Back in the Saddle Again

Well, it's back in the saddle again, starting today!  Finally I'm over the 'break' of not working out.. ... 'bout time!!  The No Motivation Gremlin has been visiting for too darn long. Just had to get my mind back to right on it I guess. I saw/friended a gal on facebook that made an amazing transformation (and continues to) using Beachbody products, more recently P90X - and she completely jump-started my motivation! She's got so much energy and drive and frankly, she's extremely motivational to me.  :) Thanks Kim!

Though today is Day 1 for P90X I actually started again yesterday with a run. The weather was AMAZING so I couldn't pass it up!  I find it absolutely amazing that I haven't gone running for at least 2 weeks and yet I didn't struggle or seem to have lost stamina/conditioning. Same distance, even mixed it up and ran more of the big uphills than usual. .... . and no worse for the wear than if I had just gone last week, so wonders never cease!

So. Stepped on the scale this morning to get my 'beginning' weight. (Like many women, I don't really have a positive relationship with the scale.) I really do try to set my mind positively when I prepare to step on the thing, but it's a battle, considering my disappointments in past! However, for once I was pleasantly surprised!  I am down about a pound and a half.  *Woohoo!!*  Note; even though I have been slacking on the working out, I HAVE kept up with the no refined sugars in my diet, so I believe that has something to do with it. After my initial 9 lb drop (losing the sugar bloat) when I first cut out the white poison and its affiliates I was plateau'd for a while. . . .which, in part, let the NMG (No Motivation Gremlin) in. ..... . but now I'm down a bit from what I was 'stuck' at before.  This could very well be due to losing some muscle this past month ( :< ).  BUT I hope the majority of this is the continued lack of white poison etc. 

It's a fact that too much sugar in the system keeps the body from burning stored fat for energy (among many other things that work against you in efforts to lose weight). .... which I'm convinced was one of the factors working specifically against me in the past. So now that that has been corrected, I fully expect this round of  P90X will bring about the changes that were infinitesimally small on my first round!!  

I also discovered Michi's Ladder, which is all about eating clean - I am trying to stay in the top two tiers on this, definitely for the first 30 days of P90X (fat shredder phase), if not longer. This kind of stuff tends to becomes a habit, to a degree, so once I get going I have a feeling it will 'stick'. Yay!!

I am soooooo ready to BRING IT again!!!!  Chest & Back and Ab Ripper X tonight!!