My P90X success story

My wife and I started P90X on August 20th and found this site right away (Thanks for bringing me in Shawn Muth). I am amazed at the success I have had with P90X and even more impressed with my wife (intotennis). I had long wanted to do P90X but I felt my work schedule would not allow me to be successful. I was working 13 hours a day with 1.5 hour round trip travel time. That didn't leave me much free time. As you know P90X is quite the time commitment. I got promoted into a new position at work which was 8 hours a day/5 days a week. I purchased P90X the day I accepted the position.

I told my wife of my intentions and she said to my surprise, that she would do it with me I went out and bought an extra set of dumbells so she could do it as well. As the day approached to start my new position (and P90X) my two teenage sons also stated they wanted to try it.

We all started together on August 20th. Man was it hard! The first couple of weeks I was so sore! I can remember having difficulty walking at work, my legs were so tight! Eventually my body adjusted and I looked forward to our workouts. I loved the fact my wife was beside me to push me on those days where I didn't quite feel it. We pushed one another during our workouts, it became fun (if that is possible while you are in pain!) My two sons would do their workouts as soon as my wife and I finished. This was because I didn't want to buy 4 sets of dumbells!

My oldest son quit at about the 30 day point, he had only been going through the motions for two weeks or so before he quit altogether. The youngest son took a couple days off in the program, but made them up. He will finish his last workout today and will join my wife as a P90X graduate as well. SO proud of him for sticking it out, must have been hard doing his workouts alone. I am sure at times he would have rather been out running with his friends, but he was committed and will complete the full program today. This will give him such a confidence boost and hopefully will put him on a life of fitness. How many other 15 year olds can say they completed P90X?? Not many I'll bet. So proud of him.

I struggled at first with hitting my macros. Coach Shawn was there for me every step of the way. My nutrition knowledge grew every day. I learned how and what to eat to enable me to hit my macros nearly perfectly every day. I stayed on Fat Shredder (50/30/20) for the entire 90 days. I started to get low on energy due to the low carbs. Shawn told me about Energy and Endurance to help my workouts. I started taking this before my workouts, man what a difference! I had tons of energy and was really able to push myself. E&E allowed me to stay on the fat shredder the full 90 days to maximize my fat loss (which was my primary goal). He also told me I needed complex carbs in my diet. Once I added these and E&E, energy was never again a concern for me.

Coach Shawn was there for us the entire time. I asked him many questions and he always responded promptly with the answers. We talked on the phone several times and emailed back and forth many, many times. Without him, I am sure we would not have had the success that we have. Thanks for being there Shawn! I became a Beachbody Coach a couple of weeks ago and really enjoy helping others as Shawn has helped me. If you don't have a Beachbody coach, I highly suggest you designate one.

Now for some pictures. Hope this helps to motivate all of those along your fitness journey. I know I was inspired by those who had gone before me.
I am 6'2" and 48 years old. The first pic is me in my heavy stage (205lbs) I used MFP to get down to 183 lbs before starting P90X. Not sure what my wife weighed here ( I was smart enough not to ask those things!)


Add here is one from last night










My wife's before

and after