p90x Support Group

Yayy Vet!! :drinker: I'm so glad you're doing P90X at the same time as me again! WOO!

Just got done with Day 1 - Core Syn. IT! Today at lunch I did Day 1 Week 3 of the C25K program. I only ended up getting 1.96 miles in compared to my usual 3, but I actually felt good afterwards.

Tomorrow will be a rest day from my lunch-time workout and I'll do Plyo after work. Should be good! Keep pressing play!!

Welcome, esisco!!!

Finished Kenpo X today... I really liked it... I was a huge fan of Tae Bo back in the day, so I was having Billy Blanks flashbacks :drinker:

Kenpo is like MAXIMUM CALORIE BURNAGE!!! I LOVED IT!!!! And I hung in there during the "breaks" and did all of the jogging, jump roping and jumping jacks... although my HIGH JACKS are something to be desired.... They'll get there....

Hi fellow 90x'ers!

p90x is the greatest thing I have ever come across. After my dad died almost exactly one year ago, I was super depressed(as it was a suicide), I gained 25 pounds at light speed, from eating, stress (stress raises cortisol levels and adds belly fat), and alcohol. I've always seemed kinda, sorta thin just because I'm tall, but I have always had the not-so-lovely love handles. After I put on the weight, my face started showing and it made me want to cry.

Soooo I decided that I needed a better outlet for my frustrations with life and to take charge of the one thing I DO HAVE CONTROL OVER; my body. I'm sure everyone here can agree that p90x is a beautiful way to sweat out the bull honky of life. I applaud everyone who is sticking to it.

My goal is to have abs for the first time in my life and to eventually be able to do at least one pull-up. Also, to be down to 121, which I weighed for the longest time. I have already lost 5 pounds, 1 pant size, and my arms are starting look stronger (I want arms like Kate from Lost )

Also, I absolutely love to cook, especially super healthy foods now and thought I would share something that may benefit p90x'ers. I came up with a protein shake that is perfect, delicious and keeps me full all day, I AM NOT KIDDING. My mother even agreed!! I recommend purchasing a Ninja chopper thingamajig, I use it soo much and it's especially perfect for this. Here it is, you should try it!!

1 scoop Vanilla Whey Protein Powder by Body Fortress (or any vanilla protein powder would work I'm sure, this is just the one I used)
1/4 cup frozen blueberries
1/2 banana
1 cup of spinach (The Ninja chopper does a wonderful job of making the spinach literally disappear and the vanilla protein powder outdoes the taste of the spinach I promise, I am not a fan of spinach)
1/4 Vanilla Almond Breeze Milk
Some ice cubes (5 or so)
1 scoop of cold-milled flaxseed

I swear, McDonald's could sell this and make millions. It tastes like a blueberry and vanilla smoothie. Sometimes I will even add some Kale since it's ridiculously good for you. Keeps me full and energized all day. Try it and let me know what you think!!

Hi all!

I did Core Synergistics yesterday, and I'll be doing Cardio X here pretty soon this morning. I'd forgotten how corny some of Tony's comments are. I'm going to have to get used to them, because there are many more workouts to go!

YAY! Join us, AmyQwith2 :drinker: The more the merrier and the more the MORE ACCOUNTABILITY!! :bigsmile:

Ya'll wish me luck at Plyo tonight! I am sooo freakin sore from Core Syn last night! eeek :sick:

Good luck!

Hello all!

I have just come across this thread! I have started P90X yesterday and I opened a new thread. Maybe we can join in here? I find it very motivational to have people that are ahead. It is just interesting to read up on the progress and what I have to come

If it is ok to join I'd put a link to to here in my thread...as it was said here before the more the merrier!

I hope it would be ok to join! :flowerforyou:

All the best

Daisy

That sounds great, come on over!

I got thru Plyo and felt so much stronger than I remember ever being for that workout :bigsmile: . I could feel the soreness in my legs & butt from yesterday's workout, but it wasn't too bad. I didn't do the "sports sequence" or whatever cuz I was DONE :laugh: .

