First Round P90X-ers

Hi everyone,

I guess I'll just jump in on this thread. I won't officially start my P90X until 2/15 but this is my 3rd weed of doing P90X workouts. I am 6'3" and my beginning weight on January 25th was 235 lbs. I started the first week by just doing Cardio X for 5 straight days and then I walked/ran on the treadmill 4 miles for the next 2 days. I haven't really been on a nutrition plan other than following what MFP suggested for me in order to lose 2 lbs a week. I count my calories, carbs, fat and protein.

During my second week of preparation for starting P90X I actually followed the classic schedule except for Yoga. I could only do 4 or 5 reps of each ab workout though. This week I am going to bring it a little bit harder and do the Yoga. I'm glad someone posted that the first 45 minutes would be the toughest. I can make myself do that. I really want to work on my flexibility. I haven't started charting my #'s during the workouts but I plan on doing that when I officially start next Monday.

My goal was to be 220lbs on my start day. I am sitting at 224 as of this morning and I feel like I can do it. So far my diet has been fruit in the morning, a light lunch of either muscle milk or a turkey sandwich and then I'll have some sort of meat and a salad for dinner. I snack on protein bars and fruit during the day. I have been under my calorie count every day and it really hasn't been that hard to do it. I don't know if what I'm doing is the best way to go about it but the weight is coming off and I can tell my body is getting in much better shape.

I can't wait to pop my shirt off when lake season rolls around!

Good luck everyone! I'm looking forward to keeping up with this thread and everyone's progress.

Good afternoon ladies/gents, my day has blown past me and I'm finally at a point where I can take a break and check in w/my girls. My day began w/an early morning workout. I completed the P90X "Shoulders and Arms"w/o the ab ripper portion of the dvd for a total of 45 minutes and then I practiced my lapdance routine for another 20 minutes. I am not counting the lapdance as part of my official exercise diary but I did get the heart rate up a little. Once the workout was complete I had to shower and get dressed so I could pick my car up from the mechanic. My baby was out of commission for a few days but she's purring nicely right now. Once the car was in my possession I had to head into the office to get some work done. I stayed there for a little bit and then met a friend for lunch. After lunch I returned to my home office and continued working and have FINALLY been able to take a break.

Good morning ladies/gents! Another day closer to the weekend, Woo Hoo! My workout is complete for today. I decided to do 40 minutes of the Cardio X dvd and 10 minutes of the "Melt It Off" dvd for a total of 50 minutes. Lately i've been feeling like I've not gotten in enough cardio so I'm going to have to think about what can be done about that. I really don't like exercising so the thought of doing 2 workouts a day (P90X dvd and additional cardio) is not very appealing.

Laurabelle: I do understand your frustration b/c I was in your situation back in December. I was attending boot camp 3 days a week (the trainer always worked us hard) and completing the cardio homework assignments the boot camp instructor gave out. Initially I dropped 7 lbs in the first 2 weeks and then I would gain a pound and then another pound. I was steadily losing body fat % so my boot camp instructor was not worried at all. She stated my body would eventually catch up w/my workouts and to just continue doing what I was doing which was working out daily and eating as healthy as possible. It took about 2/3 weeks of pure frustration before the scale started reflecting what I was doing in the gym and at home. I've now attained my goal weight of 125 lbs and am trying to tone/gain definition. KEEP THE WORKOUTS UP, YOU'LL SEE RESULTS!

Happy Thursday all!

Hey, guys! I've avoided posting on these until I truly committed to the 90 days of P90X. I've had a lot of false starts (mainly lasting less than a week), but as of today I am on Week 3 Day 4 and have yet to miss a single workout! That may seem trivial to some of you, but from the perspective of a commit-a-phobe in every aspect, following through this time is huge for me.

Well, today I did Shoulders and Arms for the first time at the university rec center rather than in front of the tv in my dorm room. I had to go up in weights but couldn't afford to buy need dumbbells/ bands. College budget, what can you do. But with my class schedule, I had to work out at 6am right when they opened. And let me tell you - I lost count with how many confused looks I got from the buff superjocks for doing an hour's worth of shoulder/biceps/triceps work. Hahaha, I think it was probably odd to have a woman on their turf that early and for that long.

