Happy Birthday Dane Cook!

Oh mother nature, your killing me! It was so nice out today! A High of 72 on a Friday. Lets just say Olympus did not have the most productive Trish today! It is going to be nice tomorrow, but not as nice as today! I love pre-spring, nice days! They just make everything seem better. Driving, listening to music, waiting for the bus etc ect! Awe so nice! I know you know what I am talking about!

I am going to take advantage of spending some time with my favorite little buddy, Jaxon and shoot some hoops with him and Odin! I know it will be a good time! Can't wait!

Today was a very nice day! As you all ready know, Mother nature was rocking it today and it was quite peaceful at work, for March. Odin had Kung Fu and Basketball tonight. It was his last game of the season and My mother, sister and brother in law along with some friends came to cheer Odin on! He was so proud. I can't wait for his baseball season to start! I am pretty sure that starts the second week of April. I have to admit, I am really going to enjoy then next few weeks, with a very light after school schedule, because when Baseball starts, it is ON like Donkey Kong! I am barely home when that starts. It may not be as bad as I think because, last year we had to travel an hour away to get to each game, and practice three or more times a week! So no worries because it is going to be right down the road now!

On to the P90X, today was Plyometrics, which I have all ready done. It did seem a tiny bit harder today, but that is because I did it at 9:00 at night! BIG difference. I took my pre p90x measurements today! Here we go... don't laugh!! ( I am not 100% sure these are accurate)

Body Fat % 32.2 :(
Weight 139 :(
Chest 36"
Waist 31"
Hips 38"
Right Thigh 22"
Left Thigh 22"
Right Bicep 11"
Left Bicep 11"

I sure hope those numbers get better! I am putting all hopes in Tony and the P90X crew! I have faith! I am going to Bring it! Hahaha! Well I am watching some Basketball and just realized how late it is!!! Geeze I need to go to bed!

So my day 3, of my 30 day always changing bucket list! Hiking the Appalachian Trail. I will do this the first chance I get! In fact maybe my honeymoon!?!? That could be a million years away!

Day One of P90X coming real soon!

Hopefully tomorrow starts day One of of P90X! I am very super excited! I have a little under half of the 12 dvds and hopefully tomorrow I will have the first few to start, then have them all by Friday! I went over the Fitness Guide and have made the decission to attempt to do the doubles program. Reason being, I love cardio!

The first four weeks, or phase 1, is exactly the same in the doubles and classic schedule of P90X. Once you hit Phase two, or week 5, you follow the exact same as classic but add in Cardio X three days a week. So that means three days a week, I will be working out for 43 mins of Cardio X in the morning, and about an hour in the evening of the other resistance work outs! Crazy, right! I know I can do it though. Then, Phase three you follow the same schedule as classic but throw in 4 days a week of CardioX. I figure as long as I do the Classic Schedule to a tee, the Cardio I do will just be icing on the cake! My guess is the days I do the extra Cardio X will be my favorite days. I have a month to wait for that so we will see!

I did the P90X fit test that is in the Fitness guide. This is no where near as insane as Insanity's fit test, but a good way of giving a P90X Minimum. If your unable to do the minimum on each test, the guide suggest you try a different work out prior to starting P90X. I was unable to reach the minimum on the pull ups.I have never in my life to be able to do an unassisted pull up. The guide gave a side note for this test saying many people will not be able to perform the minimum pull ups and for this move only that is okay. My ulitmate goal for P90X is somewhere in the next 90 days to be able to do ONE unassisted pull up! Nothing else... that is my end goal! Everything else will just be an extra bonus!

Results for the test. I only have to record these numbers again at the end of the 90 days. (Keep in mind I was unbelievably sore from yesterdays work out!!! and that totally effected my numbers today. I had Matt count and measure and watch the clock for all of these LOVE HIM!)


Pull Ups 0 P90X Minimum Men 3 Women 1 :(

Vertical Leap: 12 inches P90X Minimum Men 5" Women 3"

Push ups: 28 P90X Minimun Men 15 Women 3 (to failure)

Toe Touch: +5 P90X Minimum at least -6 (

Wall Squat: 1min 30sec P90x Minimum 1 minute(yesterday butched this number!)

Bicep Curls: 56 reps 8lbs P90X Minimum men 10 reps 20lbs Women 10reps 8lbs

In and Outs: 42 P90X Minimum 25

Heart Rate: 152 107 94 92 P90X Minimum Be able to finish 2 mins of jumping jacks

The last one is 2 mins of jumping jacks and the last 30 seconds you go as hard and fast as you can. Immeditately after you take your heart rate (152) then after another minute (107) etc etc. I had fun! Knowing that can do far over the minimum (other then the pull ups) made me happy! Well lets just hope I can start tomorrow! I will be taking a before picture and the whole works and can't wait to see my progress!

I am also going to be starting a little challenge for myself. For the next 30 days I want to think about things I want to do,lets say my bucket list or my always changing bucket list or things or places I want to experiece again. I am starting with something I definitely want to experience again! The San Juan Islands off the coast of Washingtion!

Max Confusion!

