days 5 and 6

Days 5 and 6 were a bit challanging.  The legs and back workout was hard.  I can't even do one pull up! What I like about the legs and back is that the instructor alternates between the two so that you don't get bored and so that your legs are shaking so bad that you can't keep going.  Yesterday was a cardio kickboxing like workout.  It was ok.  I think i need to put more effort into it because I was not really breathing that hard or breaking much of  a sweat.  Today is my day off and the I start week 2 tomorrow.

missed a day

I did not do my yoga workout yesterday - whoops - sometimes there are parts of my life that are much more important than exercise. 

I am getting ready to do my workout - legs, back and abs.  Should be interesting.

day 3

I am again posting about day 3 on the morning of day 4?  I have some time management issues at the moment.  I had to cut my workout short last night because I had to get my daughter to her youth activity.  But what i did was tough.  It was shouldars and arms and boy were they burning in the 35 minutes I did workout.  Tonight is Yoga so I am hoping that will be a little bit of a rest for me. 

Day 2

I am writing about day 2 of p90x on the morning of day three.  The reason being that I was so tired after the workout last night I went to bed!  I am definately feeling musles in my body that I have not felt since doing a "Boot Camp" class years ago.  This is good but also somewhat painful.  My daughter joined me last night for the cardio x 45 minute workout.  This made it much more fun.  My heartrate was definately up there, at one point it was 179, and it felt great.  Tonight is going to be tougher because it is upper body work and I have a weak upper body.  Hopefully I will be able to type when the workout is done!

p90x

I have just started the p90x workout program.  Today was my first day and it was hard.  Not exagattering here it was really hard.  Did I mention how hard the first workout was?  Before I began the program I was suppose to take a picture for before and after.  So not going to happen.  I will take measurements and store them in a sacred place and hopefully after 90 days those numbers will be smaller. 

My goal is to blog about this experience.  Should be interesting since I am probably the most random blogger on the face of this planet.  Here is to sticking to goals.   

EFY

I must admit when I first signed Christina up for EFY I was very nervous. I have never been away from Christina for more than a couple of days. There was some sadness because she is a wonderful child and I knew I would miss her greatly. I have had a hard week without her. I miss her terribly. She has been calling me every night to chat and say good night. Tonight when she called there was such an enthusiasm in her voice I knew something great happened. Something wonderful did happen. She bore her testimony for the first time in her life. While she was on the phone with me describing how EFY has helped her find her testimony and how it has changed her life spiritually I knew I had done the right thing. Letting go is hard but in this case it is worth it. She just could not stop talking about how happy she was to finally feel the spirit so strong and how happy she was to bear her testimony and share those feelings. So through tears of complete joy I chatted with her about her experience at EFY. I am grateful she has had this opportunity. I can't wait to go pick her up Saturday morning. I am bringing tissues because I know I am going to need them.

It is all about Perseverance

Christina has been trying out for a solo in chorus since she began middle school. Each fall and spring she would try out for a solo and each fall and spring she would not be picked. She never gave up though. She kept trying out and all that perseverance paid off! She had her first solo of her middle school chorus years tonight. The spring concert of her 8th grade year. She was so excited when she came home from school yesterday that I knew something really good happened. She was so hyper she could barely get the sentence out to tell me she got the solo. Her voice teacher and good friend of mine Kristen and another good friend of mine Tianna came to watch her performance. I am grateful for friends who willingly sit through an entire chorus concert of which none of their children are participating in.

I am so proud of Christina for not giving up! She never got down about not being picked for solo's she just said I will try harder next time. So all of her hard work has been rewarded and I have a very happy 8th grader this evening.