day4: yoga x

day 4, 86 days to go.

I always tell David that as I am getting older, I really don't care about the big muscles or 6 packs or skinny figure, I want to focus more on mind and body. Like my mom does Taichi every morning for the past 40 years.  If I want to be able to say I've been doing Taichi for 40 years when I turn 80, I'd better start right now. Because of Taichi, my mom can do things that I can't even do, all that flexibility and the balance. When she's showing off (yes, she still likes to show off every once a while, guess she needs to work on the mind part a little bit more), I roll my eyes (I definitely need to work on my mind part), but secretly hoping that I can do that. So this is today, Yoga X. I have to bend my body in the ways that I never imagined, and with all that stretching, I sweat like a dog! That should tell you something.

No part of my arms and shoulder hurts from yesterday. I need to up on the weight next time, for sure.

So I read yesterday on Internet the evaluation of P90X. It says: truthfully, if you think you would just do the workout and see the result, you would be disappointed! 125.5lb, this morning (from 134lb on July 5th) and 188lb for David. David didn't drop a single pound through the entire Insanity and here we are, 4 days later, he shredded 2 lbs. For him, it definitely is not just the workout, it is the food. We sweat more during the Insanity, and felt that we worked-out harder then, but we didn't pay this close attention to how we eat and how much we eat. David finally came to the realization and had a 180 degree change in his attitude :-) he actually was standing there measuring food with me last night. My major concern was that with a lot less carb in his diet (and mine), were we going to feel tired more. Not at all! His energy level is good, so is mine. His mind tricked him during the first couple of days that he had the urge to eat more. He stayed with the program, with an attitude towards me, and he is happy he did (I so want to say I said so ... mmmmmmm, mind and body, mind and body) I remember one of my dear friends told me his experience in the survival school when he is in the military - you are surprised how little food you need to be able to survive. The best part, you really don't don't miss the junks you use to put in your mouth ... and you don't have to eat flavourless. The pork chops we made was delicious, so was the asparagus soup. You'd pay $8.00 at the restaurant for a small bowl and here we are, we made all of them! We also started the migration to brown rice from the white rice, half and half for right now. It actually not bad at all, especially consider I am half way healthier, I am pretty excited! Jammer didn't complain either, that's the first time!

Got to drink more water, I didn't make my quota yesterday.

Homecoming game tonight, vs Mountain Vista. Go Titans!