Day 44: Cardio X

Week 7! I did Chest, Shoulders and Triceps yesterday. My arms are pretty sore today, which is fine with me. It's still working! Today I was having some knee pain so I decided to do Cardio X instead of plyo. Cardio X is a great workout. It's a little shorter than the others, but I definitely worked up a sweat.

I did measurements today. I lost another half an inch from my waist and hips. My pictures look about the same as they did two weeks ago, but the measurements show that I'm still making progress. I wish it was more, but I guess it's better than nothing. I'm thinking that maybe I should add some more cardio to my workouts so that I can burn more calories and lose some more weight. Maybe I'll try to do a doubles-type workout where I add Cardio X a few times a week. I'll see how that goes.

I made dinner for a friend yesterday. I made a zucchini tart and a portabello spinach pasta casserole. It was really good, and now I have enough pasta to last me the rest of the week. I also made these ridiculously good chocolate cupcakes. They're so moist and gooey. The recipe made over two dozen, so my coworkers are going to have a lot of cupcakes tomorrow! I love to bake, and this way I can bake and still not stray too far from my nutrition plan (I only had a couple of cupcakes between yesterday and today, and I won't eat any tomorrow when I take them to work).

Anyway, I'm still on the lookout for a good book to read. Maybe I'll search online for one now. I was tired today and took a nap, so hopefully I'll still get to bed at a reasonable time. Good night!

Day 38: Back and Biceps

I'm glad I have this blog to help me keep track of which day I'm on. Otherwise, I'd probably forget what week it was. Week 6! Again! Well, okay, not really again. But anyway, I'm back on track. Today was day 38, and I did Back and Biceps. I do like that workout, even though I'm still using the bands rather than doing pullups. But I think I'm getting stronger--I can use heavier weights for some of the exercises. Yesterday I did plyo, which was crazy, as usual. My knees still hurt, but the pain doesn't seem to be getting worse, so I guess that's good. My legs are sore today, and they're more sore now than they were this morning. I'll probably be in pain tomorrow.

This weekend was very nice. I was very happy to have an extra day off from work. Not to mention that this weekend was entirely free of tumor board!! It was so nice not having that hanging over my head. On Saturday I did pretty much nothing, which was awesome. Yesterday I went shopping and bought some makeup and clothes, as well as some scented candles and body lotion from Bath and Body Works. That made me happy. :-)

Today I spent most of the afternoon baking. I made lemon cupcakes with cream cheese frosting, and then I made chocolate cherry bars. The cupcakes came out really well. I'm taking them to work tomorrow. The chocolate cherry bars are sort of a fudgy consistency with a pink cherry-flavored icing. I'm pretty sure they came out the way they were supposed to, but they are SO sweet! I cut them into really tiny pieces, and they're still too much for me. I'm going to take some of them to work tomorrow, and if people like them then I'll take the rest on Wednesday. Otherwise I might have to throw them out, unfortunately. I can't handle that much sugar all at once. I'm not sure if it's because I haven't been eating too many sweets lately (thanks to the P90X nutrition guide) or if the bars are just that sweet. But either way, I hope my coworkers eat them because I don't think I can.

I really enjoy baking and cooking, but I don't like doing it for myself. So my coworkers get baked goods every once in a while, and my friends get the occasional dinner. I'm planning a dinner for a couple of friends this Saturday. I'm trying to plan my menu right now. I'm still trying to come up with an appetizer or salad. We'll see how that goes.

You would think I would be ready to go back to work after the long weekend, but no. I really want to take some time off, but considering what my schedule looks like, I don't think I'll be able to do that until November. Oh well.

Anyway, I'm going to watch some TV and then go to bed. I finished Fahrenheit 451, so I'm trying to find another book to read. I'll do that this week. That makes me happy too :-).

Time for a break...

This week was supposed to be week 6, and I started with Chest, Shoulders, and Triceps a few days ago. But I wasn't feeling very well for much of the week, and I didn't have much energy to work out. So I decided to take a break. I'm feeling better now and will pick up with Plyometrics tomorrow. I think this works out anyway since I like having my rest day on Friday, and so I'm sort of resetting my schedule. So the next week will be week 6, and I'll continue from there. I felt guilty about taking time off from the workout routine, but I think my body needed the break. I had been having some pain in my knees and elbow in addition to my perpetual soreness. Now the soreness and elbow pain is gone, and the knee pain has decreased. I'd like to wait until it goes away completely, but that may take a while, so I think I'll just do the plyo tomorrow and try to modify the moves so that there isn't too much impact.

I didn't do official measurements today since I'm starting the week over again, but I was curious to see if there had been any change since week 4, so I did some quick measurements this morning. I think I may have lost another inch from my waist, which surprised me. I'll see if it's still that way next weekend. I'll take my week 6 pictures next weekend too.