P90X

Plyometrics…. Or as it should be called, total hell!  I now understand why people that I have talked to have said that this is the hardest DVD in the set.  I will be honest I paused the DVD a few times to extend the 30 second breaks in between every 2 rounds of 4 moves.  However I did make it through the DVD, and I can say that I am very glad that I only have to do this DVD once a week.

This morning I woke up a little sore, but honestly once I got out of bed and moved around a little it was not that bad… I have a feeling that tomorrow morning is going to be a little worst because monday I did “upper body” and today I did legs so now the whole body has been worked…

On the plus side, I don’t know if it is just in my head or if I can honestly already see the results BUT I feel like my stomach is honestly changing already…shorts that I wear around the house that used to fit really well are starting to be a little big and fall down a little if they aren’t tied… which is a really good thing!!!

2 days down…. 88 days to go!!!

Today was the first step in what I believe will be a big change in my life!!!  Today I did chest and back, and Ab Ripper X.

Chest and Back was pretty much a lot of variations of push up and pull ups… it was made up of 12 different things, you go through the 12 in order and then switch them up. (2,1,4,3,6,5,8,7,10,9,12,11)  To be completely honest, yes it was very intense and yes I was (still am) sore at the end of it… but it was not as terrible as people told me it would be and as I was expecting.  My arms are not as sore right now as I thought that they would be… now tomorrow morning that may be a different story, but I just keep telling myself that yes I am probably going to be sore for about the next 3 weeks, but three weeks of being sore to make a huge change in my LIFE and being able to reach my goals and get to spend the summer sitting on the beach is COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY WORTH IT!  I feel like if I can make it through this first week I will be over the mini hump and I will be chill!!! :)

As far as Ab Ripper X goes… like Tony says at the beginning of the DVD I hate it, but at the same time I love it… I know that everything in this DVD is going to help me get to those goals I have set even quicker… and honestly what is 20 minutes 3 times a week? Thats next to nothing…  The only thing that I am hoping is that after going through the DVDs a few times I will kinda get the hang of what I am doing with each move so I will be able to listen to some music during the workouts instead of just Tony.

1 day down, 89 to go!!! :)

I just finished taking my “before” pictures (I will post them once I get them cropped)

Tomorrow is day 1 of 90 to what I am extremely hopeful will be a new me; tomorrow I do Chest & Back, and Ab Ripper X… I was curious to see what the DVDs were like so on Saturday I did Ab Ripper X, because it was only 20 minutes and I didn’t have time to do all of day one… and let me say this, it is definitely no joke.  By the last exercise my abs were feeling the burn (which is good).

I figured it out that by starting tomorrow, February 22nd, my finish date will be May 22nd.  My goal when I started really focusing on running and being healthier at the beginning of December was to 1) just be healthier overall 2) feel comfortable on the beach WITHOUT a shirt on, for the first time ever 3) just feel better about myself.  I have a shirt that I bought at a concert that is a size too small and another major goal I had for myself was to be able to wear that shirt… and I am very hopeful that P90X is going to help me with all my goals…  So tomorrow is the day… wish me luck, I have a feeling that I am going to need it!

So I got my copy of P90X today in the mail!!!! I started flipping through the guides that come with it, I think what I am going to do is tomorrow and Sunday read through everything and then start day one Monday because I want to have my rest day be on Sundays!! I might do day one tomorrow too just to get a feeling for it. I’m going to take before pictures within the next few days…. Wish me luck, I will keep you updated!!

Just got my confermation email that my P90X got shipped and I will have it by next Tuesday!!! So as of right now my plan is to start on Wednesday the 24th, a week from tomorrow!! But if I get the DVDs before I might start if earlier!

After watching the informercial about 870 times (including 3 times over the last 3 days) and wanting to get it for a long time I just got done ordering P90X.  I have to admit that I am very sceptical BUT since it has the 90 day money back guarantee all I really have to lose is the $19.95 for shipping!  I am going to try and keep up with this and update after workouts and with the progress of the program!!  Although I am very sceptical I am equally (if not more) excited and hope my results can live up to the stories online!!