**UPDATE 5/10/2010 (forgot quote of the day**
"Sounds like a bird in here." -Tony Horton- Legs&Back
If you ask me sounds more like Dreya faking an orgasm.
Before I talk about the up-in-coming week #8, I need to talk about week #7. A friend and I were talking about working out and getting results and how seeing results reinforces working out, and working out generates results, rinse and repeat into infinity. Which got me thinking. In a world heavily geared towards "Negative Feedback" (a process by which an action causes a reaction that prevents the first action, example: When the temperature of your room starts falling below the thermostat setting, the furnace kicks on - furnace activation prevents the action of the falling temp. When you get a headache, you take an Advil. When you get hungry, to eat a sandwich... etc etc.)...sorry about the tangent... In a world heavily geared towards negative-feedback, we see this prime example of a positive feedback. So it makes you think...
Q. why doesn't everyone workout and get into the positive feedback loop (workout, get results, results prompt more working out, getting even better results...)?
A. Insert week #7
Let me explain. Although positive feedback loops are great... there is one intrinsic problem. Once you hit a bump in the road, so to speak, you can throw the cycle off it's harmony. And most of us WILL hit a road bump, even myself (a Hum-V with a suspension designed to just soak in the harsh roads)... I got sick. And unfortunately for me, I got sick right before a big Spain trip, which I have to admit will be more like a Detroit sized pot-hole than a little bump. But that's okay. I understand what's happening. I see the light at the end of the tunnel and I know what I need to do when I return. And for any of the readers that have managed to get this far into my post, if you ever find yourself off of the positive feedback cycle, you'll need to do the same as me. GET A HOLD OF YOURSELF, TIE UP YOUR SNEAKERS, HIT THE GYM, HIT THE PAVEMENT, AND GET BACK TO WORKING OUT!
Okay - everyone still with me?
Week #7: I had my brother up from NH this weekend. Not fabulous for the diet, but I had a great time. Here are some of the bad things I ate: The Keg restaurant, wine, Buffalo wings (can't have someone come to Buffalo and not have Buffalo wings), wine, Cake (he brought as a gift), wine, lots and lots of coffee, and on ya, did I mention wine?
Week #8. Today I leave for Spain! Adios amigos! As you can probably imagine, the frequency of posts will likely drop to an abysmal level (perhaps once or twice a week). I apologize. It's not my intent to leave everyone hanging while I put back on 15lbs because I'll be eating out 100% of the time and exercising 0% of the time. No, it's because I'll be working 12hr days, with a time change, with a language barrier, and wandering the streets of Madrid. So hopefully everyone can accept that. But as I said above, full steam ahead when I get home!
Monday, May 10, 2010
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Day 55: Picture Update
**UPDATE 5/10/2010 (forgot quote of the day)**
"Man lives on a boat... I don't get that." -Tony Horton- Legs&Back
Going to Spain next two weeks. I will not be doing P90X, but I will take 2 more Saturday photos for the weeks I am there... Expect big losses. I already see some losses from this week (being sick 4 days).
"Man lives on a boat... I don't get that." -Tony Horton- Legs&Back
Going to Spain next two weeks. I will not be doing P90X, but I will take 2 more Saturday photos for the weeks I am there... Expect big losses. I already see some losses from this week (being sick 4 days).
Friday, May 7, 2010
Day 54: YogaX (to be missed)
"Yoga-belly-seven-time" -Tony Horton- P90X
So, I'm actually starting to feel pretty good! I woke up this morning without a sore throat for the first time in about 5 days. That's a huge improvement! However, I was up late last night playing video games... some of my readers of this blog may be partially responsible for that (the guilty know who they are). But that's okay, I had fun.
But, tonight I will very likely FAIL to complete YogaX. As I have company arriving from the Granite State (NH). So, I don't want to enlist them when there are plenty of things for us to do and things they'll want to see. So chances are I will do YogaX as a "tack-on" exercise at the end of my Phase 3, like I planned on doing with some of the other rest-week exercises from earlier in the week.
Just so I remember what I've missed:
Sunday: Yogax
Monday: Core Synergistics
Tuesday:KenpoX
Friday: YogaX
I'll still hopefully post a picture on Saturday... that shouldn't consume too much time (especially if I do it in the morning).
