My PiYo Journey - Week 1

Chalene Johnson is by far my favorite workout buddy.  She is fun and motivating and I just really

enjoy her.  So, I was super excited to see that she had a new program call PiYo.  I was even more excited to start doing it!  PiYo is a combination of Pilates moves and Yoga moves with a slightly picked up pace that will give you definition, intense calorie burn, and  allover strength without the high impact, use of weights and without destroying your body.  The program comes with a 2 month calendar which tells you what workout to do each day.  It also comes with a complete nutrition guide to get you the fuel you need to not only power through the workouts, but have energy all day.

I am going all in on this one.  The first thing I did was sit down with the nutrition guide and calculate my calories.  In much the same way that the 21 Day Fix works, once you figure out your calories, then you can see how much of each food category you need for each day.  Mine day looks like this:

 - 4 Servings of Vegetables
 - 2 Servings of Grains
 - 2 Servings of Fresh Fruit
 - 4 Servings of Protein
 - 3 servings of Healthy Fats

This is definitely enough food to keep me satisfied throughout the day.  And since I have been practicing eating healthy and got a good sense of my portions through the 21 Day Fix, this is not a difficult thing for me to do.  The nutrition guide also has a list of each of these categories with the foods I can choose from to make it even easier to figure out when doing my weekly menu planning.

The next thing I did was check out my workout schedule.  The first week starts with the fundamentals, which is a video explaining all of the moves. Then it breaks down like this:
 - Tueday - Define : Lower Body
 - Wednesday - Define : Upper Body
 - Thursday - Sweat
 - Friday - Rest
 - Saturday - Define : Lower Body
 - Sunday - Define : Upper Body
It has been a nice change from the other workouts I have been doing.  While P90X and Chalean Extreme and the 21 Day Fix are awesome workouts, it is nice to be kind to my body during my workout and give my joints some much needed tlc.

My goal with this PiYo journey is to strenghten my core, improve my flexibility, and tone up all over.  Overall, week 1 was lovely.  I definitely used my muscles during each workout, and enjoyed the shortness of them as well.  Stay tuned for week 2!

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