*december 7th*

Well, we didn't do much of anything to do with Christmas yesterday.

One noteable thing I did was start my P90X workouts!

For several months, Chris and I have been brainstorming ideas of how I could change up my workouts, especially since I was out of commission for 2 months and couldn't run...buy a gym membership so I could start lifting weights again? take aerobic-type classes (which would also require membership)? try to still do something at home? Well, we decided the cheapest and best option was P90X. It would be cheaper in the long run instead of paying extra money for a gym membership every month. (We had to buy the program packet and some equipment in order to start.) And we wanted to continue working out from home so we can be home with Maggie more during the week. From what we've heard this program really works (if you stick to it). And the most important thing about it is VARIETY. Variety is the key in this program in order to confuse your muscles, which in turn makes for better and more effective workouts. And I need variety. I'm tired of doing the same workouts. I think I just need something brand new. And that's exactly what this is.

(Ever since we started doing workouts from home (when we moved to Lafayette) I never liked doing the same set of ab exercises almost everyday. I really took up running for a couple years so I never had a huge reason to change. But then what happens if you can't run? Plus I'm not a huge fan of running in the rain and extreme cold when I'm not training for a race. Although I'm gonna try to keep up with running.)

So the past 2 days I've gotten out of bed at 5am to get these workouts in before work. And I'm loving it. I get my workout done for the day right off the bat and I can relax and do what needs to be done when I get home from work. (I used to workout after work when we lived in Peoria before.) I've been doing pull-ups and pushups of every kind, a workout called "ab ripper" which lives up to it's name, plyometrics (which is like athletic training with all kinds of jumping), and that's only the first 2 days.

So we'll see how strong and slimmed-down I get as this program progresses. (I've lost a lot of strength I used to have since I've stopped lifting and I want to lose several pounds too.) It's a 90-day program (which you can also continue afterwards). Chris will also be doing this with me once he's able. (It's kind of difficult to do since he's traveling.)

Let me tell ya, December is definitely a weird time to start a new workout, but I'm glad I didn't wait to start!

*december 4th*

We had a great Saturday...

slept in (even though Maggie woke Chris up at 6am)

had pancakes for a late breakfast

cleaned up the house a bit (while Maggie enjoyed sleeping on the couch)

put out a few more Christmas decorations
watched the beautiful snow continue to come down for the better part of the day

ran a few errands to get equipment to start P90X soon (more on that later)
went to a Christmas party one of my co-workers had at his house
now it's time to curl up in a warm bed :)