I heard somewhere that it takes 21 days to form a habit. Well, I’ve made it 21 days. Does that mean I now have a new, healthy habit? I hope so! With the exception of an illness knocking me out on Arms & Shoulders day, I made it through week three without a hiccup.
The program’s a little repetitive the first three weeks, so week three looked exactly like weeks one and two:
- Day 15 – Chest and Back
- Day 16 – Plyometrics
- Day 17 – Arms and Shoulders
- Day 18 – Yoga
- Day 19 – Legs and Back
- Day 20 – Kenpo
- Day 21 – Rest or Stretch
Getting up at 4:00 has gotten, dare I say it, a teeny bit easier. I woke up on Day 19 a few minutes before my alarm went off, actually. I’m still not fully functional that early, but I’m not a complete zombie either.
I can just about pull myself up one inch now, instead of just hanging there like an ironed shirt from my pull-up bar. Using a chair for assistance helps and I have the bonus of getting an extra leg workout! I’m finally sort of getting the hang of the first half hour of the yoga workout. I can at least go from Downward Dog to Runner’s Pose to Warrior 1 without totally falling over. I still have issues with Kenpo though. Maybe if I had something to actually punch, I’d find it a bit easier.
The diet portion of the challenge still needs work. But I think I’ve trained myself to want my apple at 3:00 in the afternoon instead of wanting a bag of fruit snacks. As a matter of fact, if I don’t have an apple sitting on my desk at work, I get a little twitchy. The weekends are the hardest for me. I’m pretty sure it’s because at work, I have a routine that I stick to. I don’t have that on the weekend.
Overall, it was a good week. I’m looking forward to week four, which is “Recovery Week.” That means a lot of stretching, Yoga and a DVD called “Core Synergistics” which I’ve never tried.
Check back next week to see how the first month of my 3-month challenge went!
And here’s to forming new habits! What new habit are you trying to form?
I hope that the rest of your P90X journey went well! Good job on being able to pull yourself up an inch on the pull up bar (that was a great description) and I hope you can now do a pull up! Keep up the great work.
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