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GitterFitter

Good Day Team, I'm calling myself GitterFitter (real name is Ray) because I need to get it in shape. Too late of a start for swimming pool season but ya gotta start eventually and now is as good as any. I must be crazy weird, but I purchase a workout program called P90X. After just watching the first disk, it looks tough and I am nervous as heck about starting it. I can barely spell P90X let alone do some of the exercises these folks do but I have to do something.

I am 52 years old (53 in June) an 5' 10" and weight about 270 fat butt pounds. I have been a "Husky" boy all my life and I must get that from my Mom's side of the family. After 5 years in the Air Force, and being in great shape, I got a desk job and have sat behind a desk for the past 28 years putting on the weight. I know it is not the desk jobs fault, it is my fault and I take ownership for that. I am a typical yo-yo dieter. In fact just last year my wife and I join 24 Hour Fitness and in 4 months I dropped 50 pounds.

I got down to 230 pounds and hit a rock solid plateau for 6 frappin weeks, got my truck broke into and lost my gym bag and membership card, and just got discouraged and quit going to the gym. After about 6 months of not going, we decided to cancel our membership and save ourselves $80 a month. I now have put back on all my weight and it is once again time to start over. I know that half of any successful weight loss strategy is diet and that's why I am here... to start counting calories and journal my food intake. My hardcore workouts will take care of the cardio, as well as walking on the "dreadmill" and swimming in our pool.

I am glad to be here in this life raft with you. I say life raft because loosing weight, eating right, and getting fit could save our lives and I for one am getting close to retirement age and I want to have many MANY good healthy productive years to travel the world with my beautiful wife Deana after we start the next phase of our life... RETIREMENT. :glasses:

GitterFitter (Ray)

WonderNoodle

Hey Ray! Well the P90 is TOUGH....I have several friends that do it. It seems to be addictive, they all want to out-do themeselves at it (meaning actually complete a whole workout without dying)! Start it, do what you can, modify it for you today and push yourself a little further each time.

I love your "life raft" statement. SO TRUE! Get Deana on here too!

AnneElise

WELCOME

robin52077

Nice to meet you Ray! Good luck on your journey and you will find PLENTY of support here!