Week 2: Day 2

Today was Plyometrics, "Jump Training". And this is the one that last week I was sure I wouldn't make it through. Well, I made it through and I burned roughly the same amount of calories as last time, 600 in 60 minutes. I was jumping a little higher and squatting a little deeper. I felt a twinge about half way through in my hamstring but just thought I was putting too much weight on that leg, so I adjusted. But by the time I had cooled down and started fixing dinner I could tell I had tweaked my hamstring. I can't say I pulled it, but it was feeling close. So, I called my dad who will always be my coach and asked him what to do. He said ice it. So I have for 10 min every hour since this evening and it is definitely helping. I am going to take tomorrow off. I am a bit bummed about it, but I would rather take a day and get it better than do something really stupid. Plus, the next workout is upper body, then Yoga, so by day 5 when I do Legs and Back I should be good to go.

One new thing today, I decided to try and cook from the P90X Diet. I think it's assumed everybody does the diet and supplements, but it seems the more I talk to people no one really buys into all of that. I eat fairly well already, but I struggle with breakfast and sometimes making time for a good lunch. So, I thought I'd go for it. My focus today was dinner. I made a delicious chicken breast with the P90X Chile-Honey sauce. Wow, was that good. And my entire family tried Wild Rice for the first time without it being from Rice-A-Roni. I'll eat brown rice, but none of them will touch it. Well, they all ate it and loved it. I made it with low-sodium free range chicken broth and it needed absolutely nothing on it. My husband was also out of town and he is a great cook, so he usually takes on dishes with sauces. But tonight I was a lone-ranger and pulled it off. It was delicious and quite easy. Tomorrow night we are having salmon and quinoa. We'll see how the kids go for that one.