Busy Day

So, I didn't get on here to update last night as I was mentally and physically exhausted. I had worked all day, then came home and did Day 2, which was Cardio. I like it overall, but I'm not sure if I'm gonna like Kenpo. I have a hard time following along. Not sure if it is a coordination problem, an ADD problem, or a if I'm gonna punch something let me punch something problem. Definitely gonna have to follow the BFF's advice and use weights next time, because I think that may help. Otherwise, I did all the exercises, maybe not all the reps and maybe not as pretty as them, but they got done. At the end I fell to the floor gasping for breath and I think my hubby chuckled at me. Hey at least I'm trying right. Definitely got my heart rate up there.

Speaking of heart rate, I would make a horrible nurse due to the fact that I basically think I'm dead every time I try to find my heart rate. I just can not for the life of me figure it out. Its as if my veins jump around, even while they are pushed down to the point of cutting off blood flow. Since you are supposed to make sure your heart rate (which I'm sure mine did since it felt like it was gonna explode out of my chest a couple of times) stays up I decided to follow Tony's advise and by a monitor. A wrist one like the ones they are wearing. Me being the ever faithful employee, went to Wal-Mart today (on my day off(had something I needed to do for work)) and pick one up. Now I'm not sure how it will work, but I'll let ya know. I'm not a big fan of the wrist blood pressure monitors (hardly ever accurate) but I'm hoping this one works well. Maybe I'll see that I'm not working as hard as I thought.

Today was Day 3 and for me that meant Shoulders and Arms and AbripperX. I really liked S&A. I'm gonna have to buy some heavier weights though. I used 3lb weights for the whole thing and while I may really feel it in the morning, tonight I don't feel much at all. I have never been as strong in my upper body as I am in my lower body. Heck in high school I was leg pressing upwards of 500lbs, while bench presses were very hard for me. I will again tell you that push-ups are not my favorite thing, but this is mainly due to the fact that I have (had) very little upper body strength. The arms are just plain hard for me to work out. I expected this work out to be very hard for me. It really wasn't. I gonna say again that I enjoyed it. Maybe the reason that this wasn't as hard for me as I thought it was going to be is that I have been having to carry buckets of water across the frozen tundra that is my yard to the horses every night. Still, I do think that this week I'm gonna pick up some 5 and 8lb weights just so that I can push myself a little more. I may have just jinxed myself though and wake up tomorrow and not be able to move.

Oh dear, what can I say about AbRipper but WOW! I did all of the moves, but could only do about 10 of each one. That was an intense 15 minutes. I spent a lot of time laying on the floor watching them going how the heck are they still moving. Oh what I wouldn't give to have my 6 pack back. I promise that I would trade in my mini-full keg just for a couple of packs. LOL. I think one of my biggest goals from this whole program is to be able to do all 15 minutes the complete 25 reps each and still be ready for more. Now this I really feel. I feel like I may have lost an inch today just because my abs are still cramping. I think I'm gonna have a hate-love relationship with AbRipper. I'm gonna hate to love it. I hope after 90 days I can love it.

So enough about P90X. I had a busy day today. I had a chiropractor appointment this morning and I woke up to snow. It was coming down pretty good too. Left early to make it to that. While I was waiting I filled out some paper work for my doctor. Had my appointment, then high-tailed it to work. Started a program that I need to get done, but had questions about so I had to go to the back and get help. Picked up my heart rate monitor, then left. Went to my doctors and dropped off the paper work. I then drove through the snow to the Fort and picked up my Mother-in-Law to take her out to a late lunch. We went to Mr. Coney on North Coldwater. We love that place. When we go out to lunch that is usually our choice. I kinda blew my diet today, but I was good the rest of the day so I didn't go over to bad. My coney dogs were fantabulous and I split an order of chili-cheese fries with my mother-in-law. Yum!!! Next time we go I'll take my camera so I can share pictures.

We then made the rounds to some shops. I wanted to go to the camera store and ask about a lens I've been thinking about getting. Now the question is do I save up and buy the realllllllllly expensive lens or do I buy the cheaper glass and wait on a price drop in the one I'm dying for? They were also sold out of a flash I was thinking of getting so that will have to wait. I did however acquire a screen calibrator so I'm hoping that the pictures I take will start to look better once I edit them. I haven't been happy with the printed results lately, so I hope this helps. We also went to a salvation army store just to browse and I picked up a few things. The deal of the day was an plastic egg plate w/ lid for 75 cents.Couldn't believe it.

Then we went back to her house, I picked up the dog and came home. Did my exercises, fed the horses, and had a bowl of cereal. Now I think its probably bedtime.