Day Four, Phase Three

Move over, El Mejor Pistolero, because the new love of my life is this:Ok, so that's a damn dirty lie- how could smokey miso tofu replace a man who is refining the process of making steel-cut oats overnight in a crock-pot? It can't, of course, but as with every good lie there is an element of truth, and that is that smokey miso tofu is my favorite thing to have for lunch. I've had it pretty much every school day for two weeks. The wonderful incredible recipe is here at the wonderful VeganYumYum blog. I'm looking forward to getting the VeganYumYum cookbook in my next round of cookbook purchases.

In case anyone was wondering, I enjoy my miso tofu on a thin whole0wheat bun with Trader Joe's ailoli mustard, a slice of soy-pepper jack cheese, spinach, and some avocado if I have it kicking around.

In case anyone else was wondering, other items on my cook-book list are:
Raw Food Real World, Living Raw Food, Vegan Comfort Food, The Thirty Minute Vegan, The Voluptuous Vegan, and How to Eat, which has nothing to do with vegan/raw food whatsoever!

Otherwise, I'm pretty pooped today because of the usual rumblings and tumblings from my upstairs neighbors keeping me up all night. The most maddening thing about it is that they aren't even DOING anything. They are just living a normal life up there. I know because I can hear every footfall. I need to get a white-noise maker or something. I'd like to get a little more high tech a solution than just sleeping with a pillow over my head. Which I do.



Oh. I almost forgot.

The OTHER reason I'm tired is that I actually got up at 7am today (hooray!) and did Shoulders and Arms (hooray)! Other good news is that I'm definitely ready for heavier weights, for that video anyhow. I've been using 8lb weights for most of it, and though it used to be a struggle, it really isn't anymore. The Notorious EMP has a pair of ten lbs hanging around his house for me... I'm looking forward to giving those a try.

As if P90X wasn't enough, I also had a pilates class at ten. As if P90X and pilates weren't enough, I also have a (light) yoga class after work that I'm really actually looking forward to.

I miss yoga when I don't make it to the studio. Sure, theoretically I can do it with a video, but that's still untested since I've never actually done it. Though I do have access to yoga DVDs.

I'm just set in my ways, ok?

Another thing I want to do is to find time (somehow, probably not that often though to be frank) to start jogging, and to find a way to jog that dose not result in horrible shin splints. One of my roommates is a runner, and her immediate suggestion was to not run in hiking boots. Well. Maybe I'll give that a try if it is at all nice this weekend.

I know I used to squeeze the elliptical into my day, but for the life of me I can't imagine how. It's going to work out that phase three is going to end right around the end of my semester, so I'm thinking there will be a lot of yoga, elliptical, and (finally!) rock climbing this winter before I get back into the P90X saddle with Tony and The Kids.

Whew!

So I've finally finished phase two!

That's right! My long-over-due recovery week starts tomorrow, and I really need it. This weekend, I did nothing but hibernate with El Mejor Pistolero. Literally. I'd wake up around 11, make "breakfast" and then go back to sleep till 2pm.

Anyway, I'm eating well (except for the wine explosion on Friday... haha) and I'm really loving the P90X, and starting to see the results I was looking for*. I'm definitely going to do it again after I finish, though I'll probably sub out a little more, life when I start rock-climbing. I also want to get an butt-working video, silly as it sounds, and do it on one of the days when I'm supposed to do Cardio/Plyo (I know that its nothing like cardio, but I cant do all the jumping in my condo!). On an unrelated note, I also want to get a yoga video I really like so that I can do yoga on the weekends too.

...Which brings me to one of my two big announcements:

I did yoga FIVE days this week.

You read that right... FIVE times! That's a record for me! Woohoo!

The other big announcement is that I won a VitaMix on ebay. Hoooorrrrraaaaayyyy!

Ok, folks, that's all for now!

*P.S.
Learn more about stronglady Joan Rhodes here.

The Triumphant Return

This is just a quick post to note that I've been keeping up with the P90X as scheduled (well, mostly... I haven't had the heart to do that nightmarish Chest/Shoulders/Tri, especially today since I have ANOTHER calculus midterm- yikes) and my yoga (three days so far since Monday, and I'm going tonight, so it looks like in min good shape for FIVE yoga classes this week... maybe even six if I can haul myself out of bed Saturday morning!).

The sad news is that between feeling under the weather and tutoring for this test I'm missing both my pilates classes, and have generally been too crazy busy to run on the elliptical. I haven't been carrying my water bottle around though, so I've been drinking less fluids. Boo.

My eating is still great though... and I've introduced KALE into my diet. Yum! I'm also remembering to eat my vitamins (got to put in a VitaCost order soon) with breakfast, and am aggressively pursuing a VitaMix on ebay.

Also: I don't remember if I mentioned this or not, and it happened last week, but... I went to trapeze with one of my best friends, La Abogada, and it was great! (Well, she liked doing something new, anyway, and she did great!)

Get Your Pants Up

Wow. I dont know what day it is but I did a LOT.

25 mins on the elliptical, about 45 mins of yoga, and 45 mins of KenPo (skipped the warm-up due to aforementioned hour of yoga).

So I'm pretty psyched for my fancy smancy savory portobella mushroom bake with potatoes and roasted garlic, followed by a strawberry banana soft serve.

That's really all I got to say.

Oh. I bought these boots today, but I'm probably gonna return them.

Also this duvet and this wall hanging.

Allegedly, the duvet is supposed to be more of an avocado color then a bile color. If its not, I'm sending it back and getting it in merry cherry red. Don't ask why I'm posting this... mostly I'm waiting to get hungry so I can enjoy my dinner.