100 Days Left: The P90X Reboot

People, I was looking at my counter in the sidebar today and realized that I only have 100 days until I turn 30! 100 tiny little days to get allllll those many goals done, the scariest of those being to complete a full cycle of P90X. Do you know why it’s called P90X? Because it takes 90 days to do it! Gah!

So, starting tomorrow, it’s on. The motivating factor is that I have to do it every day because there are only 9 spare days total in this whole thing, and that’s not a lot. I’m not gonna lie– if it weren’t for this whole 30 Before 30 thing, I would say, “Hey, that guy Tim Ferris said you only have to work out for like 15 minutes a day with a kettlebell and you can eat chocolate eclairs, and, actually, working out too much just hurts your body and is counter-productive,” and I would use that and take it completely not in the spirit that it was intended, and eat chocolate eclairs 7 days a week and always sit on my bum because Tim Ferris said I don’t have to do P90X, so NYEH. But I already committed to this thing, and that means I have to do it.

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2010 Resolutions: 4th Quarter Check-up

My 2010 resolutions were resolved a long time ago. Some of them have been going well, and some of them have not. In the spirit of honesty, and because I’m trying some new things, thought I should give everyone an update.

1. Exercise every day in the morning.

Still off-and-on, but I have recently realized the importance of exercise to my happiness and mental health (yeah, I know, duh), so it’s on.

2. Write for at least one hour every weekday evening, and do promo on the weekends.

Know what gets in the way of creativity? Homework. Yeah, that’s kind of a whiny cop-out. NaNoWriMo approacheth, though, so I have hope that I can yet accomplish this.

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Weekly Fatass, Edition 9

Week 3 of P90X kicked my butt like I thought it probably would. I didn’t have the motivation to get through everything like I needed to. With my lifestyle, it pretty much has to be morning or not at all, and that’s easy to forget when you’re sleeping on your deluxe super-comfy extra special mattress in the morning, all warm and nice.

So, Week 4 is recommitting. I have to admit, since Week 4 is a recovery week, I thought I’d have it a little easier. Ha. Haha. Did the Core Synergistics workout this morning, which kicked my sorry butt.

Have also been going to Gyrotonic with Jen once a week, which gets progressively harder every week, and I like that because I’m a badass. (heh.)

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