Good morning everyone,

Today was chest, back and triceps. Had a long weekend (was out of town), so I really did not feel like getting up but I did it, considering that this is one of my least favorite work outs. Anyway got up @ 5:30 and pushed play. :sad: Hopefylly the rest of the week is easier.
P.S. Dude - don't beat up your self about your cheat day. Just get up the next morning and start all over again. I do hear you on feeling awfull though. Funny how you get use to eating healthy and then when you eat bad your stomach can't take it anymore. I just take that as a sign of a good change.

Everyone, keep up the good work and have a great week. :flowerforyou:

Good job pressing play and thanks for the encouragement. I was up almost 2.5 lbs over the weekend but have dropped 0.8 of them already as of this morning which is nice.

P90X Day 31 Check In

Today was a great workout! Did biceps & back. Got back on the pull up bar after doing bands most of phase one due to aggravating my back. It was great to push hard on the bar. It's hard to believe I might ever be able to do 10 plus pull ups. We will see. For Ab Ripper X I did the all 339 reps in the 16 minutes without pause. I've been keeping my hands up for the first 3 moves but am now also adding other tweaks. On V up Roll up I'm getting my back fully off the ground on most roll ups instead of just the shoulder blades. On leg climbs I've always had my heel close to my but and am now only doing 1 grab on the first 8 reps and the last 4 I did no grabs each side.

Food was great. Getting lots of calories now and macros today were 47/32/21 and week to date are: 46/37/17

Water today is over 100 oz so good there.

Yoga X tomorrow morning should be good times.

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30 day progress report

Since some folks may only check the accountability thread I figured I'd post this here too.

So this morning I took my day 30 measurements and pics!! I'm happy with the results so far though I sure hope the body fat % loss accelerates. Keep in mind that thanks to MFP I was within 2 lbs of my goal weight when I started P90X so this is more about body sculpting than weight loss. I've completed all 30 workouts including optional stretch X on "rest" days. I've stuck to the nutrition guidelines all 30 days except this past weekend when I ate over 5K calories for my bday dinner.

Body fat % - down 1.8% (8.5% decrease)
Weight - down 3.2 lbs or 1.6%
Chest - down 0.88" or 2.2% (hope this goes up at some point)
Waist - down 1.5" or 4.2%
Navel - down 1.13" or 3% (hope this continues to drop a lot)
Hips - down 0.75" or 1.9%
Butt - down 1.5" or 3.6"
Thighs - no change
Biceps - both up 0.25" (yay that is the right direction here)
Calves - both down 1/8"
Neck - no change

Pics from this morning came out crappy due to low light.

Front shot:
Day 1:


After 30 days:


Side shot:
Day 1:


After 30 days:


So when I saw my day 1 back pics I was grossed out by that "saggy old man back" staring back at me. It shocked me a bit so I'm very pleased with the 30 day results.

Day 1:


After 30 days:


This was enough progress to keep the motivation high!! Who else has 30 day results to share?

Bring it everyone!

Disclaimer: These pics remain my property and may not be used without my written consent.

P90X day 32 Check In

Kicked some Yoga X *kitten* this morning!! My best Yoga X workout to date by far Yoga X is a challenging workout but since I value flexibility I value Yoga X too. I've been looking forward to making this post all day today because today I had a number of "Firsts."

- First time doing all upward dogs with no cobra substitutions
- First time doing a pushup before EVERY single downward dog
- First time making ti through warrior 3 and half moon poses without touching the floor with my back leg on one side. I made it all the way through on my left and about 75% of the way through on my right leg. It may have been drooping low at the end but I fricken did it!
- First time doing crane for all 60 seconds
- First time I was able to move from plow to having my knees on each side of my head with my feet touching the floor

Yeah I brought it today!

Food was great. Been experimenting with carb items to ease my way to the 40/40/20 macros but not losing sleep if I don't hit 40 on carbs. Today was 43/39/18 and week to date is: 45/38/17

Over 100 oz on water today too. I actually planned to try cutting back on water today because I'm tired of peeing so much, especially at night but I was thirsty today!

Looking forward to legs & back tomorrow I am pumped!!

Did Kenpo today. First really good workout of the week. No idea why but the energy was back, not just in the workout but all day so far. Maybe the 11 hours of sleep I got last night instead of my normal 6 had something to do with that. :-)

The Dude can't go on the DL - we need our leader

Nice. Funny how some workouts you are just energized and kick *kitten*. That was my Yoga workout on Thursday.

I'm down but not out! Did my Kenpo X this morning already. Woke up super stiff but through the workout my shoulder slowly loosened up. I didn't bring it hard in Kenpo but I didn't slack off either. I was still sweating up a storm. The pain is still there but so far so good. I'm going to try and sub Yoga X tomorrow for Stretch X. Think it might be a good move but we will see.

