Week 3

Pretty uneventful, really. I have kept up with the workouts (aka: kept pushing play) and the nutrition. Definite strength gains, and I can actually do all the pushups while doing the vinyasas in Yoga X! Yay me!

I went for a walk on Sunday and actually also broke into a jog! I can't tell you how much I am pleased with this, as I thought my running days were over with. Usually my knees just creak too much and I can tell they are not happy with me when I try to run or jog, but they were okay! I miss running - it's hard to explain why. I guess it can be such a solitary, personal thing - just you and your mind and your body, out on a (preferably) quiet road, pushing yourself to go a little further, stick it out a little longer. As much as I feel empowered when I have a good run, I admit it can also be so much annoyance for me sometimes b/c I kind of let the little things start to bug me (too much rock on the road and my feet slip..... or, my headphones keep coming out of my ears b/c I'm sweating or bouncing too much. ... can't find a comfortable spot for my ipod without it slipping around or bouncing around too much... ..shorts keep bunching up in the front from my fat legs rubbing together. .. you know, all that stuff). I know, right? How dumb for getting so distracted by such stupid things. I can usually reign myself in and try to focus instead on my breathing and how I feel. I think yoga has definitely helped me with that mind control, but it's not always an easy day of reigning the mind in (in yoga or in running). Today, I felt awesome! Felt like I could have gone on much longer, but I stopped b/c I truly would like to end on a 'good feeling' note - meaning maybe I'll be that much more jazzed to do it again next time b/c it felt so good! Though weekends are going to be my only time to go running with my schedule - otherwise it is too late in the evening/getting dark etc. if I'm to fit my daily P90X workouts in also.

One wierd thing about me, I notice, is that I tend to be sore, not in the usual quads or calves, but in what I consider to be a sort of strange place. I say strange b/c I don't remember ever having this when I was training for the 1/2 marathon. ... . maybe it's b/c I'm 'getting older' or something. I guess the best way to explain this is to think about what happens when you walk or run - the muscles and tendons that lift your legs UP and FORWARD as you step, where your legs meet your body (aka: the groin area). I don't know what the name for those muscles and tendons are, but on me I always get sore afterwards nowadays. Hip flexors tight? Inner thigh muscles too tight? I didn't stretch out afterwards so maybe this is the case, and I will remember to stretch better in future to see if that makes a difference. But the night after a walk or run, I have soreness every time I go to move these muscles (as in, lift my legs or whatever). Wierd. It never lasts more than a day, really. Almost like aching versus sore muscles. Just, hard to explain.

But anyway. So ....an uneventful but good week. I have to say I wish things were happening faster as far as weight changes. And I don't really notice clothing fitting much differently yet. Again, the same old struggle with wanting things to happen, wanting to see results for my efforts! I just can't let myself fall into that same old trap tho - of getting discouraged and quitting b/c nothing seems to be happening. What else would I be doing if not this? Nothing positive, and feeling all the worse for it - that's what!!

I do have to say I FEEL stronger and tighter tho. ... even if nothing is obvious visually yet. I feel great, and that's pretty encouraging! :)

So I trek onward. .. . Week 4 coming up - going strong!