P90X Week 8

[reishka]

RECOVERY WEEK! WOO! Yoga, Kenpo, Stretch X, and Core Synergistics are all on the menu for this week. I hope I do better at Core Syn this time around than last time... Week 4 was pretty brutal.

Since Chris' parents were out of town and no one came over for dinner, I didn't have any cheat days this past week. I think it really shows. I also didn't feel like I NEEDED a cheat day. The past few days I've been having a serving of pasta, but I still stay around 100g of carbs a day. I don't feel the compulsion to OMG MUST EAT CARBS RAWR anymore. I don't think I have for awhile... unless it comes down to bread. And I mean really good bread. Italian bread or homemade bread, I just can't win. I have to have a piece. Maybe two. And sometimes three, even though I KNOW that a) I don't need it, and b) it's really not that good for me. But... we can't win all the battles in our life and we have to chose which ones to lose. This one? I'm perfectly okay with losing, as long as it doesn't turn into a binge.

I still haven't seen a change in my hip measurement, which at this point is pretty disheartening. I can feel that my clothes hang differently... Clothes that one never needed a belt now do, and those that were too tight fit much better. In comparison to when I started, my waist is much more defined. But I still have this layer of fat between my stomach and  my hips that is refusing to leave. I'm short and stocky -- my waist is literally 5 inches from my underbust... and my hips are about 4.5 inches from my waist. So you don't really get any sense of my body being more defined than it was before... my boobs end at my waist (Yay DD/DDD), so it still just looks like one amorphous blob. I really need the fat at my hips to get a move on and go away.

A little over halfway done, and I've lost 8 pounds, 2.5% body fat, and 8.75 inches total... I hope the second half gives just as great results.

Week 8, Day 1 Measurements

Measurement	This Week	Last Week	Change	This Week	Beginning	Change
Weight	148.8	150.8	-2.0	148.8	156.8	-8.0
Body Fat %	36.5	36.3	0.2	36.5	39	-2.5
Underbust	35	35.25	-0.25	35	36	-1.0
Waist	35	36	-1	35	40	-5.0
Hips	39	39	0	39	39	0
Thighs	20.5	21	-0.5	20.5	22.25	-1.75
Biceps	10.5	11	-0.5	10.5	11.5	-1.0

Comments

[nicholedunigan.wordpress.com]

The 140s' yay!!! I loveeeee carbs. I haven't been able to limit my intake what so ever. It's pretty much the only thing I want to eat all the time. Congrats on all the progress!

[reishka]

I know, I'm so excited! :) If I get into the 130's I'm going to be amazed. Re: carbs: I've had that fight all my life. Pasta, fruit, breads... give me allllllllllllllllllllllllll of it and I will always ask for more. No question. Crackers, jam, whatever. The first few weeks were rough, cutting back, but I finally feel like I've evened off. And it's nice. :)

OMG!

[(Anonymous)]

You are doing amazing!! Totally probably going to do this when I have the little munchkin! I'm very proud of you! And I am with you 100% about the bread. Back in 06-07, I went on the Adkins diet. It worked very well for me but at the same time, my mom when to culinary school and would come home with less than an hour fresh sour dough breads. And then came the dessert part of her class. It was the WORST torture ever! I did have good self control though. I would just nibble a small piece here and there. I remember Fridays would be my cheat day because I would order chicken wings from Pizza Hut. =) But I am proud of you hun!!! You are doing so amazing!! You are really motivating me over here! <3 you!!

Re: OMG!

[reishka]

I'm going to assume you're Christina, lol. <3

I used to make bread every Friday/Saturday. Enough to share with friends and then use during the week... I really miss it. There's just something about fresh bread that I can't get enough of. I tend to do okay with other things - pasta once or twice a week, chocolate.. maybe a few chocolate chips or some dark chocolate. I haven't had chips in god knows how long (though I can't say I ever really ate a ton). But yeah... bread is my weakness. D: D: