November 1st. Updates….

Vacation. California. Fun in the sun. I did one workout. And I ate very well in the morning with fresh fruit and yogurt. Then….. I kind of went wild. Cupcakes. They are my weakness, my kryptonite. I thought I gained some weight but I got home and I was the SAME! So since Ive been back home I've been having Shakeology for breakfast. And I tried out the pumpkin pie Shakeology recipe. Its delicious!! Vanilla is amazing. Makes everything taste like cake. I prefer Shakeology for my protein shakes but you can substitute any vanilla protein.

 November 1st. Today. I wanted to try out these new workouts from youtube video but I don't have all the equipment needed. So I did a round of Les Mills Combat. It was the 60 min Live one. It was really fun and I enjoyed it. 

Blogging

I have been neglecting my blog. For a long time. After my meltdown and later my epiphany, Ive decided to concentrate on my blog. I have a private journal that I write in but I think that writing my blog might help someone else having the same problems or thoughts. Im not alone in my battle for fitness. I lose motivation all the time. I just never say anything. Its time to say something.

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USMCdaffy

Meltdown.

Today I had a meltdown today. A fitfam meltdown. A workout meltdown. I wanted to give up. I did give up. I actually decided to stop my workouts today. And forever. I didnt want to run. I didn’t want to push play. No weights. No Chalene. No Shaun T. No more Tony. I was officially giving up. I was tired of being tired. Tired of being sore. Tired of being on this STUPID plateau. A plateau I thought I had broken. I was working so hard and focusing on getting all those workouts in every day. It was becoming an obsession. It was an obsession. My Tumblr (CoachUSMCdaffy) is FULL of fitness pics, food, ANYTHING with fitness and I would go on there and look at so many pics. For hours..... I had to be at a certain weight. By a certain time.

Well that time is next week and Im not where I want to be with my fitness/weight. So I melted down. I sent my friend GR a cryptic message. He gave me his best pep talk. He’s got good ones. Not too pushy by not allowing to wallow in my pity party. And oh, the pity party was going hard core this afternoon. 

And I realized something. All that time invested into working out.... The running, the T25, the weights, challenges, etc. Everything I was cramming into my day. I forgot the MOST important thing. I was NOT having fun. The most important thing for me and my workouts was that I enjoyed them. It’s the key element. If you aren’t having fun than you wont take the time to do your workouts, well in my case the fun was the most enjoyable part. 

So today. I did a fun workout. I did Les Mills Combat. I got my workout clothes on, my Nike Shox, and my Fitbit and enjoyed myself. 

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USMCdaffy

Soul Mate Workout.

Do you have a soul mate workout? Its a term Chalene Johnson has used for years. She is the creator of TurboJam, TurboFire, Chalene Extreme & MORE. She is AMAZING! It is the key to making exercise part of your life and not dreading every single minute is finding YOUR soul mate workout. I was fortunate to find two soul mate workouts. And I love doing them EVERY SINGLE DAY. Pushes me to challenge myself and do better, be faster, work harder.

 I've loved TurboFire for a long time and it is my soul mate workout. I always have fun when I do the program and its my go to workout program. Then I discovered Les Mills Combat program! LOVE IT! I love it almost as much as TurboFire! Im on week six of the program and it just keeps getting better! After I finish Les Mills Combat I'm going to do another round of TurboFire! In week 4 of LMC I actually did Fire30 on my Thursday rest day. Made me want to do it all over again (round 4?) I might just do the the hybrid of Chalene Extreme and TurboFire! Ive never done that before.

Keep going. Keep trying. As they say in Les Mills Combat... STAY IN THE FIGHT!

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USMCdaffy

P90X and into... LesMillsCombat

Ok folks. I got all the way to Day55 of P90X. Although the P90X program is AMAZING! Its not for me. I love Tony Horton & what he does but this is NOT my soulmate workout.

Which is a very good point. A workout is really how you get in shape or stay healthy. The key is to find something you enjoy. Its could be boxing, or martial arts, or running, spinning, yoga to name a few. You will enjoy your workout more & put more effort into it IF you love it. P90X is a GREAT program and it WORKS. You've seen the infomercials with the results & the customers! You probably know at least one person who has done P90X! All said & done I just wasn't into it. I might go back and finish it someday.

