Week #1 Summary

On the first day of the challenge I woke up SO ENERGIZED and ready to take on the world! As the week went on I had to work hard to remind myself that this is NINETY DAYS, and then for the rest of my life. "It is a marathon, not a sprint," as they always say. I was to grateful that my Shakeology arrived in time; the SATURDAY before! Boy oh boy was I anxious waiting for it to come!

Me waiting "patiently" to try out my first shake. :)

 I am so lucky to have the wonderful man that I do, because he decided to do this challenge with me. Of course he's not drinking Shakeology, but he is drinking a protein shake that I make for him in the mornings!

My man's Muscle Milk Shake - So he can feel included. :)

 He is also doing the P90X workouts each day after I get done with mine! He is making this journey so much more bearable for me! I hope that everyone else in this challenge, and in their own fitness challenges, has someone to encourage them to keep moving forward! It is hard on you MENTALLY and everyone needs an extra voice in the background telling them NOT TO GIVE UP. :)
By day #2 I could barely move my arms (day one being shoulders and arms + ab ripper). That was an interesting day, hardly being able to lug around my nearly 16 pound bundle of joy. Next time, I will remember how IMPORTANT STRETCHING is.
Day #3 for some reason my lovely little darling baby decided to wake up two hours early, and same with day #4. Those days I was GROGGY. I of course did my workouts and drank my Shakeology, but I was NOT enthusiastic about it. AND THEN my order of PB2 came in the mail, and that was a good game changer for my amateur Shakeology mixing skills.

NOW WE'RE TALKIN'!

Day #4 was also the Yoga day, and that reminded me how much I HATE YOGA. It has never been a person preference of mine. I've always disliked it, but I wanted to keep to the workout schedule that P90X comes with, so I tried my best to get "into it". It didn't go very well. I tried and tried for a good half hour of the 1.5 hour video, and then I gave up. But I was not going to skip my exercise for the day, so I popped in the Cardio X dvd and did that instead. By the end of the day I was icing my back from all the yoga moves my body disagreed with. Those two days, because the baby was off schedule, my eating was off schedule too, so that added to my icky, tired feeling.

Baby girl enjoyed yoga though!

Day #5 proved my point that yoga and I DO NOT get along. I had severely strained my lower back and was hardly capable of walking. So no Friday workout for me. Which was very upsetting, but I had people to remind me that healing my back was more important than over-working my body just to say I hadn't missed a day of exercise. With day 4, 5 and 6 came lots of ice packs and resting and stretching when my back could tolerate it.
Later on in day #6 I was able to complete my Kenpo Karate workout. I KNOW I shouldn't have tried it, but I am not good with sitting around and healing. My back handled it well and I can't wait to be back at my workouts on Monday. That Saturday we also went into town for some "family fun", (which just meant getting out of the house to keep our sanity) and I kept to my healthy eating and packed some good-for-you snacks!

(Not the low-fat cheese sticks, but that's what happens when you send your man grocery shopping!)

 Day #7 is the REST/STRETCH day! My man is leaving for a 9 day business (and hunting) trip this afternoon! So this morning we strapped the baby in "the daddy carrier" and went for a family stroll. :)

A good finale to my first week!

 This next week is going to be a trying one because my incredible support system is going to be an ocean away! Without someone to watch my little munchkin while I get my daily workout (and shower) in, it's going to be a STRUGGLE. But I refuse to give up! I was excited for some of my challenge-mates who lost weight already this first week, but sadly my weight has remained the same. I will be going over this weeks' habits in my head and CORRECTING where I went wrong, so that I can DO BETTER! Week Two, Here I Come!