Day 68 - Update

Nothing too new to report here. Just wanted to check in.

New day 67 photo's are up. I think not much has changed since last week.

I'm pushing through the large sets/ reps handed to us this week. I'm hanging in there with the diet. I'm tired, I'm sore, but I'm still going.

Dreaming of day 90... I'd love to be able to be as kick ass as this guy.

hmm...fat chance though. This guy is in a league of his own. haha

Day 60 - Thank you Dr. Zizmor

About a month ago Patrick mentioned that after a while on the Peak we might see some breakouts on our skin. He said not to worry too much about it, that it's just our body getting rid of the last bit of toxins in our system. Well, I must be a little behind schedule because we are 2 months into this program and I'm breaking out like a hormonal 6th grader. It's been like 2 weeks now and I'm growing very tired of these zits. When will it end? I seriously do not want to have to call Dr. Zizmor!!

Day 49

Men, I'm warning you right now this post is all about women stuff.

So the last couple of days have been really hard. One thing I have never mentioned is that about 3 years ago I was diagnosed with PMDD. One of my initial hopes was that with a healthy PCP lifestyle my symptoms would decrease. Well in fact this month it's here with a vengance. Some months are better than others, but when it's bad it's really bad. I have every single highlighted item on the list below and the ones in red are the ones that really interfere with my daily life.

These usually last about a week to two weeks a month and subside after, you know after my friend comes. But, that little bastard doesn't seem to want to come this month. This has happened the last time I trained hard and lost some weight. I didn't get it for like 6-8months.

It really sucks because I am so cranky, I just hate everything and everyone right now, I am completely EXHAUSTED all the time, my back is KILLING ME, I want to eat everything in the house. And by the way that's just what I did the other night. Unfortunately, or maybe fortunately, all I have in the house are healthy things so I ended up downing the following; 6 pitted dates, an extra apple, an extra egg white, 5 dried pineapple rings, cup of Kashi 7 whole grain cereal puffs with skim, 30 grams of a whole wheat baguette, I think there might have been some cold yams and I'm sure there is some other things I can't think of now...anyway this was after my evening snack so I already had consumed all my food for the day. Even after that I was still hungry but I made myself go to bed. I really want to eat something else tonight but right now I am just too tired to move.

I trained Capoeira tonight and my lack of coordination, focus, extreme fatigue and backache made it really freaking difficult. I had to fight hard not to just pick up and walk out of class. Then I came home and had to do my timed jumps. That sucked even more. My shins are so sore and I couldn't keep a rhythm to save my life. Ugh...I think I'm done for the night. Going to bed. Can't wait till this time next week when I can feel like myself again.

Day 12

Ooouch!!!! Oouch and more ouch!!

I might be the biggest dumb-ass on the planet right now. I just finished eating my perfectly portioned PCP dinner and decided to make some tea.

Ah, tea.

After my water boiled, I noticed just how gross my stove has gotten over the past 2 days. SO... being the OCD person that I am, I HAD to clean it right away. AND... because I am such a genius, I start to pick up all the burners off the stove with my bare hands.

UM... and you guessed it.

I just burned the sh*t out of my thumb, pointer and middle finger. It actually hurts so bad that I am typing with only one hand. Thank you baby Jesus, that it was my left and not my right. But, damn it hurts just the same.

Yup, genius. I know.

Day 10

I think I'm starting to get dish pan hands. I feel like the past 2 days all I have been doing is cooking, washing dishes, eating, washing dishes, PCP work out, cooking, eating, washing dishes, Capoeira, cooking, washing dishes, eating, washing more dishes, um eating some more, washing some more. I think you get the picture.

Seriously, I feel like I have been eating like a mad woman. This is what I had for breakfast and lunch.

And I ate it ALL. Once again, I am not complaining. At first I was worried that with all this food I might gain some weight, but to tell you the truth, I've lost 2lbs since day 1. Not that I'm doing this to loose weight. I just don't want to end up bigger then when I started.

I am sore as hell though. Between Capoeira and the Peak work outs, my body is not happy with me. My shins and calves were KILLING me during my jumps today. I am prone to shin splints so I've been stretching my calves constantly but, I feel those suckers coming on. On the other hand, my back is finally feeling better.

I got a pedicure and a 35 min back massage today. Ahhhhh...I wish I had my own miniature masseuse that lived in my closet. I would take good care of it. Feed it, say encouraging things to it, I would even let it play in the yard with Chewie.

Tomorrow is going to be a long day. It's the first day of school. I probably won't get home from work and teaching until about 10 pm. I'm going to TRY REAL HARD to get up early and do my PCP work out because I know for damn sure I won't want to do it when I get home. Well I better start settling in for the night. If I have to get 8 hrs of sleep like Patrick says, I better have my ass in bed by 10.

Good night all.

Day 4

Like some of the rest of you, I found it a little more difficult to run through my PCP workout today. My legs felt really heavy while I was jumping rope. I think it's because up until today I was jumping bare foot. I read Patrick's post on someone else's blog and he said that it's better to wear sneakers, so from now on I'm strapping those suckers on.

I went to the lower level 6:30 Capoeira class today thinking I would be taking it easy. I felt pretty strong throughout. However, I'm wondering how training and PCP are going to work together. For instance there were 12 of us in class and each one had to lead a set of 20 crunches and 10 push ups. Yeah that's right people, that's a total of 240 crunches and 120 push ups. Add the 32 push ups from this morning and the 30 leg lifts and thats just a ridiculous amount of arm and ab work. Nothing like, "Keep it light, keep it consistent, and you'll see results."

See now I know why I am starving all the time with this half portion thing. I think the only one happy with it is my dog Chewie. Tonight I am craving some serious protein, so I'm making steak for dinner. She will be getting my other half. Oh happy dog, happy, happy dog.