Today was my first time with Max Recovery. I don't have an opinion on it yet. It was similar to Cardio Recovery, as in there is no cardio. It was longer and I think harder. Matt commented that he felt it was the easiest in all of Insanity. I had to disagree, I believe Cardio Recovery in month one is. Now, I said earlier I don't really have an opinion because I am VERY VERY VERY SORE! Maybe next Sunday when my body has adjusted to the new Max month two workouts, I will be able to give an honest opinion. I will say, for some reason, I had a hard time following what was going on because I did not know the moves yet. And as you can tell it got a tiny bit crowed in my living room. HAHA

Yes my entire body is sore. Especially my upper body. So all of the push ups and plank moves were a bit harder than usual. Seriously, I struggled to even get two in, let alone 20. So it is done for the day! I was planning on going to the gym today and get some extra working out in, but I remembered my stupid IPOD is broke. I like to run outside with out an ipod, but the gym is a different story. I hope to get a new one soon, but my finances this month don't really call for it :( We will see, I also have a birthday coming up.

So I have been toying with the idea of becoming a Beach Body Coach. More on that later. Well I am desperate need of a shower. And a day of cleaning. So I am off till tomorrow.

Kinda scared of a Ballerina!

I slept awful last night, moved out to the couch around 3:00, took some Advil and that helped, but in NO WAY was I ready to get up this morning when my alarm went off. I turned it off and laid there for about 8 mins and finally got out of bed (or out of couch). I woke Matt up saying... "If your working out, you got to get up this minute.... Not next minute this minute! " He did... although he said later that he absolutely did not want to, but he did. I love him for that.

Guess what, tomorrow is my day off of insanity! Meaning I am gonna be sleeping in an extra hour tomorrow! Oh yeah!!! Also,Thursday is the start of Week FOUR!!!! I am proud to say that I have only missed one day of work outs... and that was due to illness and not laziness! Yes you can say it, I rock... or you can call me INSANE, cause that would be a compliment!

This also means that I only have one more week of Phase one, or Month one! Then, it is a week of Recovery and Core and Balance . Then Max interval!! I am not gonna say much about that because I don't really know anything about it, only that it is claimed to be much harder than what I currently have been doing!

So I am off, putting Odin to bed, and watching Swan Lake and resting my ankles! (They hurt so bad)

But I love Beer!

Day 17! Saturday! Fun day! Well its before noon and I have not made it to work yet but Matt and I did do two workouts of Insanity! I am starting to think that I may be actually going Insane! All I think about all day long is this work out and losing weight and getting stronger and what I am going to do after day 63 is over.... I am nutty! I totally get obsessed with things and I try not to, but it never fails.

This is with anything and everything! I can't just get a new cd and listen to it once. I listen to it over and over and over and over and over again. Like my old cd's don't even exist. I pick up running and can't just run for fun... I aim for a marathon and run till I break my leg! I can't just take my kid to kick ball, I have to coach. Then I just can't coach I have to be the commissioner. Then I can't just be Trish the Commish, I HAVE to be a board member of the youth association. Humm maybe my addictive personality over takes every aspect of my life! I even brush my teeth like a nut, takes me 30 mins to get my routine done just on my teeth three times a day, I go to the dentist like 15 times a year ( I am not kidding!) Man, I am realizing I am a nut ball! Seriously! I can't even just like animals, I have to be a vegetarian and volunteer at the animal Shelter. Man, I am surprised Matthew puts up with me.... or KEEPS up with me! HAHA He just calls me a donkey and then smiles! I think he is jealous of my obsessive behavior he just does not want to admit it!

Anyway we kicked tail today with Pure Cardio and Cardio Abs. The Cardio Abs video is 16 minutes long and fairly simple! Although my back hurt more then my abs burned. I don't think I have the "C position" down right! My form sucks! Butt we did it! I was drenched in sweat today! LIKE OMG A LOT of sweat! I love it!!!!

Today is my mom and dad's 39th anniversary, and I have to say, I am so blessed that have two parents that love each other so much. They have taught me how to live, laugh and love! They have taught me to be real and honest. Love is not always great, times are not always easy. The money is not always there. The words are not always nice. But the one thing I know is family will always be there no matter how crappy things are, no matter how hard something is, no matter how little money you have, no matter how harsh the words are, family are the diamonds of life, unbreakable! Mom and Dad you taught me more then you will ever know just by loving each other! Love you!

I have asked Matthew to come up with an idea of what to do today/tonight... We will see! At this very moment I need to eat, I am starving!!! Goals for this week... lose a pound, and drink no beer! But I love Beer! This is gonna be a tough one!

We are No Ordinary Family!

Day seven! Day seven! Day seven! I made it a whole week! Week one in the BAG!!! Today I love me! As you know from yesterday, I switched my day off from Insanity today and used it yesterday.

So I did Plyometric Cardio Circuit today! My alarm went off and I DID not want to get up, Odin's school had already called and closed school and woke me up so it was not as hard as I expected it to be! The getting up part but NOT the work out part. I did not give 100%. I was queasy and was half occupied with the notion that I may have caught Odin's illness! All is good in that department but I know I could have done the work out better! I promise I will give it all I got tomorrow! I also had to shovel my drive because we did get like 10inches of snow last night. My back is really doing a number on me but I will live. Nothing a little bit of icy hot can't fix!

I am sure my back hurts also because I did a lot of driving today too, and I am not of fan!

So I also and spending my Mother and Son night tonight so I got to go baby! See you tomorrow!