The Babbling Bee

Tomorrow marks the official first 90 days of P90. I've definitely lost weight thus far. The scale has said that I've dropped fron 169 to 165 but it feels like I've lost more than that. As it stands, I might need to go out and buy a few more work pants because most of my bottoms have become to loose around the butt and back thigh area. Not a bad deal for only being one month in! Next week I'm going to try the 3-4 circuit and see how I fare. For some reason I'm getting low on energy though. It's a real struggle to get moving on the first few rounds of exercising. Maybe I need more carbs in the diet? Might want to experiement with that just to see if it helps.

So far though I'm happy with the results I've seen. My muscles are stronger, I have more energy, and it seems I'm sleeping better. I'll have to take photos and do a comparison of the old photos I had just to see the difference. Not like I need another conformation of the obvious but its neat to see how far I've come!

It's really interesting that only a week has gone by and I can already feel the muscles in my body getting stronger. Most of the soreness has wore off and only a few places are lingering with pain but I suspect that once I get into the swing of things that too will diminish. Doesn't seem right to me that there isn't stiffness in my limbs. Eh, time to up the anti? It just seems too early to me.

Anyway, today I had my consultation with a doctor regarding my nose reconstruction. Well, I suppose reconstruction is too heavy a word as it's more of a reduction. He went through the process of showing me what he'd do. He will have to break part of my nasal bone in order to reduce the length, but he said the operation shouldn't last more than 2 hours and what I'm getting is pretty standard. The changes aren't really that drastic, and at least the shape of my nose would still be generally the same. Obviously the length is another story. It still seems a little surreal that I even went to the appointment. I wasn't really sure what to expect and it felt so rushed and hurried to me despite there not really being a lot of people there.

This whole decision is leaving me really conflicted though. I do really want to have the surgery done since I've hated my nose for years and want something that's ideal in appearance. I just feel so damn alone and am not really getting much support for this at all. It shouldn't bother me but I can't help it. Why I allow myself to get wrapped up in such conflicting emotional states I'll never know. I did get an exact quote and set a date for the surgery while I was there. The woman in charge of doing the process was nice enough and we chatted for a little while as we set up the appointments. I'll have to go into the office again a week before the surgery for Pre-Op. Then on the 27th I'll be going in for the actual procedure. The grand total to all this will be around 6k. That's about where I thought it would be. I wanted to ensure that I had enough time off and made the date before the weekend of Memorial Day so I had at least a three day weekend to recover. After that I'm told that I'll need to wear a nose split for at least 6 days because of the nasal bone trimming. Bruising will be pretty bad for a while and so will the swelling. Probably won't be another month before that goes away.

Somehow this year feels like something is changing for me. I don't know what that might be, but there is just that feeling. Perhaps it's because for once I'm setting things in motion that should have been done ages ago. Who knows?

So this will be the official week of completing P90. Honestly, not too bad, though the regimine is getting a little dull. Bouncing back and forth with the same disks every other day isn't enough to break up the monotiny. But I owe it to myself to stick with it. The weekend... well, in terms of the diet, I ended up not eating as I should have. I knew waking up later would be a problem, but breakfast usually never bites me. It's just lunch and the snacks. Notwithstanding, I had dinner at our grandmas and, while I did the best I could to portion control, I still ended up eating crap I didn't need. I'm going to need to be more diligent about that in the future.

Well, I'm two days shy of it being my first full week of working out. Out of idle curiosity I hopped onto the scale today to see if what I've done thus far has had any impact on my weight. I was a little shocked to see that I've gone down 4 pounds but I suspect that's more water than anything. Looking in the mirror this morning after my shower I could see my deltoid muscles starting to firm up though. This high protein and low fat diet really does a lot in a matter of days to trim back the fat on the body. Then again, I still have a lot to loose so that's probably why I'm seeing results so fast?

As of now, the only thing I really need to ensure is that I stick with a decent diet schedule. During the work week, I can follow the program pretty much to the letter and that includes at what time I should be eating snacks. However the weekends are a little tougher since I'm a night owl and I tend to wake up naturally at around 8:30 - 9:00ish. That makes for some late breakfasts as around 10 is when I should have my first snack. I'll have to figure something out eventually.

So far so good though! Today I need to make a brief run to the local Vitamin Cottage and pick up some protein mix and get a big bucket of oatmeal.

1/13/11
Weight: 169
Chest: 35 1/2"
Waist: 38"
Hips: 42 1/2"
R mid thigh: 25 1/4"
L mid thigh: 25 1/2"
R upper arm: 12 3/4"
L upper arm: 12 1/2"

Yeah, I know, it's beneficial in the long run however starting back up after a long hiatus does suck. There's a group of muscles right now in my upper legs that I had no idea existed up until two days ago. It is however quite early in the regimne though, so I know the stiffness will wear off. I'm thinking that part of the problem is that I haven't been drinking any protein at all to help combat the stiffness. The last time I started working out I was chugging protein mix and it seemed to make a difference.

Anyway, I plan on tracking my progress here on this blog as a means of... well keeping tabs on how my weight loss is going. The program I've started is the Southbeach P90 bootcamp meant to be a kick start into the P90X program. I've got both series of DVDs so I can transition over fairly smoothly. Ultimately, my goal is to loose about 45-55 pounds, depending on what my body looks like when I get to the 140 point. I'm not really trying to shoot for a lean, mean, fat burning machine body, just something more toned and down to a healthy weight. If anything, I just am aiming to drop pant sizes. As a female, I still want to have some softer curves.

So this week I have officially started P90. For the next 90 days I'll be sticking to a rigorous eating and exercising routine. Balls. But hey I'm ready to get rid of this last bit of flab so I'll push through it. Besides the workout is only about 35 minutes. I'll post up current measurements to track the progress.