Day forty out of ninety [40/90]

No post for the last couple days! I apologize. I've been far too busy with informatics capstone and busy with classes that I haven't had the chance to post. Regardless, I've still been able to make time to do my workouts this week. I was able to push myself harder this week compared to last week and increased my reps pretty well.

This is the second week of phase two and all, been feeling pretty good. I've started to get used to working out so frequently and hopefully I can keep it up for the next fifty days. Forty days today marks an upcoming milestone: forty-five. That will officially be the half way mark and about 15 days away from another "performance picture" =). Definitely have to keep it up and make sure to stay on top of my game. Working hard, but only half way there.. here we go! Fifty more!

For today's workout, I definitely pushed myself hard. I did all the routines and even saw myself increase anywhere from 10-20% on a lot of my reps. However, I didn't push myself all the way due to the fact that it was Legs & Back workout today and I will be going snowshoeing for a few hours tomorrow. So tomorrow shall be a substitute for Kenpo, unless I'm feeling super good and decide to do Kenpo on Sunday.

In any case, time for the food! (for you, Yena!). I read a post from someone on a forum on p90x that said that the hardest part about p90x, is the nutrition. I don't remember what he said verbatim, but I'll paraphrase. Essentially, to get effective results, it starts in the kitchen, not in the gym. You definitely won't be losing much or getting results if you're eating wrong and unhealthy. Pretty simple right? But a 90 day commitment is tough to curb the bad eating habits and I believe is the most challenging portion of p90x. After all, the mental commitment for the workout is 1hr-1.5hr per day, but the mental commitment to eating healthy is 24 hours, all day, for 90 days.

In any case, I'll definitely do my best to hold myself accountable to eating right, and forget the rest. For dinner tonight, I kept it simple. I had a vegetable mix from trader joes, and combined that with some broccoli. After it was well seasoned and fried a little, I added two eggs into the mix and made it into a nice stir-fry. I'm not sure how "healthy" this is, but eggs are a great form of protein and I tried to keep everything as healthy as I could be. Next, I had some chicken as well as some soy meatballs. Heated it all up and ate dinner! I also committed to only eating half of it for right now, then eating the other half in a few hours :) trying to eat smaller portions.

One other thing I wanted to ask my readers (which are you two, you know who you are :) ).. 

What motivates YOU to work out?

For me, it's about getting in a healthy lifestyle while I am still young. I've seen far too many people put off getting physically active and reap the repercussions down the road. I've had far too many family members pass away too early and I want to do all that I can to curb bad habits early on. Also, I definitely think by being healthier physically, it'll lend to being sharper in many other aspects of life.