Day 1

Ok, so today was day 1 of my work outs. The picture is one of me today before I went to the gym.

Even just going to my complexes gym seemed to be a hassle at first. I mean all I have to do is walk over there and I was starting to come up with excuses as to why I should maybe start tomorrow. I didn't listen and just kept walking and got into the gym...YAY, first step done. Now to warm up. The warm up was good but I started to think of the new movies I just got for Christmas that I could be watching. (Now the big issue with this is that I have all of this week off of work for vacation, so there really is not excuse for me to being trying to get out of working out today.) Ok, so starting today with the P90X video Chest and Back. In this workout I go from a style of push up to pull up. Each part is 4 sets, 2 styles of push ups and 2 styles of pull ups. Then the last 2 back work outs are with dumbells. There are like 4 parts and then once you have completed that you do it all over again. After this has been completed I get to do 15 minutes of ab work outs. During this workout, I could see where my chest was starting to swell and look bigger. That made me very happy to see that as it made me think I have a lot of potential in obtaining my goals.

So, day one was down for the count. HOORAY! I then, at a suggestion from a dear friend of mine, started a profile on bodybuilding.com. Hopefully, all this well help keep me motivated.

Getting it under contol

Ok, so lets just say that it has been over a year that I have been trying to get myself back in the gym. I will go a day or two, maybe even a third day, but then I make excuses to not go back or do what I need to do. I was doing P90X and using the guide that came with the dvd's to schedule my workouts. I was on it and LOVED it! I also was taking dance class 2-3 times a week which is awesome cardio and a lot of fun. Then 58 days into my P90x routine, I started to notice that my hips would start popping and sometimes hurt while working out. It also continued to effect my dancing abilities in dance class. I continued till day 63 when my hips would not allow me to do anymore exercises. I finally went to the doctor and he suggested I see a chiropractor. Now I know that I was suppose to be seeing a chiropractor because I knew my lower spin was not in line from an accident a few years back. So I started seeing my chiropractor, which has given me marvous results. However, even though my body was being fixed, my mind was not allowing me to regain the motivation to get back into the swing of things. So I have been stuggling and stuggling to get myself back into the gym. (I must add that I am a very lazy person by nature, so I stuggle everyday with trying to make myself do something.) Now over the past 6 months, I have become just lazy in everything I do. This past semester with school was a big ol' FAIL and work has been ok but the days of not wanting to even go in seem to be increasing. All I want to do is just sleep and veg out infront of my 52" tv with surround sound. :-/ I have goals and ambitions that I need to attack and for whatever reason, my laziness is gaining control of me and I need to fix that STAT!

In an effort to get my life back together, I have decided I need to get back into the gym to start feeling good about myself and hoping that will help everything else fall back into place. There is nothing like the feeling when you get done with a work out and know you have just given it your all. I want that feeling back and I want to get my life in order. So, to help keep me on track and to hold myself accountable for this, I have decided to blog about it. I will be blogging everyday about what work out I completed for that day or if I start to go back to my lazy ways, I have to blog what it was I was feeling when I made the decision not to work out. Also, there will be reprocussions for not completing a work out.

So here it goes.....