P90X day 35 check in!!

Today I carried through with the plan to substitute Yoga X in place of Stretch X. My back/shoulder loosened up quite a bit *during* Yoga but it was only temporary relief. As soon as I cooled down it started to stiffen up again. Still, it was cool getting in two rounds of Yoga X on a non recovery week. I was able to repeat many of my firsts from earlier in the week though I didn't even try to do the pushups as I didn't want to inflame my shoulder/back. Fingers crossed for C/S/T tomorrow!!

Food was good today. Enjoyed some of the left over healthy fajitas we made last night. Macros were a phase 1 friendly 49/31/20. For the week I ended at 45/36/19. Week 5 was my first week ending under 20% fat for the entire week.

Speaking of which, week 5 is in the history books. I'm halfway to day 70 the farthest I've made it in P90X before (3 years ago). I don't think I posted before but I dug up my old day 60 results and was comparing my recent day 30 results to back then. All of the numbers you want to be lower are lower at day 30 this time than last time and my arms are tied for last time (I hope they get bigger). This round of P90X I started off just over 15 lbs lighter than I did last time which made a big difference. I feel like I am sculpting my body rather than just trying to loose weight. I also think MFP has been a tremendous help zeroing in on food. I now know that the last time I wasn't eating enough calories.

Water was ok today at between 80 and 90 oz.

P90X day 37 check in

Had a GREAT workout today. My body is starting to adapt to plyo which makes the workout a little less torturous and more about exercise lol. Today was my first time doing Plyo without modifying a single move while not pausing even once. I also made lots of progress on my intensity in my jump knee tucks and rock star hops. Shoulder/back pain was almost 100% gone while I was hot and sweaty which was a nice break. Just wish it would last longer than the cool down.

Food was good today. I'm really liking the 40/40/20 macros SOOOO much better than 50/30/20. Macros today are on track to be 44/38/18 and week to date 45/36/19. Need to do a costco run tonight to restock though.

Fingers still crossed for tomorrow's workout. Not sure what i will be able to do.

Did Week 8 Day 3 Kenpo today.

Nice!

P90X Day 38 Check in

So I woke up in the wee hours of the morning and realized that I didn't have any burning shoulder blade/back pain. I got so excited that it might be gone and I might be able to have a great workout today in back & biceps I had trouble sleeping. I ended up getting up early (5:30am) and working out cause I couldn't go to sleep. My back isn't fully recovered but I had a relatively great workout! I did some extra warm up time and the first pull up move I just used the weak green band and took it easy. But after that it was game on with the black band and lots of distance for my pull up moves. Stepped it up quite a bit in my curls too. I had some great pump going for a while, which my arms looked like that all the time lol. ARX I did two more leg climbs with no grabs (now doing 4 with grab and 8 without each side), an extra 25 mason twists and oh yeah a 26th vup roll up (like Adam does). And no, I don't have even a hint of a six pack and I still can't do all 25 fifer scissors reps without at least one mini break. Don't want anyone to think I'm some kind of ab machine!

Once I got to the office and sat in my chair the back pain came roaring back. I've been the chiropractor Monday and today and go back Wednesday for a 1 hour massage and adjustment. Its costing me a fortune but I'm doing what I can to heal this injury and not miss a day of P90X.

Food is good today. I continue to eat clean and without much variety but its working good. Macros will be 46/37/17 and week to date 45/36/19.

Water is good today.

I don't remember if I mentioned this in an earlier post but I had to renew my license where you have to go into the DMV. I'm 36 and haven't updated my weight since I got my motorcycle license at 21. I'm 1.6 lbs away from what I weighed when I was 21! Pretty cool.

P90X day 39 Check in

I remember being so excited to hit double digits at day 10. Can't believe tomorrow is day 40!!! I love hitting another decade

Today's workout was Yoga X. It was a good workout. Did all my push ups before downward dog and a full 60 seconds of crane. Also, did all of warrior III and half moon on both sides though my form was NOT pretty. Sadly, Yoga X did not hit the spot for easing my back/shoulder pain. This is the first workout I've done since Friday of last week that getting my body hot and sweaty didn't really provide any relief.

Oh well, looking forward to legs & back tomorrow and seeing if I can do the workout still like I was able to on Wednesday. I also get a one hour massage tomorrow and see the chiropractor for the 3rd day this week. A good 40 day present to myself

Food was good today. Macros of 46/34/20 for a week to date 43/38/19. If trying to loose body fat is it better to maintain the high protein/low carb diet into phase 3?

Water is pretty good today. 88 oz so far.

I updated my ticker and MFP weight to 190 lbs which was my age 21 weight though except for the blip and corresponding weight loss from my cheat meal almost two weeks ago my weight isn't really changing. Long as body fat is going down I'm fine with that.