DerailDay 57 is the start of Phase III but it was delayed by about a week. And to make matters worse, I am still way out of whack with my internal clock and having a hard time getting to bed early enough to get up at 5 am for my workout. With the time change and then being in the central time zone for 3 out of the 4 months in March it really threw me off. Yesterday I over slept and missed my workout. I never got it in. Not a great start to Phase III. My diet was pretty good though.

Today is Day 57 and I slept in again but at least I still got my Plyo workout in after work. And boy was it a killer! Slaking off for a couple weeks really set me back. I had to stop most of the Plyo exercises 10 seconds short. It’s amazing how much fitness you lose just from taking a week or so off. I was dying during the workout. If I can walk tomorrow I’ll be surprised.

I’m ready to be back on track. Tonight I got all my worksheets together and I’m all set for Phase III now.

I’m not too sure how I’m going to do it but I must figure out a strategy for staying on track while out of town on business. I was in Dallas, TX last week and ate horribly and didn’t workout once.

Well, better late thank never. Phase III here I come!

Till next time… Bring it!!

Cowboy GearDay 56 marked the start of Phase III and I rested. I was supposed to do the KenpoX workout that I skipped the day before but I never got around to it. I’m still working out but I feel very off track. I’m reminded of something A friend of mine used to  say about situations like this. He would say “Uh o, the wheels are coming off.” He explained it by saying to imagine a stage coach rolling down a very steep hill bouncing high in the air as it rolled faster and faster. And just before it began tumbling out of control and finally breaking into a million pieces… the wheels would come off. That’s a bit how I feel right now.

It always amazes me at how little it takes to knock me off track. Just two weeks ago my diet was great, I was logging every morsel I put into my mouth. I was working out twice a day a few times a week, I was keeping up with my P90X worksheets, and then it happened. I had to travel for 2 weeks. It totally took my momentum away. And just like a big bolder, once it stops rolling it is hard to get it started again.

Like I said, I am still working out. But my diet is not great. I did Day 57’s chest and back workout and felt great. As a matter of fact, it has been 2 days now and I’m still sore. And then on Day 58 I really brought it for Plyo. That was yesterday and I can barely walk today. Today was Day 59 and I did one of my favorites, Shoulders and Arms. But… I have not done Ab Ripper X in about a week and a half. :o( I have been sleeping in too late to fit it in during my morning workout. Now that the time has changed I am finding it harder to get to sleep early enough to wake up on time.

So I have to get my momentum rolling again. Unfortunately I have some more travel coming up soon and it will probably set me back again. It’s a real bummer. I often dread even going to visit family for a day or two because I know that it has a good chance of derailing me. It has happened before. I’m great if I can just stay at home and do my daily routine. I guess that is just not realistic.

I’ll continue to fight the good fight.

One thing that I have stopped doing is logging into WOWY.com for my morning P90X workouts. I really only did it in an attempt to win the daily prize but I recently found out that you have to be a paying member to win now. Well, you don’t HAVE to be a paying member to win. You can complete the “short” online entry form every day for a chance to win. But I’ll tell ya what, they really want to give you some incentive to be a paying member and made that form a giant pain in the butt! So I’m done with WOWY.

I’m hoping that after this next trip that I’ll be back on track. Diet and all.

On a positive note I was pleasantly surprised to see that @Tony_Horton is now following me on Twitter. How cool! You can follow me to.. @Dugrhill

Till next time… Bring it!!

