Confession about exercising...

Is there nothing you like doing, exercise wise? Exercise when your only goal is losing weight is a little bit depressing, but if the weight comes off while you are doing something you like it is win-win. Even if you like something you can only do once a week or so, the gym machines seem to have more purpose as they are helping you improve at that. I don't think another weight loss fad is the right thing for you, can you not try out some more interesting sports (climbing, canoeing, badminton, surfing...) and find one that you like?

okay, a couple of things. First of all P90X is a fabulous program from the fabulous makers of Beachbody. However, it is for the serious person who is in some good athletic condition already. I would urge you to please consider Power90 AKA P90 instead. or even ChaLEAN Extreme, again made by beachbody as well. I am doing CHlean Extreme and lost 10-3/4 inches in 3 weeks and I am not a skinny person.

Next, just do something to start with, Jumping into a major ex3ercise program is very discouraging when you are around 200 pounds (trust me that is where I am, I know). I first dropped about 40 pounds before I started to exercise, and the only reason I started was because I was feeling fabulous, that my body was screaming at me telling me to exercise. So I did, and have never missed a day since.

For now, listen to your body and just eat right and get some light exercise. The rest will fall into place.

I hate excersising to. I hate being fat more than excersise. So off to the gym I go :flowerforyou:

It takes 21 days to form a habit....and 1 day to break it I use to be the same way, I HATED exercising!! But one day I decided to join a bootcamp class and I promised myself I would stick with it for a month and if I didnt like it then I would quit. I am happy to say that after a month I had met some really nice people in class and actually enjoyed going to class. That doesn't mean that I looked forward to it EVERY day, but I always managed to push myself to go and slowly it became easier and easier. Now I can actually say I enjoy exercising!

What I would suggest is find a buddy, a RELIABLE buddy that you can workout with, whether its in your home or at the gym, if you know someone is counting on you we usually hold ourselves more accountable....you can do it !

That is a pretty intensive program for a non exerciser! I have known a few people who worked through it and would suggest starting out with something not as intensive and build up to this program.

I agree with the others. Try and find something that you enjoy doing and you'll be more likely to stick with it. I have done P90X and it's HARD. I loved it but I was already in shape before I started and I wouldn't recommend starting it without being in decent shape. If you hate exercising, I can almost guarantee that you will hate it.

P90X is awesome! My wife and I did it together for the entire 90 days. The videos are great because Tony does a proper warmup and cooldown, and is brutal in the middle. BUT it requires a HUGE commitment. 6 days per week for 60-90 minutes each day (actually, most workouts are 1 hour...except Yoga which is 90minutes). When we were done with the first 30 days, we went on vacation with a group of friends. We received a lot of compliments. My muscle tone was improved, and my flexibility was 100% better, not to mention my cardiovascular health.

The only downside is that you need to purchase equipment: dumbells, pullup bar, bands, and yoga mat. It is a pretty big investment if you don't follow through. But if you "just keeping pushing play", as they say in the video, then you will see results in a few weeks.

With all of that being said, I have to be honest with you..P90X is HARD. If you don't like working out, then you probably won't be able to stick to the schedule. Before we did P90X, we did Jillian Michael's 30 day shred. It is suprisingly difficult and will get you sore. But the great thing about it, is that each workout is only like 24 minutes. You are supposed to do each video 10 times before moving on to the next video. It requires less time, less money, and less equipment. It might be a better place to start.

That kind of depends upon what your body looks like now. If you're carrying a LOT of excess body fat, there's a good chance that no amount of exercise is going to give you visible results super quickly. Your body might be changing--your muscles might be growing larger and firmer, and you might be dropping body fat, but it will be difficult to notice these changes visually at first. If you're a bit thinner to begin with, you could notice small changes within a few weeks.

I've used some of the P90X workouts (especially the Kenpo one), but I've never done the whole program. I have, however, done the Power 90 program, and I noticed increased definition and striation in my arms, chest, and shoulders, within a month or less...maybe even a few weeks.

Good luck reaching your goals! And hang in there! I know it's easy to become discouraged, but if you stick with it, the results WILL come.

Only exercise I do is the Wii Fit and walking the dog. The only exercise I enjoy is swimming but I have seizures so don't like to go alone. I lost weight doing weight watchers and just walking for about 2 hours a day a few years back so hopefully will be able to lose this time round too.