I had a couple of issues during week 2 but nothing that kept me from working out. On Monday, I tweaked my shoulder whilst doing Chest & Back. Ibuprofen seemed to sort it out for the most part. On Tuesday, whilst doing Plyometrics, I went over on my ankle. I thought it was really bad at first but after a few minutes the pain subsided and I managed to finish the workout. The pain and stiffness got worse throughout the day. Luckily the workouts for the next 2 days didn't overly involve my ankle so I was able to continue through week 2.
PHASE I :: WEEK II :: Weight = 140lbs
Day 8 October 27th 2008 :: Chest, Back & Ab Ripper X
I'm still doing push-ups on my knees. I don't image this will change for a little while to come. My numbers weren't any better than week I unfortunately. I didn't do any less though so that was good. This is one area I'm really hoping to see some improvement over the coming weeks. I've always wanted to be able to do push-ups properly.
For 'Heavy Pants' and 'Lawnmower', I increased from 10lb weights to 15lb. I managed 15 reps each time and think I could maybe increase to 20lb for these two exercises. I stuck with 10lbs for the 'Back Flys'. I seem to struggle with these more so 10lb will do for the time being.
I managed to do better numbers with Ab Ripper X today. I still can't do the 'V-Ups'. It seems to put too much pressure on my spine. I did crunches instead so I was laying there doing nothing.
Day 9, October 28th 2008 :: Plyometrics
I did much better with co-ordination today and I definitely managed to do more reps than I did during week I. Apart from the issue with my ankle. I felt pretty good once the workout was over. I still have lots of room for improvement though.
Day 10, October 29th 2008 :: Shoulders, Arms & Ab Ripper X
Last week, I felt as if I could increase the weights for most of the exercises. For the shoulder and bicep exercises I increased from 10lbs to 15lbs. I was managing about 8-10 reps at that weight (apart from the exercises Tony wants 16 reps in which case I did 16). For the Triceps and Shoulder Fly exercises, I used between 7.5lb and 10lb as I'm a little weaker in those areas.
For a couple of the exercises, I would have liked to use 12.5lb weights. I'm using the Powerblock 9.0 weights and unfortunately, they don't have a setting for 12.5lbs.
I didn't hate Ab Ripper X as much today. Got through it okay, again substituting the 'V-ups' with crunches.
Day 11, October 30th 2008 :: Yoga X
I enjoyed this much more than I did last week. I think it was because I had memorised the moves during the first half of the DVD. I was much more co-ordinated because of that and I didn't have to keep looking up at the TV which was throwing me off balance. I seemed more flexible that last week so hopefully in the weeks to come, my flexibility will improve even more.
Day 12, October 31st 2008 :: Legs, Back & Ab Ripper X
I felt as though I'd done better with this workout during week I for some reason. This is one of the workouts I'm hoping to get the most out of as my legs need more work than the rest of of me. This is the area I want to tone up the most.
Stayed with 10 each of the pull-ups using a chair.
Ab Ripper X was a little harder today. I think it I expended too much energy during Legs & Back. It also didn't help that I forgot to eat breakfast that morning because we'd had a power cut/surge and I was trying to fix the xbox. I must have got pretty side tracked.
Day 13, November 1st 2008 :: Kenpo X
I just love this workout! I again used my weighted gloves and would highly recommend them to anyone wanting a little more out of this routine. I also held 3lb weights during the 100 punches at the end of the workout. Might try 5lb weights next week.
Followed the workout with 2 hours of raking and bagging leaves at the front of the house. I'll probably be doing the same next week at the back of the house. Won't be long before I'll be exchanging raking leaves for shovelling snow!
Day 14, November 2nd :: Rest or X Stretch day
I again didn't manage to get in any stretching done today. Just too much going on to find the time.
WEEK II EATING
I'm still struggling to eat 1800 Calories a day. I just don't feel hungry enough. It doesn't help that I can't bare to eat scrambled eggs any more. I did manage some hard boiled egg whites in my salad a couple of times during the week, so I'm not completely avoiding eggs.
Regardless of the fact it was Halloween this week and I was surrounded by candy wherever I went, I only had 1 dark chocolate the whole week. We even had a birthday party yesterday for my Step-daughter and I didn't even have any cake or ice-cream. I only went over 1/2 a carb for the week which isn't bad going.
End of Week II Weight :: 140lbs = 0lb Loss
No weight loss this week, which is fine. Hopefully it's because I'm converting the remaining fat to muscle.
On to Week III
Another week down and on to the next week. Week II flew by and I'm sure week III will too. The most important part of the week is done...planning the menu. It's the most difficult part of this for me. I'm trying to mix things up to avoid getting fed up with the same meals week in week out. I'm already not doing well with eggs and I don't want to lose my appetite for any other of the proteins.
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