P90X Support Group...

Completed Yoga X today...I'm glad I had done some yoga in the past because I would have been completely lost. I really, really enjoyed the balancing part of it. Well that closes out day 4 of P90X, tomorrow will be tough for me to get P90X in, as I am huge college football fan and it's college football day....may have to get up at the crack of dawn to get it in :-/ ......I am committed...I WILL DO IT!

~Ro

I started P90X on Sept 5... so I am a day ahead of the group but I don't work out until the evening so when I get on midday I can chat about the night before. I am doing P90X with my fiance, Matt, to get in shape for our wedding April 2012. I had lost 11 pounds in the early spring and have since gained it all back. I started a different job and started slacking on my diet. So now I have the weight to lose plus extra vanity weight for the wedding. So far I have enjoyed P90X. I am very sore, which proves it is a tough workout. My biggest concern is gaining weight before losing it. I know initially there will be weight gain from muscle building. For those women that have done P90X before, at what point did you start to lose weight?

Whooo! I make that 5 of us that are prepping for weddings! Can't think of a better way to do it

Mine's on April 28th 2012.

Thanks Jay!

I am not sure how to add my before pics...sorry I am not technologically competent....I was able to add them to my profile page though.

Jaybone - Thanks for the P90X Banner info...I was able to do that.

~Ro

Getting excited to start the nutrition plan on Tuesday! Read through it again and it sounds delish! Can't wait!

Hey all. Just wanted to drop in quickly to say that today has been a constant battle against time to get everything done!

8pm local time and I'm JUST getting to do legs and back. See you in an hour and a half for post workout review

Jay

Ok, I'm done.

I have to say that today was no fun for me.

After not feeling too great when I got up, I was straight out for lunch with the in laws, which was all fine but nothing on the menu except pizza. I did what I could and ordered the chicken ceasar salad pizza (very tasty).

After that I had to go pick my car up from the garage (£300 later and my ride is legal for another year), after which I knew I had to go out and get the last few bits for my Fiance's 30th tomorrow. So I pick up the helium balloons, the banners, the ridiculously oversized card and the wrapping paper. I go to the Next store to pick her up a top and a pair of jeans but the top I wanted to get they didn't have in her size (newly slim size after she trimmed down with me over the last 4 months). They phoned through to another Next store which was on my way home and they reserved the last one in her size. No biggie, I had to go that way anyway to pick up a cake from the ASDA next door.

Not being a football (soccer for you non-brits) fan, I have no idea who's playing against who and when so I can easily find myself caught unsuspecting by stadium crowds and the horrendous traffic they bring with them! Yep, today was match day at the Manchester City stadium directly opposite the Next and Asda stores I needed to get to. What should have been a 10 minute drive turned into an hour and a half of sitting in slow moving traffic with streams of pedestrians all over the road (in the US, I guess they'd all be booked for Jaywalking right?).

Eventually got to the store, picked up the sweater, picked up the cake from next door, along with a nice headband I thought she'd like and The Breakfast Club on DVD and I'm out! More traffic on the 10 minute journey home from there turned it into 25 minutes....

As you can guess I was stressed and hot and sweaty by the time I finally got in the door at around 6:15. Then I had to wrap all the presents which left my gym room in a mess so that needed to be cleaned up. I finally sat down with a cup of tea to watch Biggest Loser which I'd sky+'d this morning!

8pm rolled around. The last thing I wanted to do was get up to do Legs & Back - which by the way is probably my least favourite strength routine so far. I just wanted to put the feet up and call it a day. I didn't. I pulled myself up the stairs, pulled the shorts and vest on and brought it!

Now it's 9:30pm local time and for the first time since getting out of bed, I'm going to take a load off knowing I have nothing else to do today - bliss!

Anyways... I guess the reason I'm telling you all this - besides the value of the amusing anecdote about my long *kitten* day - is in the hope that someone here can take away a feeling of "Hey, if Jay can push play late in the evening when he's had a tough day, how hard can it be?".

Keep bringing it people, we're twice as strong with each others support here!

Until next time folks, keep it real and keep pushing play!

Jay

I missed yoga yesterday due to time constriants. I got it in this morning and was only able to fo 45 minutes. I guess I'm not that flexible....yet!!! Did legs and back today and I loved it. I think that is going to be my favorite workout. Thanks for all the updates!!!

11:51 pm here in Eastern Time and I got in my day 5!! Jay it's seriously all because of you and for that I say thank you!! Thr bf came over and we spent the day at a wedding show the evening having dinner with my parents and the night watching Megamind. We had planned to do yoga together (long story I will save for my week one reflection) but with it being 1.5 hours and us only finishing dinner at 8 we passed. So I waited patiently until the end of the movie contemplating getting up early tomorrow to do legs and back then hit Kempo with the bf in the afternoon. It wasn't until I read your exciting day - scarcasim - jay that I decided that at 10:30 I too could push play and stay on track!

My legs are spent and I am off to bed looking forward to my favorite workout tomorrow - bring on day 6!!

Way to go everyone!

I could use some advice. I'm running a marathon next Sunday, and was wondering what I could do to keep "confusing" my muscles so I can keep P90X working for me. Anyone have any advice? Doing ab ripper, and thinking about something else upper body (not nessesarily following plan)...but I still want to keep my body guessing w/o doing too much damage to my legs since i'm tapering for the marathon. Any advice welcome.

Hello all!

My boyfriend and I have the P90X discs, and have tried three times to finish the program.

We never do

Something always gets in the way - mostly work and general life ( we live on a farm and there's a LOT of work to do! ) We both usually work 10 - 12 our days and it's really hard to find time to fit in an entire hour of workout out.

Man, I know this sounds like a bunch of EXCUSES. Which I know they are, so hey.

How can we get more motivated? How can we make more time? We're both always so freaking tired and worn out at the beginning AND end of every day.

Plus - I have a very bad back......kyphosis, mild degenerative disc disease, and fusing of certain discs. Any tips on not hurting myself? I always end up hurting myself. :indifferent:

Thanks everybody!