So, I'm actually starting to feel pretty good! I woke up this morning without a sore throat for the first time in about 5 days. That's a huge improvement! However, I was up late last night playing video games... some of my readers of this blog may be partially responsible for that (the guilty know who they are). But that's okay, I had fun.
But, tonight I will very likely FAIL to complete YogaX. As I have company arriving from the Granite State (NH). So, I don't want to enlist them when there are plenty of things for us to do and things they'll want to see. So chances are I will do YogaX as a "tack-on" exercise at the end of my Phase 3, like I planned on doing with some of the other rest-week exercises from earlier in the week.
Just so I remember what I've missed:
Sunday: Yogax
Monday: Core Synergistics
Tuesday:KenpoX
Friday: YogaX
I'll still hopefully post a picture on Saturday... that shouldn't consume too much time (especially if I do it in the morning).
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Day 54: Core Synergistics / Strep Throat?
"Slap it, slap it, make it feel good!" -Tony Horton- StretchX
So all my co-workers think I have some variant of Strep-Throat. I however still think it's just a particularly nasty sore-throat... It is getting better. But often when I wake up, is when the pain is the worst. So generally by the afternoon: 3-4 cups of tea + 30 lozenges later, I feel pretty good. So today I plan to do my hour of Core Synergistics, just to keep myself on-track. Nothing's worse than finding out you're 3 weeks behind schedule.
Also, I plan to bring my camera to Spain, so the two weeks that I am up there (eating restaurant food and presumably not working out...) I can show you my degradation. Hopefully it's not too bad.
Current weight: 152lbs (down 1 pound from last week).
*SPECIAL NOTE: Where does the abreviation "LB" come from for POUND? Anyone? Without wikipedia'ing it, I'm stumped.
So all my co-workers think I have some variant of Strep-Throat. I however still think it's just a particularly nasty sore-throat... It is getting better. But often when I wake up, is when the pain is the worst. So generally by the afternoon: 3-4 cups of tea + 30 lozenges later, I feel pretty good. So today I plan to do my hour of Core Synergistics, just to keep myself on-track. Nothing's worse than finding out you're 3 weeks behind schedule.
Also, I plan to bring my camera to Spain, so the two weeks that I am up there (eating restaurant food and presumably not working out...) I can show you my degradation. Hopefully it's not too bad.
Current weight: 152lbs (down 1 pound from last week).
*SPECIAL NOTE: Where does the abreviation "LB" come from for POUND? Anyone? Without wikipedia'ing it, I'm stumped.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Day 53: Gargle Salt Water
"Fiffer scissors, flex your feet and straighten your legs." -Tony Horton- AbripperX
Now going on 4 days with a sore-throat, I've decided it's necessary to gargle salt water (something I probably should have been doing since the onset of the sore-throat). So after gargling repeated times, I'm still not cured, but perhaps if I do it regularly enough, it'll all go away. I was beginning to freak out a bit because the packaging on my chloraseptic says "If sore-throat lasts more than 3 days, see your doctor." But after looking up some info online, I've been informed that as long as I don't have blisters/puss in the back of my mouth, I likely don't have anything dangerous (IE: bacterial infection). Another wasted morning on the road to recovery.
UPDATE **05/03/2010 @ 2:45**
SCREW THIS SICKNESS. I'm doing stretchX if it kills me. I'm not going to tack on an extra day for a silly exercise stretching day! And who knows, maybe being a bit more active with speed up the recovery process! But I'm not going to sit on the side-lines, for a simple exercise, over a stupid sore-throat. BRING IT BABY!
Now going on 4 days with a sore-throat, I've decided it's necessary to gargle salt water (something I probably should have been doing since the onset of the sore-throat). So after gargling repeated times, I'm still not cured, but perhaps if I do it regularly enough, it'll all go away. I was beginning to freak out a bit because the packaging on my chloraseptic says "If sore-throat lasts more than 3 days, see your doctor." But after looking up some info online, I've been informed that as long as I don't have blisters/puss in the back of my mouth, I likely don't have anything dangerous (IE: bacterial infection). Another wasted morning on the road to recovery.
UPDATE **05/03/2010 @ 2:45**
SCREW THIS SICKNESS. I'm doing stretchX if it kills me. I'm not going to tack on an extra day for a silly exercise stretching day! And who knows, maybe being a bit more active with speed up the recovery process! But I'm not going to sit on the side-lines, for a simple exercise, over a stupid sore-throat. BRING IT BABY!
