Knitter in Progress

I am halfway through my third round of P90X. This is more of a hybrid version where I have been mixing up the cardio days with different programs--mostly Turbo Jam and Cathe . I have also been mixing up the ab workouts. I do not really like Ab Ripper--in fact, I call it hip flexor ripper because that's the only place I feel that workout. I have been subbing in Turbo Jam Abs, Insanity Abs, and Cathe's Ab Circuit and Core Max to get a more varied abdominal routine. In addition to those modifications I have been been adding an extra cardio workout after every workout every other week--did you follow that? Basically, I add an additional cardio daily on alternate weeks. I am looking into getting Turbo Fire from Beachbody . I really enjoy Turbo Jam--love the music. Turbo Fire is a big step up from Turbo Jam from what I've read. It incorporates HIIT training (high intensity interval training) as does Insanity but I think I like Chalene's music style more(she's the instruct...

I'm beginning to reflect on my accomplishments this year and I decided to start with my Challenges for 2009: (1) 3 months of the year where I post every day-- January, March, July -- Done July 31, 2009 (2) Finish a rotation of P90X Lean-- Done March 29, 2009 (3) Finish Provence Sampler-- Done April 12, 2009 (4) Finish a Rotation of Insanity-- Done November 1, 2009 (5) Finish 6 weeks of Turbo Jam--completed 4 weeks before I got Insanity (6) Get my Mii to look less like a softball--I'm still working on it; it's definitely a work in progress.

Taken from my January 1, 2008 post: Knitting: **Log all stash onto Ravelry-- NOPE, honestly, it gets very boring and tedious doing that. **Finish all outstanding WIPs-- no, I really need to work on that one. Stitching: **Finish HAED QS Swimming with Dolphins(Tate)-- no but I did finish a page **Finish, at least, 2 pages on HAED I Love Thee(Seed)-- I finished 1.5 pages **Start and finish HAED "K"(Fenech)-- started didn't finish **Work on Provence Sampler(Lavender and Lace) during HAEDless SAL weekends-- I did until I got disqualified in the fall I believe Reading: **12 books/average out to one new book per month(excludes rereads)-- Oh YES, I read a lot for me this year (you'll have to see tomorrow's post)