But.. My NEW workout is AMAZING! FUN! INTENSE! Its Les Mills Combat. Love.IT! Its martials arts & boxing all rolled into one. Most DVDs are under an hour. And it really really really works your core! And your back, your legs, your arms.... Its got great music! Its only 60 day program. I just enjoy the whole thing! Which is what I was missing with P90X. Joy. TurboFire is still my soulmate workout & I still love ChaLEAN Extreme but Im really having fun with Dan & Rach from LES MILLS COMBAT

Interested? Chk my site www.beachbodycoach.com/usmcdaffy


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USMCdaffy

Where Have I been??? P90X & Ab Confusion!!

I haven't written a blog since August? What?? How can this be? What have I been up to in these last months?

The same thing! Working and working out.... I'm still on my fitness journey. I'm on Day40 of P90X. It SUCH a great program. The exercises are simple but very effective. And Tony Horton... This guy can make ANYTHING fun! Such enthusiasm! Such motivation!! And to my shock not everyone loves him? WHAT??

Anyway.. P90X. I've been modifying some of the exercises. The only real difficulty I am having is that I have a hard time fitting in Ab Ripper. Oh and I totally hate YogaX. I'm advanced yoga so its sort of boring because I prefer flow yoga. And I love love love yoga. The YogaX is 73 minutes which is very long for me. Its great for people who are beginners yogis or have never done it before. Its basically set up into sections with sets of yoga poses. Instead of doing YogaX I do one of my own yoga sessions. Its not just about exercise with yoga, it's also calming & centering- getting back to where I need emotionally. I still sweat up a storm & really workout my muscles!

I LOVE StretchX. It's a really good hour of stretching out all those sore muscles from the week! I didn't think I would enjoy it as much as I have! Its an hour but it goes by so fast and all that stretching helps me relax which makes me less sore! Cant go wrong there!!

And Ab Ripper. Its becoming my arch nemesis!! Its only 16 minutes but its after the hour workout at the end of my day when I get up at 0350 to get ready for work! I have to figure something out because my abs DEFINITELY need working out & I'm notorious for skipping it. Part of the problem is that I pull on my neck at lot because my abs are weak. Which means I need to work on them but I end up with neck pain!! I don't have this problem with yoga even when I'm doing shoulder stands!!

I'm giving myself this weekend to come up with a new ab plan. Maybe switch days? Do it before work?? Find a different one & work up to Ab Ripper??? To be Continued...

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USMCdaffy

Injury!! .... And some workout thoughts

First off I was able to complete all of ChaLean Extreme. WOO HOO!! I took a month off doing random workouts without a real schedule to follow which included swimming. Since we only have a few months of pool time around here I am trying to get in as much as possible!!

I started Round2 of P90X2. It was a lot of fun. I really wanted to do it again. There is so much muscle confusion that I forgot what all the workouts entailed! LOL I got through Week1 and it went well I thought. I got to Week2, Day8 I was doing Warrrior 3 Crunch Tucks (exercise 2) and I did 3 reps when my entire hip either popped or shifted! WOW! It really scared me! My right hip has a history of severe injury. It is actually why I had to get out the Marines. And it took YEARS to heal. I know part of my heart racing was because of the exercise but some of that was from fear.
Did I re-injury a dormant injury? I stopped, I walked around, I did some stretching. I don't think there is any damage but there are some strained muscles. I made it through the workout. I had a decision to make. I'm not 23 years old anymore & I find it takes longer to heal from injury Do I go on? Do I continue with P90X2? Ultimately I decided to take that week off and just concentrate on swimming. Its very low impact & it helps with stretching.
New week started Monday. The hip has been sore but I have doing a lot of sitting and my work was crazy busy. Things have settled down quite a bit. So yesterday I thought about what I was going to do for workouts. I love @Tony_Horton but Im not sure about continuing and my USMC reunion is in November. Time is ticking & I have to get moving on something aside from swimming.

So yesterday I did Day1 of Round4 (?) of @TURBOFIRE.
It went well. My hip muscles are still sore so I modified. I did Fire30 and it went really well. No crazy pain, no stopping because of pain. My conclusion is that there are some strained muscles because there was extra movement in the hip socket that was NOT normal! So your muscles, ligaments, tendons get strained. It's something that can heal & you are perfectly fine! It just scares me when I think I cant workout! I need it!! It helps me manage my stress more then anything else! So I'm back on the TurboFire train! WOOOOT WOOOT!
Shout out to my new friends/workout buddies from Twitter!
This guy ---> @Krazeejarhead is a gym hardcharger! He motivates me to get back in & fight it, take charge of it, & make it happen, so THANK YOU!
This lady ---> @Tania110usmc she does TurboFire too & she motivates me! Thank You!
And OF COURSE... They both are Marines! #oohrah #TeamGetSome

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USMCdaffy