it here to Fox to work on it since I spend lots of time just sitting here looking at the internet.
That's about all for now! xoxo
Friday, April 24, 2009
first blog in a long ole time
Hi everybody!
I haven't blogged in oh-so-long and I've missed it! So I created this blog place for me so I can get all my thoughts out again. :) I'm going to be putting my art up here too as I complete it.
So! Here we go again. Yay!
I haven't blogged in oh-so-long and I've missed it! So I created this blog place for me so I can get all my thoughts out again. :) I'm going to be putting my art up here too as I complete it.
So! Here we go again. Yay!
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