Day 92 - Commencement address

If any of you have ever been to a high school graduation you've likely heard the speaker expound upon the irony of graduation being called a commencement ceremony. You see commencement means the beginning or start. Much as high school grads look on to college, or beginning the rest of their lives in a  "parent free" environment; I look on to the rest of my life determined to maintain if not improve upon my newly achieved state of fitness and health. Like the high school kiddos, I too have been given tools to incorporate my learning into reality. Some rude awakenings after high school and college taught me that a lot of what you learned goes to shit when you try to apply it directly in the "real world." Initially, you have to work even harder than when you were in school to find a balance. Patrick has said in black and white terms that you can't have a rocking social life and a rocking hard, model physique. It is my goal over the next few weeks of birthdays, bachelorette parties and WEDDING to find that balance that works for me.

I am so very pleased with the results, I know I couldn't have made it through without the support of my fellow PCPers. I've tried to explain to friends how integral the social network piece is to the project. It seems silly and like others have said, I was not too keen on the blogging bit initially, but it became part of my routine and I really enjoyed reading the other posts. Big shouts out to Conny and Tracy, you two win the Most Supportive Prize. To my fellow Pucksters, what the puck can I say? It's been a wild and crazy ride and we're all so much better for it! Well done to us all, I will truly miss you guys. What ever will I do with all this free time? Facebook is not nearly as entertaining.

Thank you again to my gorgeous benefactor who was the one who inspired us to do the project based on his stellar results. You go bro!

Thank you to Patrick and Chen for your wisdom and guidance. Especially to Patrick for putting up with and patiently answering sniveling and incessant questions.

A picture is worth 1,000 words and away we go on a 90 journey...

 
 
 


This is Kim signing off, over and out, final bow, curtsey, spin around, jazz hands, and all that. BYEEEEEEE!

Day 91 - phew

New photos up. Still processing it all and I'm too sleepy to write anything of substance so I'll do my final post tomorrow. Enjoy the photos...or just go look at Richard's he spent an hour (while I was mowing the lawn) playing with lighting to get his pics just right. Not to say that it didn't pay off, he looks freaking amazing. Mine all Mine!
oh and do I look like J Lo yet?

Day 88 and 89

Day 88 - oops! I succumbed to frozen yogurt! We were out shopping and I didn't bring any snacks and it was already 9pm and once it hits your lips, oh it's just go good. Those last 2 minutes of the second set of jumps are wicked! They kick my ass every time. Otherwise the workout was good.

Day 89 - I felt pretty sleepy this morning...frozen yogurt at fault? Perhaps. My skips were crappy this morning and the workout kicked my butt big time. I was really thankful that it is only Sunday and I had a super leisurely breakfast did some cleaning and cooking before going out to run errands. Everything is starting to ramp up with wedding stuff, bachelorette party, my birthday, and school work schedule back in full effect, so I'm actually really glad that PCP is over because it would be hard to stick to a rigid plan with the next few week's plans. I am still apprehensive about the diet post Patrick. Part of me thinks my cravings will go down because all the yummy things I want won't be forbidden so I won't want them. We'll see how that theory works. I've decided on day 10's workout for tomorrow NO LUNGES :O) When Patrick says to take some time off does he mean of training type exercise or of all exercise? Congrats to all you PCPers who have finished already. One more sleep for me. So for the last time...night night PCP friends.

Day 87 - holy crap!

Day 87! I can't believe there are only 3 days left. My chocolate cravings have been off the hook. It is like my entire being is pushing my toward the candy isle anytime I'm in any kind of a store. I stopped by a client's school this morning and there were chocolates in the front office. WTF? It is haunting me. I broke down and looked the ingredients of Dove chocolate while in the store and found some without canola oil or any other processed crap. Granted, there is still a lot of sugar and fat but it was all natural stuff. That's cool every once in a while right?

I accidentally made all of the shoulder exercises a super set today...oops. My shoulder were screaming!
The V-sits to failure are torture but I don't feel the side crunches anymore. Is there something else I should do? Exhausted now. Time for bed. Only 3 more sleeps before Patrick leaves us forever. PCP will never end, I'm determined to keep this project going it will now be known as the Peak Condition Kim Project. Grip it and Rip it!

Day 85 - doughnut attack

I got up a little later than planned but got the workout done in time for my oil change appointment. The bad thing is that the car place is right next to a doughnut place and it smelled heavenly. I stubbornly sat down with my computer and made myself do work while I waited for my car to be done. I swear there was an angel and devil on my shoulders battling out the doughnut issue. The devil almost won but then I thought of my day 1 photo and the angel smashed the devil into 1000 pieces. Then I went to the grocery store (bad idea when you're hungry) the devil came back with a vengeance as I passed the candy isle and bakery. Damn you tasty treats why must you tempt me so? I resisted again, thinking about the scrumptious banana, apple and cinnamon snack waiting for me when I got home. Boy was it tough!

Workout:
Legs: the floor jumps weren't bad at all. pistol squats- same old same old
Shoulders: yikes those killed! I could barely move on the shoulder fly - failure definitely reached!

5 more days Grip it and Rip it!

Day 84 - raid the cupboards

Jumps were great today. 2 sets felt like they flew by. The last 2 minutes of the final set were a little tough but nothing a little JFD can't fix. Woah boy this week is gonna be tough exercise wise. I'm glad I don't have weekend plans I have a feeling I'm going to need some extra sleep. I was looking back at old photos and I disgust myself. I can't believe I had no idea how incredibly bad I looked. I mean sure, I did the project so I knew I needed some work but wow! Looking at myself now I still see problem areas and can stand to slim down more. I need to keep these photos and look at them the during the next ice cream attack. GROSS!

I've been raiding the cupboards and searching online for the nutritional facts and ingredients of all the food I used to love. I'm seeing things like canola oil, corn syrup, sunflower oil, sea salt, natural butter flavor, natural pecan flavor. Are these things OK in moderation? I will continue the good eating habits I've learned on PCP but when I want a little pesto or some corn chips are the brands I used to have OK or should I find some without the aforementioned ingredients? I feel like I still have so many questions and only a week left. I wish I knew how to quit you, Patrick :O) haha just kidding.

Day 82 - dominate

We went to a friend's house for a BBQ last night - mini fail. I made fresh salsa and bought some veggie-tortilla chips and fresh veggies to dip. I wanted to see how the veggie-tortilla chips were so I tried one and low and behold there was only 20mg of salt/ serving. Well that gave my brain the green light to eat more. Oops I wasn't supposed to have carbs at dinner. We didn't get home until 2am and then proceeded to sleep until 11:45. Since I had carbs last night I skipped my pre-workout carbs and hammered out the exercises. I then had breakfast, did laundry, mowed the lawn, made lunch, grilled veggies, cleaned the kitchen, vacuumed, did some work on wedding stuff, made dinner and watched some TV. I dominated today considering I slept most of the day away. I do feel rather stuffed because I tried to eat all of my portions in a short period of time. I could really go for some ice cream though :o( Time to fold the laundry before bed. Night Night PCP world.