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Day 52: Sore Throat Remedies Review
"This is P-90-X, it ain't some silly little class..." -Tony Horton- Legs&Back
So, what do we have here? I told you in the beginning I would review products that help me get through P90X. I haven't done a very good job doing that. In fact I think I can only remember reviewing just a handful of things to date. Well, here comes another - even if it's an odd one:
Chloraseptic vs Halls Sore Throat
Both products work, but they work in very different ways. Chloraseptic contains Phenol and Halls contain Pectin. Not knowing enough about the pharmaceutical properties of these drugs, I can only make an assumption that Phenols are more powerful "pain killers" than Pectin. I'm saying this only because I notice the relief immediately with the spray than from the lozenges. But lets break it down into pros vs cons.
Chloraseptic (spray)
Pros:
Immediate relief
More powerful pain-reduction
Leaves you with a euphoric numbness
Tastes like artificial cherries
cons:
Short lived relief
Sometimes difficult to target the back of throat (end up hitting your tongue)
Difficult to carry around with you (unless you have purse)
Can only be used every few hours (says packaging)
Halls Sore Throat (lozenges)
Pros:
Tastes delicious
Lasts significantly longer than spray
Can be used in public/easy to carry
Cons:
Generates lots of waste (individual wrappers)
Only reduces pain, not eliminate
Coats your tongue a delightful red/pink color
Hopefully, this will all be behind me by tomorrow.
So, what do we have here? I told you in the beginning I would review products that help me get through P90X. I haven't done a very good job doing that. In fact I think I can only remember reviewing just a handful of things to date. Well, here comes another - even if it's an odd one:
Chloraseptic vs Halls Sore Throat
Both products work, but they work in very different ways. Chloraseptic contains Phenol and Halls contain Pectin. Not knowing enough about the pharmaceutical properties of these drugs, I can only make an assumption that Phenols are more powerful "pain killers" than Pectin. I'm saying this only because I notice the relief immediately with the spray than from the lozenges. But lets break it down into pros vs cons.
Chloraseptic (spray)
Pros:
Immediate relief
More powerful pain-reduction
Leaves you with a euphoric numbness
Tastes like artificial cherries
cons:
Short lived relief
Sometimes difficult to target the back of throat (end up hitting your tongue)
Difficult to carry around with you (unless you have purse)
Can only be used every few hours (says packaging)
Halls Sore Throat (lozenges)
Pros:
Tastes delicious
Lasts significantly longer than spray
Can be used in public/easy to carry
Cons:
Generates lots of waste (individual wrappers)
Only reduces pain, not eliminate
Coats your tongue a delightful red/pink color
Hopefully, this will all be behind me by tomorrow.
Monday, May 3, 2010
Day 50 + 51: Sore-Throat (Skip)
"...I don't wanna hear no excuses from any o'you!" -Tony Horton- PlyoX
And here come the excuses...
Sunday and Today I have been plagued with a sore-throat. The illness came out of no where and is haunting my P90X routine. My original plan was to bump up a workout week to replace my rest week, but now that I am under-the-weather, I think I might as well just call this my rest week and take it easy. But then my Spain schedule will be altered... but that's okay. Do I really want to be wasting my very limited spare time up in Madrid with P90X? I think I'd rather go see things and explore the city than be in a hotel room doing Core Synergistics and KenpoX. So what you will likely see in the near future will be some additional days tacked onto the end of my 90-day calendar... Currently it looks like I will be adding about 14 days (12 for Spain and 2 for this week... so far). I'll call it P104X, because you know what... not everyone is perfect.
And here come the excuses...
Sunday and Today I have been plagued with a sore-throat. The illness came out of no where and is haunting my P90X routine. My original plan was to bump up a workout week to replace my rest week, but now that I am under-the-weather, I think I might as well just call this my rest week and take it easy. But then my Spain schedule will be altered... but that's okay. Do I really want to be wasting my very limited spare time up in Madrid with P90X? I think I'd rather go see things and explore the city than be in a hotel room doing Core Synergistics and KenpoX. So what you will likely see in the near future will be some additional days tacked onto the end of my 90-day calendar... Currently it looks like I will be adding about 14 days (12 for Spain and 2 for this week... so far). I'll call it P104X, because you know what... not everyone is perfect.
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