I am back from the big Cruise of 2009 trip that I had been looking forward to for so long. 
I had a wonderful time and really enjoyed my time in the Caribbean. We were able to take this cruise less the kids given my in laws were in town and wanting to watch them for us. It really allowed my wife and I to reconnect and recharge our 
parenting batteries. By the end of the week I missed my little guys (sons) a ton though. We had 3 full days at sea and 3 ports (San Juan, St Marteen, and Labadee in Haiti. All three ports had tons to offer and I wish I had more time at each of them. To me that is the main downside to a cruise (you never stay anywhere for long). I did make 3 trips to the on board gym which was awesome by the way. With that said I pretty much ate and 
drank whatever I wanted to for 8-9 days strait too without much thought of trying to control damage or weight gain. I knew that was going to happen and I was willing to deal with it when I got home. Anyway the time flew by really fast but I have a week full of wonderful memories and 
tons of great pictures.Enough talk about the cruise, back to normal scheduled programming. So starting yesterday I began my hybrid P90x/Insanity workout that I put together. It pretty much takes the majority of the weight lifting days of P90x and inserts Insanity workouts in the cardio days. It will allow me to tweak it a little as I go and offer much more variety. I did Chest and Back yesterday and I am really sore. I have lost a fair amount of strength in the
push up and pull up area over the last few months. The thing I really noticed is my stamina for pull ups and push ups is way down too. Diet is definitely getting better with even more room for improvement. I want to get back on low carb for cardio days and slightly higher for weight lifting days. I can tell my weight is up as I feel more bloated and my clothes are slightly tighter. If I had to guess I would say I weight like 205ish. There were a few pictures taken of me with my shirt off which I really tried to avoid. Let me tell you I am no where near where I want to be body wise. I still wonder if my genetics will ever let me achieve the body image I would like to obtain. Even though I am somewhat strong my muscles do not show it. I am still very soft with a dough boy appearance. Pretty much like a bunch of fat hanging on a skeleton. But my mind continues to say "Theres no other option, keep trying".Tonight brings Plyometrics which is a brutal P90x workout but something in me is still looking forward to jumping around with my old buddy Tony Horton.
Hope this finds you all well.... write a update on your blog, many of you are slacking in the blogging department. Lets change that, ok?
5 comments:
I would love to do a cruise... and from your pictures it looks absolutely fantastic! Glad you got a chance to recharge a bit with the Mrs.
Good luck with the P90X/Insanity mix. I look forward to your take on Insanity. Hubby wants to buy it, but I'm making him finish a full 90 days of P90X first! LOL ... I'm so supportive.
Spending quality time without the kids is priceless. Looks like you had a great time, i'm really happy for you. You look great in those pics man.
I'm still here, you're still here ... let's get some work done Dude !
Now, step on that scale !
Thanks for the comments, and welcome home! I really thought that doing the paleo diet would be really hard, but in reality it's been much easier than I thought. I've had to branch out a bit, and stock up on perishable goods like fruits and veggies more often, but I'm not feeling deprived at all (except for my addiction to diet soda and energy drinks, which is slowly fading). The other night for dinner I had salmon with butter-toasted almonds, asparagus, macadamia nuts, and a sweet potato with butter. It was delicious. The night before I came up with a Thai-curry chicken with coconut milk, fish sauce, chicken, and curry powder. Even without rice it was really tasty. So there's a lot that can be done, you've just gotta be creative :)
You seem to be a little hard on yourself in terms of your body image. When I look at those pictures from your cruise I would never, ever think "that's a fat guy" or even "that's a chubby guy." You look really good, and you've come a long way. Any way you slice it you're fitter, healthier, and more active, and as a father you know that's way more important than 6-pack abs. Keep plugging away brother.
Good to see you had fun on your cruise! Honestly, sometimes it's good for the mentality to just have a week off from everything.
I'll look forward to hearing more about your workouts!
I bought the P90x a couple of months ago due to your suggestion. I just started a couple of the workouts this week. The wife wants to do it with me, so we are starting the full 90 days on Monday.
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