My P90X Journey

Many of you have been asking me about P90X and my progress. For those you whom haven’t check out P90X go to www.beachbodycoach.com/chaddaph P90X has been a great program for Chad and I. We have tried lots of workouts and diets over the years but always burn out. We have finally found one that works for us and just when we where getting a little burned out the last week of round 2 we were done and had a 2 week break! I am not going to tell you it is easy because it is hard and intense every week. Tony Horton is great, fun, and motivating. We keep bringing it each and every week. Don’t get me wrong we have days or weeks that are still a struggle but with the changes we see in our body each week it keeps us going. I am lucky to be taking this journey with Chad so we continue to push each other on days we are struggling.

My goal is to successfully lose the weight; keep it off once and for all. During my 1st 13 weeks of P90X I was watching what I ate and making better food choices but I didn’t track my food in take at all. During my next 13 weeks I used my iPOD Touch “Lose It” application to track my calories and weight loss on a daily basis. In addition made a big effort to cook and eat at home vs. eating out. It has been very enlightening to track my food and has really shown me that I still don’t make all the right choices. P90X does offer a nutrition program with it but we haven’t followed it. It has just been a personal choice Chad and I have made because we feel that tracking calories is a better solution for us to ensure we are successful for a lifetime vs. burning out on a nutrition program.

Since August of 2008 I have lost 50 pounds (37 of those where during my 26 weeks on P90X)!
I have lost 2 clothes size in pants, 3 clothes sizes in shirts and dresses. It is so nice to be able to shop in any store again. In inches I have lost 20+ inches over my entire body. I didn’t start tracking my inches until I was 6 weeks into our 1st round of P90X so I would say it is probably closer to 30 inches because I lost 15 pounds in the 1st 6 weeks and I know that I lost a lot of inches. Unfortunately I haven’t tracked my fat and muscle %. I know I would be seeing a huge difference in those ratios. I am sorry to say that we didn’t take before and after photos for either round. I will try and take before pictures today so that I can share them after this round.

Top 5 Reasons I LOVE P90X!

1. It is like having your own personal trainer at home.

2. It is at home so no excuse not workout. “I didn’t make it to the gym today!” (You need minimal at home equipment.)

3. Week 1 or Week 27 it is still challenging every workout and I get sore every workout.

4. I love how it makes me feel! Motivated, Self-Confident, and I finally remembered that I am an athlete.

5. It is a great role model for my kids. They like to workout with us. They are too cute.

As Tony Horton says “Just Keep Pushing Play”!

We have started motivating other friends and family to start P90X. Just as our friends Melanie and Juan motivated us to start. If you decide you want to learn more about P90X or to order please contact me anytime or visit our website @ www.beachbodycoach.com/chaddaph. Please let me know if you guys have any questions I am happy to assist anyone that is interested in getting started. I will try and post updates regularly during this 13 weeks. My goal is to lose an additional 60 pounds! I still have a lot to accomplish.

Bringing It!

Daph