5.27.2010

Ladies and gentleman!

A great day is upon us! I can now blog from my phone! Oh yes, I have
overcome my biggest obstacle to blogging… getting off the couch. So
no more excuses. I can compose quick pieces throughout the day,
anytime anywhere and upload it as easily as sending a text. Oh the
marvels of modern technology.

This is especially convenient with my upcoming trip to California!
That's right, this Saturday I will be leaving for LAX with my every
reliable sidekick, Andy, where we shall rendezvous with the infamous
Mr. H (Andy's father). The week will consist of motorcycles, gorgeous
California coastline, towering forests, breathtaking desert-scapes,
dining expeditions, and adventure! I don't have an official itinerary
to post for you but I will do my best to post a review of each day.

Only detail still troubling me? How do I work in my P90X?!


Grace "Scully" Nolan
813.545.8444

5.12.2010

P90X: Day 17

or Why Tony Horton Is My Only Friend

Remember that great and inspiring post about how I was going to start writing every day, inspired by my own progress in jogging? Yeah, sorry about that. I .....uuuuuuuh... Steve Buscemi trapped me in an internet and bear proof container in Fargo and I only just escaped upon discovering the door was a push, not a pull. Yeah, that's the ticket.

Well, as my Twitter followers may have noticed,  I haven't been jogging. But do not fret, I have not betrayed myself or you. I have been engrossed in the P90X Extreme Home Fitness program. My boyfriend had mentioned it as something he wanted to try to build muscle and shed a few vanity pounds and I said I would do it with him for support. And I tell you, o faithful readers (i.e. Dad, Dawn, and Patrick), it is everything it promises to be. Extreme and at home.

I love it though. I'm completely obsessed, at the risk of alienating myself from my loved ones. I talk about my experience and progress every chance I get. And I have become one of those people who turn down food by explaining "I've already had my carb for the day". Yes... I am a fitness douche. It's gotten to the point that both friends and family have begun to tease me about my "diet" (at 120lbs and a size 4 jeans, people don't what to hear me say "diet"). I'm sure even Andy, my forever patient and even tempered boyfriend, must be sick of my bad workout jokes, referencing the trainers in the videos as if we actually knew them, and constantly spouting the catch phrases from the videos.

 The Before Shot
 The Goal (Dreya Weber)

But for the program to be effective, you have to dedicate and commit yourself. And folks, I am most certainly committable! Read on for more about my progress and how the program works.