Welcome, Daisy!!

WTG, AwMyLoLo!!!! It's awesome to realize that you are stronger!!!!! Great progress!!!

Hi everyone!!! I just started MFP and I'm so excited to find a group that motivates each other while doing the P90X program. I just started. May I join in???? I'll upload a photo when I get to my computer.

I've read over the messages you all have posted and I'm really motivated to keep pressing the play button and work out even when I don't feel like I have enough energy.

I just had a baby in January and gained 30 lbs. throughout my pregnancy. With my first it took me over a year to loose the weight. So I decided that I needed to get going right now.
I've started the program twice, made it through the middle of the week and then I tell myself I'll do it tomorrow. Then tomorrow arrives and then I say that I'll do it tomorrow. Then I need to try and restart the following week. To be honest I'm so tired. My 4 month old doesn't fall asleep until 2 or 3 am, and I need to be up by 7:30am to get my 7 year old ready for school. I can only work out in the morning because that's when my baby's sleeping. At noon she's up and then I can't devote an hour to P90X. And no matter how I try to change her sleeping schedule, she always does the same thing in the evening. So I need to just suck it up and exercise even if I'm tired. She'll get it eventually. I got a jogging stroller and weather is warming up, so I went running yesterday afternoon, she did great! But I really wanted all of the extra benefits of toning up along with slimming from P90X.

I'm excited to find a group that motivates each other to succeed!!!!
And let me tell you, having to log everything I eat is motivation not to eat extra calories of Easter treats that are all over the house.

Good morning everyone, and welcome new X'ers! I think it's freakin awesome that we can motivate and inspire eachother!

Jenny: You seem to be in the same boat as a lot of people on MFP. Busy moms trying to find the time to take care of themselves and get into shape. I can only imagine how difficult it is. I find it hard to devote as much time as I do to exercise, and I have no kids yet. :ohwell: But it's important to take care of yourself! Otherwise, you can't take care of others.

Vet: Great work getting Kenpo in so early in the morning! Were you drinking your coffee while you were working out? I'd have to! :laugh:

Oh man my calves are SORE today!! :happy: Today I'll do Day 2 Week 3 of C25K on the treadmill at lunch, and I'll do ARX & S&A after work! Supposedly it is going to stop raining around 6:30 tonight so maybe I'll be able to take the dogs for a walk too!

Make it a great day!! :flowerforyou:

Good to see an active group, cheers!

Did my last Kenpo X for this 90 day trek. I actually almost killed it, which made me happy considering my ongoing endurance issues. Had a few pauses to let heartrate subside a little. As usual after about 1/3 of the program I started struggling a little, but also as usual I caught a 2nd wind (always somewhat coincidentally around the time Tony says he has caught his, strangely enough). This late 2nd wind always has me full of energy...

Pretty happy with how I felt throughout, though I struggled at times and got a little sloppy here and there.

A hopefully relaxing X Stretch tonight, then one more really tough (for me) Core Syn tomorrow, then an equally formidable workout with Yoga X, ...and then "the hard part is over" and I finish with an X stretch, do my 90 day assessment this weekend. Then, go into a rest week (hopefully an active one, though) before I start all over again!

On the weightloss front, I jumped up something like 2 lbs yesterday, due to a sodium, binge apparently. Happily I found out this morning that the weight came right back down. Now I need to resume the downward trend and lose that last 15 or so -- I have been in a kind of rocky plateau this week.

I have done the same thing several times as well! Started and then kept at it for a few days and then quit! Then I feel like bc i've missed a couple of days that i have to start all over! It's very frustrating. But good luck to you! I hope to start back on the p90x on Monday, a fresh start.

Shoulders & Arms was as good as I remembered it being. I need to use heavier weights than what I did today. I was too lazy to bring my bigger dumb bells downstairs where I do my workouts now. ARX was at least as awful as I remembered. I was able to do most of it, but that doesn't mean I liked it! I totally failed on the oblique v-ups, however. I guess I'll get another chance Friday with Legs & Back.