Cowboy GearDay 56 marked the start of Phase III and I rested. I was supposed to do the KenpoX workout that I skipped the day before but I never got around to it. I’m still working out but I feel very off track. I’m reminded of something A friend of mine used to  say about situations like this. He would say “Uh o, the wheels are coming off.” He explained it by saying to imagine a stage coach rolling down a very steep hill bouncing high in the air as it rolled faster and faster. And just before it began tumbling out of control and finally breaking into a million pieces… the wheels would come off. That’s a bit how I feel right now.
It always amazes me at how little it takes to knock me off track. Just two weeks ago my diet was great, I was logging every morsel I put into my mouth. I was working out twice a day a few times a week, I was keeping up with my P90X worksheets, and then it happened. I had to travel for 2 weeks. It totally took my momentum away. And just like a big bolder, once it stops rolling it is hard to get it started again.
Like I said, I am still working out. But my diet is not great. I did Day 57’s chest and back workout and felt great. As a matter of fact, it has been 2 days now and I’m still sore. And then on Day 58 I really brought it for Plyo. That was yesterday and I can barely walk today. Today was Day 59 and I did one of my favorites, Shoulders and Arms. But… I have not done Ab Ripper X in about a week and a half. :o( I have been sleeping in too late to fit it in during my morning workout. Now that the time has changed I am finding it harder to get to sleep early enough to wake up on time.
So I have to get my momentum rolling again. Unfortunately I have some more travel coming up soon and it will probably set me back again. It’s a real bummer. I often dread even going to visit family for a day or two because I know that it has a good chance of derailing me. It has happened before. I’m great if I can just stay at home and do my daily routine. I guess that is just not realistic.
I’ll continue to fight the good fight.
One thing that I have stopped doing is logging into WOWY.com for my morning P90X workouts. I really only did it in an attempt to win the daily prize but I recently found out that you have to be a paying member to win now. Well, you don’t HAVE to be a paying member to win. You can complete the “short” online entry form every day for a chance to win. But I’ll tell ya what, they really want to give you some incentive to be a paying member and made that form a giant pain in the butt! So I’m done with WOWY.
I’m hoping that after this next trip that I’ll be back on track. Diet and all.
On a positive note I was pleasantly surprised to see that @Tony_Horton is now following me on Twitter. How cool! You can follow me to.. @Dugrhill
Till next time… Bring it!!

Desk Renaissance Marriott Austin TexasThis has been the longest I have gone without writing some blog entries. Mainly because I was traveling and I don’t want to post about my hotel workouts, essentially letting people know that I am not at home.

I was traveling 2 weeks in a row, something I rarely do, and it threw me way out of whack. The first week I was in D.C. and I tried to keep up by writing my entries in MSWord with plans to later post them in my blog. Here are those entries…

3/1/09 - Day 42 This was a rest day and I did rest. Mainly because I am sick.

3/2/09 - Day 43 I did Chest and shoulders and ABX. Did it in hotel room in after noon. Skipped second workout because sick.

3/3/09 - Day 44 Was Plyometrics. Did it in the morning in hotel. Felt good and am starting to feel better. In the afternoon I did Interval Plus in hotel room. Was able to bring it 80% today. Almost back to normal.

3/4/2009 - Day 45 Today was Back and Biceps. I really hate working out with the resistance bands! I  did what I could but I really don’t see how people use these things and get a decent workout in. I guess that they are better than nothing.

3/5/2009 - Day 46 – YogaX day. Skipped it and ate like crap.

3/6/2009 - Day 47 – Skipped today. Ate crap. Traveling is so hard for me. I always lose momentum and the will to eat right. I must work on this!

3/7/09 - Day 48 – Ran outside today. Great run. Ate too much garbage though.

3/8/09 - Day 49 – Took day off. Ate a TON of garbage. Again!

3/9/09 - Day 50 – Flew to Memphis today. Did Chest Shoulders Tris, abx in morning before flight. This was supposed to be a recovery week but since last week was basically a recovery week I have decided to repeat last week and not have a true recovery week. Although I will be in a hotel again this week so it’s hard to say how good of a repeat week this will be. My diet realty suffered last week. I was sick and away from home and craving carbs. I ate way too much garbage. I have decided to really crack down on my diet and get serious.

3/10/09 to 3/14/09 – Day 51 thru Day 55 –

My diet was very bad days 51 thru 54.

On Day 51I ran 3 miles on the hotel treadmill.

On Day 52 I did Back and Biceps in the hotel gym and had a great workout using their dumbbells. My arms were VERY sore the following day.

Day 53 I ran 4 miles on the hotel treadmill.

Day 54 I took the day off

Day 55 – Hmmm.. the day is not over yet. Diet has been spot on today. Still time to workout. KenpoX? Or run? I’ll let ya know tomorrow.

OK, that catches my up with my posts. Time to really focus on diet this week. More traveling soon so I need to figure out a plan to better handle travel workouts and diet.

Till next time… Bring it!!

