Day 18 is here…..
I have reached Day 18 of P90X. I have passed my dreaded two week mark, and I don’t have any desire to stop. I am so proud of myself! It can get discouraging, because I haven’t seen a major drop in the scale. I have to remind myself it takes time. I do however notice changes, changes in my endurance, changes in my strength (time for heavier weights), and some changes in my appearance! Things are starting to “sit right” like they were pre-baby. I am also more confident, I posted a Facebook picture for the first time since my son was born last week. I was so self conscious and just had a bad outlook on myself. One thing I have learned, is that it is truly mind over matter. The mind will tell you that you are too tired, you don’t have time, eat that fast food, and if you eat that fast food go ahead and quit this battle you already are traveling down the wrong road. But see, you WILL fall. I was reading a Soror of mine’s article about mentally preparing yourself for weight loss. She was saying that this thing takes TIME, it will not happen overnight. You are erasing a LIFETIME of bad habits, so you will fail. See this time, I went into this thing knowing that I’m not going to lose the weight overnight, I’m going to stumble, I’m going to get tired, but I will NOT lose! This thing will not defeat me. Thanks to everyone who has kept up with me thus far, your support drives me as well. Just a tip for those just starting P90X, it WILL get easier. Oh you will still work hard, but it will get better, you will be able to get through the workouts, do things you couldn’t when you started. There was thing called leg climbs that I just couldn’t do! I can DO those now lol! So I KNOW it’s working even though I don’t see it as drastically yet. Week one is pure hell, you are sore, if you are just starting a fitness plan you can’t make it through, I mean it is just bad but it does get better. I am almost done with Phase I, and feeling great. Next week is recovery week! Peace!
