P90X do or die

Ok, I have definetely lost my mind. I only have ten more pounds to lose to get to my ultimate goal weight (the weight I was when I met Jim). I have, however, lost all my baby weight and fit very well into all the clothes I was wearing before. Yea! And I must thank P90X for my success.

So now that I'm so close, my Achilles tendon decided to throw a monkey wrench into my plans. I am now wearing a boot (which most of you know) to immobilize my ankle. The doctor wants to keep the tendon from flexing and hopes that it will help heal it. We'll see.

So I thought that meant that I wasn't going to work out. I was very sad. Very very sad. Actually, I was getting depressed about it. That was until I decided "come hell or high water" (a phrase my mom used to use a lot) I was going to find a way to get it done.

Thanks to the way P90X is put together and my crazy will power, I have figured out that I can do most of each workout on the DVDs with very little modification. The cool thing about the boot is that it does keep my ankle steady. Any yoga poses or squats are done with wonderful accuracy because I literally can't bend my knee to an improper position. He hee. And even better, while I can't do that cardio, the extra weight of the boot seems to add enough challenge to make me huff and puff doing very little. Yea!

So the other night I did the "Core Synergistics" workout and realized that the flat toe area gives me such balance when doing pushups. Even Jim was helping me figure out how I could leverage "the boot". Last night, I did the Cardio routine - yes I did. Instead of the jumping up and down stuff, I just did the "Steam Engine" multiple times. Yes that is very intense.

So while I might not be getting the total workout I had been getting "before the boot", I am definetly getting a good workout in and my achilles does NOT hurt.

I guess it's true - "where there's a will, there is a way".

Thank you God!