how to P90X?

well, i started the P90X Lean workout program 3 days ago & i've come to one conclusion... this is gonna be an interesting run. why?

i bought it (uuuumm...) maybe 3 weeks ago. a day or 2 after it came in the mail, i got sick. it was the beginnings of tonsillitis, but i fought it off; then moved to laryngitis, & i rested through; then moved to bronchitis, but i fought (hard) it off. about 2 & a half weeks and many, many doses of theraflu, robitussin, hot showers, scarfs, theraflu teas, honey teas, couch sleepings, spoonfuls of honey & salt waters later, came the recupe. No voice, no energy, & a small persistant cough... & runny nose. i needed food! so, i ate. it was nice to have something besides soup broth & oatmeal, although i must admit, i will NEVER tire of orange juice.

finally, 3 days ago, my husband was home to watch the kids, & i started P90X Lean. good workout, i loved it, only did 40mins of the hour dvd though. i hadn't worked out that hard since before my 1st pregnancy... let me tell you, being a woman takes a toll on the body!

i skipped the next day, cuz the next day was sunday, and sundays are church & lunch & kids & church again & overall busy days. then came today, day 2 of workout. home alone with the kids & the dog & the turkey vulture eating a dead creature across the street. one daughter brought in her socks & sneakers to work out with me. the other was playing with kitchen foods. the dog was pacing, stir crazy from the noreaster; although the sun was out, the yard was wet & cold. i started P90X. CARDIO!

it took me about an hr & a half to do an hour workout. why? let me collect my memories from that block of time...............

i dropped my body onto the dog (who, by the way, was licking my shoe), instead of the floor. i was kicking toys off the mat. my daughter got tired of doing it, so i kicked her off the mat. the baby, quite often, tried for "pick-ups" all up on me. the other got her doodle pad to draw the excersices & i kicked her off the mat (again) to the couch. i jumped on the dogs foot. the mat was junk, so i kicked it off itself. the baby laid down on the back of my legs during some yoga stretch (i dont remember the name of the stretch cuz my other child was loudly trying to show me her drawing of it). the baby & the dog decided to play 'london bridge' under my downward facing dog, which it why i couldn't do the warriors. i banana rolled into one of the 8 or 9 large peices of furniture in the room (dont bother suggesting i go to another room, cuz they're all the same).

i got through it, though, because i can be a persistant little bugger. i am determined to get myself in better shape, because it's healthy, and i'm short, and i have big thighs... *sigh* my age old complaint. and i know the Lord didn't give me these thighs; 20th century food availability & laziness did. & i need to do something about it.

tomorrow, day 3.