Desk Renaissance Marriott Austin TexasThis has been the longest I have gone without writing some blog entries. Mainly because I was traveling and I don’t want to post about my hotel workouts, essentially letting people know that I am not at home.
I was traveling 2 weeks in a row, something I rarely do, and it threw me way out of whack. The first week I was in D.C. and I tried to keep up by writing my entries in MSWord with plans to later post them in my blog. Here are those entries…
3/1/09 - Day 42 This was a rest day and I did rest. Mainly because I am sick.
3/2/09 - Day 43 I did Chest and shoulders and ABX. Did it in hotel room in after noon. Skipped second workout because sick.
3/3/09 - Day 44 Was Plyometrics. Did it in the morning in hotel. Felt good and am starting to feel better. In the afternoon I did Interval Plus in hotel room. Was able to bring it 80% today. Almost back to normal.
3/4/2009 - Day 45 Today was Back and Biceps. I really hate working out with the resistance bands! I  did what I could but I really don’t see how people use these things and get a decent workout in. I guess that they are better than nothing.
3/5/2009 - Day 46 – YogaX day. Skipped it and ate like crap.
3/6/2009 - Day 47 – Skipped today. Ate crap. Traveling is so hard for me. I always lose momentum and the will to eat right. I must work on this!
3/7/09 - Day 48 – Ran outside today. Great run. Ate too much garbage though.
3/8/09 - Day 49 – Took day off. Ate a TON of garbage. Again!
3/9/09 - Day 50 – Flew to Memphis today. Did Chest Shoulders Tris, abx in morning before flight. This was supposed to be a recovery week but since last week was basically a recovery week I have decided to repeat last week and not have a true recovery week. Although I will be in a hotel again this week so it’s hard to say how good of a repeat week this will be. My diet realty suffered last week. I was sick and away from home and craving carbs. I ate way too much garbage. I have decided to really crack down on my diet and get serious.
3/10/09 to 3/14/09 – Day 51 thru Day 55 –
My diet was very bad days 51 thru 54.
On Day 51I ran 3 miles on the hotel treadmill.
On Day 52 I did Back and Biceps in the hotel gym and had a great workout using their dumbbells. My arms were VERY sore the following day.
Day 53 I ran 4 miles on the hotel treadmill.
Day 54 I took the day off
Day 55 – Hmmm.. the day is not over yet. Diet has been spot on today. Still time to workout. KenpoX? Or run? I’ll let ya know tomorrow.
OK, that catches my up with my posts. Time to really focus on diet this week. More traveling soon so I need to figure out a plan to better handle travel workouts and diet.
Till next time… Bring it!!

Day 40 was Legs and Back and Ab RipperX. I felt great that morning and my lower back pain was even gone. I am so blessed that I heal quickly. It seems that whenever I get a small injury that it’s gone in a couple days. In the afternoon I ran 4 miles. I had planned on doing some of the P90X Upper Plus exercises but my schedule got rearranged and I ran instead.

Day 41 and I feel like I’m coming down with something. AGAIN!!! Man, I work at home and never leave the house. How do I keep getting sick?!?! It must be due to the fact that I have a pre-schooler in the house. She’s always bringing stuff home. And by stuff I mean germs! Ugh! I really can’t afford to be sick right now so I went out and bought some ZiCam. I usually don’t believe in the stuff but right now I’d try just about anything because I CAN’T be sick!

And because I was sick today I craved junk like you would not believe. Carbs, carbs, carbs! I’m surprised I only ended up at 350 calories over what I burned for the day.

I was scheduled for KenpoX today but was really dragging. I was going to skip it altogether. Then I decided to try one of the oldest tricks in the book. I told myself that I would go downstairs (to my workout area) and put the heart rate monitor on, and just workout for 10 minutes. Ha! Try it. Once you start you can’t stop! I started working on the heavy bag. I did that for about 15 minutes and had a good sweat going. Then I did my own cardio routine. I just made it up on the spot. Once you’ve done P90X and P90X + a few times you have an arsenal of awesome exercises to draw from. Thanks Tony! I just started doing some of my favorite moves. Super Skaters, Pike pull-ups, jumping jacks, prison cell push ups, and so on and so on. I even made up some of my own moves. What a great workout. By the time I was done 45 minutes had passed my heart rate was way up there and I had burned 550 calories.

I do feel a little pain in my right collar bone after my heavy bag work. That happens to me often when I over do it on the bag. Hopefully it will be like the rest of my injuries and go away quickly.

Tomorrow is a rest day but I plan on doing a long/slow run. I am only running 2 days a week now. One day for intervals and one long run.

Till next time… Bring It!!