Week 4

This week went good for the most part. At the end of the week came a hiccup, and then I was off the weekend too b/c I had a dear friend visiting/staying with me (and my husband was off of work also, which throws a wrench in the 'normal' schedule to have him around while I try to work out). Silly, I know, but when your workout area is the middle of the living room in the middle of the whole house. .. . well, I'm sure you can understand.

But first. .. . . I participated in a health screening this week at my work. Originally I wasn't going to, but they offered an incentive and I figured why not!? Really, I have to say I am thrilled with the results!! NOT that I was worried or that I had any reason to believe I wouldn't fall in the normal range (other than a thyroid imbalance which is regulated with medication, I have always been extremely healthy and don't really have anything in the way of hereditary risk factors either). Anyway - it consisted of being measured and weighed, calculate BMI and body fat %, along with evaluation of blood cholesterol and glucose etc. Then a big long questionaire about habits and lifestyle etc., to which you then are 'graded' with a Wellness Score.

I'll just say right off that I am not happy with the weight, BMI, or body fat. Though I am in the normal range in these areas, I don't like any of the results one bit!! To my mind, they are not good b/c I sooo want them to be better! :) BMI is actually a bit out of range, but the gal told me that if I was muscular (which I am, under all the goop) then sometimes that will skew the BMI. I'm only 1.8 out of the normal, so it's not so bad and I'm truly betting that building muscle is having something to do with that. The weight tho?! Oh wow. See, here's the thing. I didn't weigh myself before I started. I've never been one who obsesses about weighing myself (even when trying to lose weight). There are so many factors that can affect your weight from day to day - what time of day you do it, if you've eaten anything, what you ate the night before, sodium intake, whether you've had a bowel movement yet, etc. - seriously! To me, obsessing over every ounce or weighing yourself several times a day (or even daily?!) is overboard. I'm sure I weighed myself a week or two before I began, so I knew my weight was getting 'up there' as far as what it had been before in my life and what my 'OH DEAR LORD IT IS TIME TO DO SOMETHING' limit was. Suffice it to say that my weight is in the 'Oh Dear Lord' range. But the good thing? I'm already doing something about it, so it's not like I'm pre-step 1 in the journey, ya know? I'm in process!!

Anyway. So the rest of the results. .... . all of my cholesterol levels are better than good (which is actually an improvement from the last bloodwork done on me, when I last went for my annual checkup and had blood drawn for my thyroid levels) and my blood pressure is spot ON! My blood sugar wasn't, but that was b/c I usually have my snack at 10 and I didn't before the screening (not sure if you were supposed to eat or not) so it was kind of a fast level for me, but normal for the amount of time since I'd last eaten. Overall, my Wellness Score was 98%. So that's good! Evidently I should go to the doctor more often. . ... that was my 2% deduction. I guess b/c I am getting into the mammogram age range, and haven't had one yet. Hmmmph. One thing at a time people! geez.

So . . .. Friday the hiccups began. Got an invitation to go out later that evening. ... .initially I thought maybe I would have time to bust my workout. .. . then once I realized that I still had a ton of stuff to do to ready the house for company. ... I realized I didn't. So I had made up my mind to skip the workout, and was feeling pissy about that anyway and beating myself up about it. THEN, my husband brings home a Blizzard for me (one of my fave things) BUT, he had gotten one for himself and another woman friend/neighbor of ours (yes, I know - I'm not sure why he is buying ice cream for other women either?! except I guess he thought he was being nice) . . .. .and gave her my flavor and brought home hers and didn't realize the mistake til he was home. Ugh. But ya know, this worked out well, b/c I didn't really want the other flavor, at all! So I was less tempted to have it - and since I wasn't working out that night it's good that I didn't ingest an unecessary 30 grams of fat, ya know?

Then of course I had a couple of beers while we were out. Mich Ultras, which are less calories and carbs and all that. .... . but still. Beer isn't really part of the P90X nutrition plan.

So then I had a wonderful weekend with my friend, sans working out or eating according to plan. I try to keep up with the principles of lean protein and healthy stuff - just didn't track it throughout the day, for instance. I didn't go CRAZY with eating bad stuff, per se, but I did indulge a little. And we went to yoga class on Sunday, so I guess I did get one workout in. (and, incidentally, for not having gone to actual class in several months and the only yoga I've done being Yoga X on the plan - I kicked butt. Like seriously - I felt awesome and didn't have any trouble with anything!! So we know it works - as if we had doubts!).

Anyway, about going off plan for 3 days. Here is how I see it. .. ..I see this friend once a year at best, so it's not like I'm going to be all strict and no fun while she's here. While some may say this is just an excuse - I beg to differ. In my opinion, going off the plan for a few days in the grand scheme of things isn't going to be that big of a deal. I can always just get right back on, and I did. But this friendship is WAY more important to me than staying on a diet plan - know what I mean?! I wanted my friend to have fun and not worry about if her being there was 'wrecking my plan'. At ALL! She would feel bad, too - and I was not about to let that happen. We had an amazing time, and were both so flippin' sad when she left (b/c we just both miss so much being able to hang out more often!). I am not worried one bit about getting back 'on plan'! Just a blip on the radar. :)

I cannot believe I am going on week 5 already!! I am almost caught up to 'real time' with the blog now, too - so instead of reflecting back on the experience I will be blogging more as it happens now. Thanks for coming along on this journey with me and thanks for reading!