Today started a bit rough. My back strain, reported a few posts back, was much worse this morning. When my my alarm rang at 5am this morning I knew that I would not be able to get up and do the scheduled Ab/Core Plus and the XStretch workouts. So I reset my alarm for 7 am and slept in. I have been taking Advil all day and it still feels a bit tweaked as I write this at 3:30pm. I may try and do the XStretch after work but I will probably be better served by resting.

Today is day 5 of the clean eating challenge and I’m feeling pretty good today. Not as sluggish My body must not need caffeine anymore. I am proud of myself, I have really stuck to this so far. It’s pretty easy but just takes a bit more time during the day.

That’s all for now. Till next time… Bring It!

Day 4 of the clean eating challenge and I’m still feeling a bit sluggish. I stayed up late last night watching the election results (YEAH OBAMA!) and was very tired when I got up this morning. I feel almost like I’m coming down with something. I’m hoping it’s just the lack of sleep. I made sure that I consumed more “clean” calories than the days before and that helped my energy a little but I am still crashing mid-afternoon. I have lost a couple of pounds in the past 3 days but am really surprised that I have not lost more.

My lower back is still a problem. It was KILLING me this morning. I had to take it pretty easy this morning during the P90X Chest, Shoulders and Triceps workout. Luckily this workout is mainly upper body and no core. The combination of tweaking my lower back moving furniture, then P90X + ab/core workout the following day, and then Ab ripperX the day after that has really left my back aching. I feel OK now thanks to Advil. I hope I’m better tomorrow for the scheduled Abs/Core + and Stretch X workouts. If not I’ll have to skip th eabs/core workout.

Till next time… Bring It!

This is my third day of the clean eating challenge and so far so good. Well, at least I am still alive. I do feel a bit sluggish over the past couple days though. And I was really flat during today’s Core Synergistics workout. I was short of my old max reps on a few exercises and there we some that I could not even finish.

Part of the reason I was a bit timid in some of the exercises today was because this was a heavy core day and my lower back is feeling a little tweaked. I think I over did it while moving some very heavy furniture in and out of the garage this weekend. I took a couple Advil after this morning’s workout and feel much better.

The reason that I am feeling a bit sluggish is probably because I am not eating enough. I will try to eat more today and see if that saps me back.

Well, today is election day and it’s time for me to go vote.

Till next time… Bring It!

It felt great to get back to one of my favorite P90X workouts today, Back and Bis. That is a killer workout. P90X + week 4 is a back to good ole P90X kinda week. This has the makings to be a fun week. Many of my favorite workouts will be used this week. I’m looking forward to it.

And yesterday was my first full day on my clean eating challenge. I kept to the plan perfectly. And this morning is the second morning without coffee. No headaches and no withdrawals. Despite my huge consumption of coffee in the past, it appears like this will be an easy habit to kick.

I feel great already and know that I will feel better everyday that I “eat clean”.

Till next time… Bring It!

Today is a rest or stretch day but I may squeeze in a KenpoX workout to make up for yesterday’s missed Kenpo Cardio workout.

OK, I have had a breakthrough of sorts. I am FINALLY serious about concentrating on my diet. Yesterday I literally stumbled on a post from Tony Horton’s blog and it inspired me to get on track with my food intake. I will NEVER see the results I want until I change my diet. So here we go, for the next 30 days (except for Thanksgiving) I will be radically changing my diet.

This should be fairly easy for me. I’m an all or nothing kinda guy. You can read Tony’s post to see his outline of what he called the simple, unmodified, hard core version of the food plan.

Here is my version of his plan. I modified slightly to fit my needs. For example, his plan called for 1 cup of coffee max a day for coffee drinkers. I am going to quit coffee completely. He also suggests limiting dairy. I am going to completely eliminate dairy.

• For the next 30 days I will not eat white bread or anything made with enriched flour or processed flour.


• No sugary food like candy, cake, etc.


• No Dairy foods.


• No carbonated beverages. Beer included. Drink water and tea only.


• At least 2 meals a day must include vegetables.


• One meal a day, must include fruit.


• Protein will come from - Nuts, beans, fish, turkey, and chicken.


• For a minimum of the first 2 weeks write down everything I eat.


• No calorie counting.


• Eat smaller meals.


• Eat every two hours.


• Do not eat a couple hours before going to bed.
  
  

EDIT: Here's my official Clean Eating Challenge page.  

That’s it! Pretty easy huh?

It’s almost 2:30 pm on my first day and I am having no problem giving up coffee. I have done a great job with the diet too. I’m thinking about taking some before and after shots for this 30 days as well.

Till next time… Bring It!

I failed to do the scheduled KenpoX workout today. I had a lot going on and figured that the chores I did probably equated to KenpoX. I mowed the front and back lawn (2 hours) and then cleaned organized the garage. We have an entire bedroom set of furniture in there and moving it in and out of the garage all by myself was quite a chore.

Till next time…Bring It!

Not much to say today other than I am proud to say that I got up and worked out today. Feels great!

Till next time… Bring It!