Anyway, I hope to get to know all of you a little better over the coming weeks! Keep it up!

Hi everyone. I'm a newbie to myfitnesspal and I need to be honest, I didn't go back and read all of the pages of this thread, so I'll apologize in advance if I'm asking something that's already been discussed.

I'm in phase 3 of P90X lean and I'm really enjoying it. I have a 4 year old and a 9 month old, so I've been doing an adapted version - i.e. I don't always get all 6 work outs in - I average about 4 per week - but something is better than nothing.

My question is: does anyone know roughly how many calories are burned with each dvd?

My other question is: when I'm done this round, should I do the lean routine again or do the regular one? I can do most of the moves (although the dreya roll still eludes me) and I do replace the yoga with cardio (I just don't have time to do a 1.5 hour workout - my husband works 12 hour shifts and with two babies it's just impossible). I know that's not ideal, but again - it's better than nothing at all.

thanks for any help!

Well, I did it. I didn't want to, but i pushed thru. Yesterday I did my regular ABX and legs and back.....then, I did Cardio X last night for a little bonus!!!! I'm so proud of myself for sticking it out! Some of you know that i splurged and had pizza and was feeling pretty bad about it (thanks WeirdFish, i think you were right about the gained pound being the sodium!). But after doing the extra exercise I feel so much better!!!

So anyway, Kenpo X was today. I ended up being off a day, I think i skipped Cardio on Tuesday, but I decided i'd just do that tomorrow. My arms are killing me! (but in a good way :happy: )

And i showed my husband my 'ab definition' that i think is showing, and he agreed with me! Yeah! Progress! Anyways. Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Legs and Back today, my least favorite other than plyo. I hate working my legs, always have.

In regards to the negative pullup, the key is to lower yourself as slowly as possible. a good 4 or 5 count is key. Do as many as you can! You will be doing regular pullups in no time.

Legs and back isn't one of my favorite workouts either (I do like the funny charlie chaplin walk thing, though!). To compensate for my lack of pull-up bar, I tried hooking my resistance bands across the top of the door but I kept seeing visions of the bands rubbing against the wood/hinge and snapping back in my face (as someone already put it, a "door-hinge facial"! eek) so I've decided I'm going to have to definitely invest in a pull-up bar! I'll definitely be doing the negative style pull-ups though, so it's nice to know that you actually felt it in your back! This thread is so great for good ideas!

Hi everyone,

I guess I'll just jump in on this thread. I won't officially start my P90X until 2/15 but this is my 3rd weed of doing P90X workouts. I am 6'3" and my beginning weight on January 25th was 235 lbs. I started the first week by just doing Cardio X for 5 straight days and then I walked/ran on the treadmill 4 miles for the next 2 days. I haven't really been on a nutrition plan other than following what MFP suggested for me in order to lose 2 lbs a week. I count my calories, carbs, fat and protein.

During my second week of preparation for starting P90X I actually followed the classic schedule except for Yoga. I could only do 4 or 5 reps of each ab workout though. This week I am going to bring it a little bit harder and do the Yoga. I'm glad someone posted that the first 45 minutes would be the toughest. I can make myself do that. I really want to work on my flexibility. I haven't started charting my #'s during the workouts but I plan on doing that when I officially start next Monday.

My goal was to be 220lbs on my start day. I am sitting at 224 as of this morning and I feel like I can do it. So far my diet has been fruit in the morning, a light lunch of either muscle milk or a turkey sandwich and then I'll have some sort of meat and a salad for dinner. I snack on protein bars and fruit during the day. I have been under my calorie count every day and it really hasn't been that hard to do it. I don't know if what I'm doing is the best way to go about it but the weight is coming off and I can tell my body is getting in much better shape.

I can't wait to pop my shirt off when lake season rolls around!

Good luck everyone! I'm looking forward to keeping up with this thread and everyone's progress.

