It is Week 2 and Day 3 of the P90X exercises, but due to a hamstring strain I had to skip 2 days of exercise. I am very glad I listened to my body. I was doing Plyo and half way through I felt a twinge in my right hamstring. As the night went on it got really tight and painful. Per instructions from my dad who is very athletic, I iced it. I did that off and on all night. It really helped. The next day was Friday and my daughter's birthday. I was limping pretty good and could not fully straighten my leg. Since it was my daughter's birthday and my day to volunteer at their school I knew I couldn't get in for a massage. So, I did that the following day and planned on getting back at it. I ended up doing a one hour massage and I am so glad I did. I was a mess! I was so full of knots, my ankles felt bruised, my hamstring was tight and even my sciatica was really hurting. In case you don't know what Sciatica is, the definition according to Wikipedia: it is a set of symptoms including pain that may be caused by general compression or irritation of one of five spinal nerve roots that give rise to each sciatic nerve, or by compression or irritation of the left or right or both sciatic nerves. The pain is felt in the lower back, buttock, or various parts of the leg and foot. In addition to pain, which is sometimes severe, there may be numbness, muscular weakness, pins and needles or tingling and difficulty in moving or controlling the leg. Typically, the symptoms are only felt on one side of the body. My sciatica issue is something that began with the twin pregnancy and was sometimes so painful I would have to stop what I was doing and breathe through the pain. It comes and goes and since I have been more consistently active it hurts less often and less severely. I honestly didn't realize I was in much pain til I had the hour massage and the pain was relieved. Once I left the spa I felt that it was smart to take one more day off and fully recoup.
Today I am back at it and I feel awesome. Today's exercise was fun. I know, I just said fun! The 8 pound dumbbells are still a challenge and sometimes I can do 12's, even a few exercises caused me to use the 5 pound dumbbells. I am still not able to do all of the Ab Ripper X exercises or at least all the reps per exercise.. The V-up Roll up is just so hard. I do a Pilates 100 instead. I try and keep my legs and body in a V shape. If I am faltering, I put my legs in table top position just to get to 100.
The last thing I want to mention is the P90X Meal Plan. I have been trained over the years that 3 oz of protein is a serving size, especially for women. In Tony Horton's meal plan that is not the case. One of the meals that I planned to make for Friday night was 8 oz salmon, 3 T lemon dill sauce, one cup of Wild Rice, 1 C Asparagus, 2 cups Red Pepper soup and 2 T Protein Powder. Holy cow that is A LOT of food! I could never eat a half pound of salmon or any other protein. I decided to do what was comfortable for me. The meal that I had that night was 3 oz of salmon, a 1/2 C qiunoa (I had already had wild rice and wanted to try the quinoa), 1 C asparagus and I skipped the soup altogether. I have yet to get Protein powder. I would like to do that this week. And another thing with this meal, the recipe for the Lemon Dill sauce called for 6 Tablespoons of lemon juice. My gut told me while making it that that was a lot. But I put it in anyway. Well, I was right. It was soooo sour. I had to go back and add more chicken broth and then some raw honey. So, if you make the Lemon dill sauce go easy on the lemon juice til you get the right flavor.
Last night I had pizza and a huge serving of salad. My kids requested it and after a slumber party and day of shopping I was too tired to make dinner. Tonight I am making another fish. I am making Haddock in replace of the Halibut in the meal plan. Halibut was not on sale, but Haddock was. I also bought Pesto sauce instead of making my own. Pine nuts are just so expensive, it wasn't worth the cost.I made sure to buy a brand low in sodium and no added ingredients. The meal was delicious. And the best part about the P90X Meal plan is that all the dishes are normal and the rest of my family enjoy them as well. So I am not stuck with making 2 separate dinners.Tomorrow I plan to do better at incorporating the Meal Plan in my entire day. So far I've only used recipes for dinner. I am not a fan of eggs, so that makes it tricky.
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