Another tough weekend.  I am in San Francisco now….just ran 3.5 miles then hoped on the bike for another 3 miles…..now gonna go have a fat burger and beer!  We will see….maybe just a salad.  No workout tomorrow….all day meeting then red eye home.  If I can maybe get up early and run but I doubt it.

Ran three miles this morning.  Pretty uneventful, but I am enjoying the running-on-the-rest-week routine.  I think I just needed to change things up a little bit.  Hoping to get four miles in tomorrow morning and then start in on Phase 3 on Wednesday.  It'll be nice to get back to the Phase 1 workouts for a week.

FFB – how'd the protein bars come out?  Brought one myself for a snack this afternoon.

Any chance Sully and Dickie are out there somewhere still cranking on P90X?

Taking a rest day today (might do Core tonight but not likely).  I am then going to run the next two days and then start week 9 on Wednesday.  I was looking at the calendar and realized I don't have enough time to get through everything before my vacation end of March, so I need to modify just a littel bit.  Nothing significant.  Basically I am going to swap Kenpo for Yoga and then go on a 5 day on, one day rest schedule the rest of the way.  So basically instead of 6 p90x workouts, it will be 5 a week then a rest.  This will allow me to finish week 12 the day before I go away.  Not worried about the "rest" week while on vacation, but I am planning on running at least 3-4 times while in Florida.

Couple of other non-P90X items…I broke my old bike out of the shed this afternoon and pumped up the tires.  Safe to say I haven't been on it in 9-10 years.  I took a quick loop right on my street but probably needs a small tune-up.  Going to have a friend take a look at it and then once the weather picks up, will work a couple of rides into my schedule.

The other thing is I made some pretty good home made protein bars last night.  Very easy:

1/4 cup reduced fat peanut butter
3 TBL fat-free chocolate syrup
3 scoops chocolate protein powder (I used the whey chocolate)
1 – 1 1/2 TBL water  (you may need more…I think probably closer to 3 TBL)
In small bowl, combine peanut butter and chocolate syrup. Add the protein and enough water to moisten slightly. Place mixture on waxed paper or plastic wrap, and knead by hand for a few seconds to blend ingredients. Form into four bars of small rectangles either by hand or rolling mixture with a rolling pin between two sheets of waxed paper. Wrap each bar in waxed paper or plastic wrap. Store in refrigerator to preserve freshness.  I put in freezer for 30 minutes before eating and it came out great.

Make 4 bars

Per Bar: Calories  170/ Protein 17 grams/ Carbs 13grams/ Fat 6grams

Got in a four mile run before the game today and actually didn't do too bad as far as cheating on the nutrition.  Had a few beers, but on the food side only had some shrimp and some buffalo wings.  Nothing wrong with the shrimp as far as nutrition and the buffalo wings were baked and not breaded.  So I will call today a win…..although the Celts lost to the worst team in the league.

Sick today but got a 3.5 mile run in.  I think I am going to do week 7 over.  Don't feel that I deserve a rest week.  So hopefully I will do Chest, shoulders and triceps tomorrow and then do a whole week and take my rest week the following week.  That works out well too because I am going away in 2 weeks for the weekend and it will be my rest week.  And when I get back on Monday I can start up week 10….AND BRING IT!!!!

Just finished back and biceps….felt good.  Left arm was still weak but overall great workout.  Felt a little sick at the end so I will push off abs till the morning….no excuse not to fit a 15 minute workout in before work.  It was nice to get back into things after missing a few days.  Just need to get in the workouts when I can…I can't worry about missing any…if I do I do…just need to bring it when I press play.

And I got my tickets……..the tickets to the "GUN" show!!!!

FFB – completely agree with all you said.  The hang up on the weight loss is the contest.  In reality I have already made my final weight…had to be 205.7.  Weighed in last time at 204.  It is more just a competitive thing to try to win….and I know I have more weight to lose, either way.  I think to really lose the weight, I need to do doubles but I just don't have the time.

Anyway, finished Week 7 today with Legs and Back.  I hate this one beyond belief.  I can not keep up with all the reps.  I think a good part of it is my breathing during the workout.  Have to figure that out.  At times I feel more gas'd than I do with the cardio.  My whole focus with this workout is just to get it behind me every week because it means the rest day is here.  So I will rest tomorrow, then I have the rest week to finish off Phase 2.  My plan is to do 3-4 runs of about 3 or 4 miles.  How I spread those out, I am not sure.  Might do two on, one off type of deal but it may depend on my schedule a little bit.

Phase 3, right around the corner.

KenpoX this morning.  I think I probably got my best kenpo workout yet on this one.  Not sure why, don't feel like I was doing anything different but definitely felt like I got a really good workout.  Glad to have it out of the way.  I will finish the week with Legs & Back tomorrow, always one of my least favorites and then on to the rest week for week 8 and unbelievably the end of phase 2.  I have stopped weighing myself recently, but am not expecting any significant weight loss during phase 2.  Any weight loss will be a surprise, given my recent results.  No doubt I am in way better shape though, so no worries.

For the rest week I think I am basically going to run.  Probably alternate run-rest for six days (may do Core once)…and then on to Phase 3.   I think the running will be good for me in the weight loss department and improving my cardio, which is where I will probably focus once done with Phase 3.

Today was plyo for me also…but I decided to run 4 miles instead.  Too much cheerleading stuff going on this weekend for my wife so I had the kids playing during the workout…no way I could have jumped around without spraining an ankle on some toy.  So the treadmill was the best bet.  Felt good and got a great sweet on.  Tomorrow will do my workout then take Tuesday off cause I will be traveling all day. 

I also started week 7 today.  Kind of Dnash-ed it the last couple of days (ie. no workouts).  Kidding.  I had a ton going on at work and had a few things outside of work that just never allowed me to get my workouts in.  Anyway, pretty good workout.  Still not getting all the reps I would like on the push-ups, but I am definitely pushing myself.  Altogether, a good workout.  Need to get back into my 5am routine, I think, if I want to maintain the p90x schedule.

I also got my casein today, so I am going to start that tonight.  Planning on taking it every night.  I need the protein and the calories in my diet.