Hi Hogcaller!
I am a hog caller too! (in little rock) and a p90x'er! Just wanted to say HI to fellow Hog fan!!

Emilydmo - thanks - that does give me an idea - I really didn't know what to put in for my exercise/cals burned. I think I will try classic next time - I think the only work out I haven't done is the plyo - but I'll have to double check.

I did kenpo tonight and really felt it. It's one of my favourites. It's funny how everyone has different ones they hate/love.

I think I'll look into getting a monitor. does anyone have a favourite or suggestions?

Sorry it's taken me so long to respond (I just got hired to be a Zumba Group Fitness instructor today!. . . and then came the paperwork. Haha.) But I ended up just taking the worksheets and the workout guidebook with me. I remembered most of the moves from the past two weeks and about how many reps I should be looking to do, and if I needed to brush up on the form, I just double-checked the description in the book.

I've also heard about people using ripping software to put the dvd's on their iPod, but that's a little too advanced for me.

Well, today was Week 3 Day 5. I actually (almost) enjoy the legs & back workout, but I definitely need more weight and I'm too shy to try to do assisted pullups at the rec center. Has anyone found good, cheap dumbbells online?

On a side note, I went running for the first time in a long time today - I was able to pump out 3 miles before my shins reminded me they do not match my drive. Haha still a big deal to me though.

How do you do negative pull-up? Do you just lower yourself slowly and use a chair to get you back up, or is there a completely different technique?

Diamon- try Jennie-o lo sodium turkey. It's very good! Boars Head also makes a lower sodium ham, however, it still has like 450 mg of sodium in it. Do you watch your potassium? That is supposed to help counter the effects of sodium. I feel like most days it's darn near impossible to be under 2300 mg of sodium!

Mark- that's a great tip on the negative pullups. I'm honestly not sure if I could do some regular ones or not, but I would def give that a try! The problem is- I have no doorways to use the pull up bar in. The doorways in the downstairs portion of my house are the extra wide kind. Pull up bars don't work in those kinds of door ways. I guess I could pause the dvd and run upstairs to do the pull up sets. But boy that seems like a pain! Got any ideas?

I love yoga, but I do not enjoy the P90x yoga. It's not because it's too challenging (don't get me wrong-it's hard for me, that's just not why I don't like it), but it's not smooth and focused to me. And just too repetitive. It feels like 90 minutes of doing the same thing the whole time. I just get bored I think.

I'm really surprised no has joined you. It seemed there was a lot of p90x talk lately.

I started a year ago, stuck with it and I am on round 5. I love it. (except Kenpo)

I've done 2 rounds of P90X. It is a great workout. Why don't you like Kenpo? It's one of my favs. To all you first timers, good luck and keep up the good work.

Diamon- try Jennie-o lo sodium turkey. It's very good! Boars Head also makes a lower sodium ham, however, it still has like 450 mg of sodium in it. Do you watch your potassium? That is supposed to help counter the effects of sodium. I feel like most days it's darn near impossible to be under 2300 mg of sodium!

Mark- that's a great tip on the negative pullups. I'm honestly not sure if I could do some regular ones or not, but I would def give that a try! The problem is- I have no doorways to use the pull up bar in. The doorways in the downstairs portion of my house are the extra wide kind. Pull up bars don't work in those kinds of door ways. I guess I could pause the dvd and run upstairs to do the pull up sets. But boy that seems like a pain! Got any ideas?

I love yoga, but I do not enjoy the P90x yoga. It's not because it's too challenging (don't get me wrong-it's hard for me, that's just not why I don't like it), but it's not smooth and focused to me. And just too repetitive. It feels like 90 minutes of doing the same thing the whole time. I just get bored I think.

I have extra wide doors in my house also...my husband rigged me a place where I can attached the bands and use them like they do in the dvd! He took a really large metal hook and screwed it in the wall right abouve the door frame and I attach the band to that, get on my knee and do the pull downs that way! Works great!
I have never watched my potassium, thanks I will try it!
also the p90x yoga does bore me also, most time I dont get all the way thru it, usually do 1 hr and I have had it! But I am starting to like it in a weird kind of way! : )