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well if just eating healthier and exercising is what works for you, then so be it. not everyone who is fit counts their calories. i am trying it for the first time in my life, but have been very fit before without doing so. if you're like me and ate like a pig, really bad stuff in large quantities all the time, then simply…

Dear fellow engineers that I work with, I am sorry that I was so rude to you this morning when you called me to ask me why I hadn't worked on calculations E through Z when you told me to work on A through D. I am sorry that sitting in your chair a thousand miles away from me you assumed I would automatically do E through Z…

I just got the call to go to Phase I testing for the FBI!!!!!!!!! They have physcial fitness requirements and I don't meet them yet. I will in about 6 months, but not right now. They want me to come on the 29th!!!!!!!!!!!! My stress level just went through the roof!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :grumble:

So I made it all the way through Shoulder and Arm day. It really was not very difficult, so I need to up my weight. I worked hard and sweated alot, but it was no Plyo!!! Today is my rest day as the day is completely booked. Back at it tomorrow.

So, I ate ok yesterday. Breakfast 1 Banana 1 cup 2% milk 1 4 oz Yoplus Peach Lunch Lean Cuisine - Chicken Enchilada Suiza with Mexican-Style Rice, Dinner Apple - Green Apple Lean Pockets - Whole Grain Garlic Chicken White Pizza Granted not the best "homecoooked" type of meals, but it was a hectic day so I did the…

thanks for the response... unfortunately i'm not going to ask the one person who works in this office with me to check me out... at 6'1 and 254 lbs i think it might come off as a little creepy :wink: can't wait to get to the ab day in P90X, that ought to help

Wait... lol... you assumed I do abdominal work :laugh: That has always been my biggest problem, even when I used to be in shape. My ab work was probably a 1:20 ratio with my other workouts. I stand VERY upright, no hunching here. But the hips flexed forward a little... I think I might do that a little as I once had someone…

I say it depends on how you are... be honest with yourself. Can you splurge this one meal and be ok tomorrow? I find that when I fall off the wagon, I don't just fall. I jump off, flip it over and light it on fire... usually I don't get a new wagon for months. :wink:

Ok, so as I said, I have a lot of experience weight training... been through the phases of slapping on slabs of muscle back in my early days and I am plenty comfortable with my knowledge of how to build muscle, from what exercises to do to what to eat... and I love the burn... usually But.... something that has always…

not yet... i may in the future, but that depends on how the diet is going.. i certainly don't want to get back into my old weightlifting habits of spending $200 plus a month on supplements.. i'm just eating healthy right now, we'll see how things go in the future. i am sooooo hungry right now... i need to bring a snack…

Day 1 was brutal... I hit rush hour and really started getting down about everything on the way home... then I decided that I shouldn't let it get to me... when I got home, I kicked the kids out of the room and slapped in Plyo. I know I was supposed to start on Chest, but I didn't. Anyway, it was rough. I only made it…

Weigh once a week! The daily thing will drive you batty! And welcome! :tongue:

Yeah I would not shoot for that number. It all depends on how you are built. With my frame, I would look like I was sick if I hit the midrange of the "Normal" BMI number. From experience, my "very fit" weight puts me into the high "Overweight" category, yet I assure you that no one who knew me some 7 years ago would have…

so how do you estimate your calories for input to the site? i get the Yoga, that is listed, but what about the chest and back days?

i fell down.... no seriously, that was funny! put down the fries... step away from the fries... :noway:

Where is this X forum? Is it a pay site? Anyway, this is awesome.... a guy! hahahahaha I will be doing my Day 1 in about 4 hours... very excited! 17 lbs is pretty awesome for 3 weeks, keep it up. I will try to get close to that, though it sounds pretty painful :wink:

This is very important. My wife gets all freaked out because we have 2 scales and they are different by about 2 pounds. I tell her it doesn't matter. Weigh in, get your starting number and get rollin'!!!!!!! The delta is all that matters until you get close to the number you have picked in your head as your goal. Then you…

heck yeah, it's reasonable! look at you go! 60 pounds is insane... keep pushing!

I went through this, too. I have been caffeine free for a few months now. Luckily mine was just 1 day.. and I slept it away on the couch... the pain was brutal. I haven't had one since. Maybe yours is just taking a little longer. Seems like you should do what the others have said and come off of it a little more slowly.

I guess so, with the wieghtloss numbers she has... nicely done!

Yeah, what's with the lack of guys... oh well, they miss out on all the fun!

I am starting this tonight... I'm going to find 90 days of pain... and maybe a former self, along the way I have done 4 or 5 of the DVDs to see what they are like. I could not pass the fitness test, so I don't always make it through the disk... ok I have NEVER made it through a disk hehe But I will! I think we all know…

Hi, I am a 34 year old former Marine, now a lazy mechanical engineer. I was once very skinny (6'1 175) and then when I joined the Corps, I found my love of weightlifting. I grew to 209 pounds and was in very good shape. When I left the Corps, I attended college and basically just became lazy. I sit around and do nothing,…