I'm going to start this little story by telling you where I was at almost 1 year ago; I was 30 years old, 5ft 9inches tall and 195lbs. I'm not saying I was fat, I'm not saying I was obese, but one this is for sure, I definitely was not where I wanted to be, and found myself to be sadly out of shape, and had taken on the infamous pear shape. My problem was I forgot I was getting older, I continued to eat like I was a active teenager and not a thirty year old man who spent a lot of time sitting. So I awful eating habits, drinking anywhere between 10-15 soft drinks per day, raiding the local buffets. To top it all off my only form of exercise was... well...there was none. I owned a business, and a father, I had very little time to myself and the time I did have I did not want to exercise.
So one night I was sitting around watching TV, with what I'm sure was a big bag of chips, and a 2 liter of Dr. Pepper close within reach, when the P90X commercial came on. I remember watching this commercial thinking to myself there's no way it was possible to get those kinds of results in 90 days. After a few more minutes, and seeing how excited the people were, I found myself asking if I believed what I just saw, and it was not long after that found myself wondering if this program could actually work? So guess what??? you got it, they suckered me in. Then next thing I know I'm on the phone talking with a beach body representative, and $150 poorer. My reasoning was surely I could devote an hour a day for 90 days; I had absolutely nothing to lose other than a few extra pounds, and let's be honest who does not want to be ripped. So I hung up the phone and scratched my head while wondering what had just happened. Then I started to wait for my new exercise program to arrive in the mail. I was ready to start losing the flab, burning some fat and building lean muscle or at least I thought I was.
In the past I've done rather should I say attempted many exercise programs, and for some odd reason I always fell short of my goal. Who am I kidding I did not even make it anywhere near my goal, the video's never even made it into the DVD player, mainly because I'm lazy, and un motivated. For whatever reason these were different, maybe it was because they were not super cheap, or maybe it's because I was just tired of going downhill who knows why, but I was determined this go around. So I patiently waited for my video's to arrive, all the while convincing myself that in just 90 short days I was going to be a lean mean fighting machine. Yes I know, I'm gullible and I believe in little fairies that fly around and grant people wishes.
In a short 7 days my wait was over and my video's arrived, I tore open the package not quite sure what to expect, what I saw staring back at me was a bit un-nerving, between bands, DVD's literature, and pull ups. I was starting to think that this could be a little more than what I bargained for (and it only took about 10 minutes of the first P90X video for me to KNOW this was more than I bargained for).That evening I decided to give the nutrition guide a read, mid way through I was getting really disappointed that I was going to have to give up my soft drinks, pizza's and candy bars, to get the most out of the system. But hey, I spent money on this, so I at least need to be half way committed, so that's exactly what I did, gave up all the junk, and followed the nutrition guide as closely as possible.
At the same time I started the P90X workouts, and gave everything I had to the program, the very first day I thought I was going to pass out, or throw up, I can never remember working so hard, even when I was in the military and doing push-ups and what not every day, I found myself more winded doing these workouts. It was truly grueling, but I got through it, and thought to myself how glad I was to have that over, only to wake up the next morning to find muscles I did not even know I had were sore. Do not get me wrong even though I was in pain, it felt good in a strange way, I knew I had accomplished something and was on my way to a better me.
Swish Swoosh Swash(that's my sound of traveling through a time portal as we fast forward) 10 months later, I'm now in the best shape of my life, and I continue to do the P90X workouts 6 days a week, I feel better, have more energy, and am definitely in the best shape of my life from following through with this program.
So one night I was sitting around watching TV, with what I'm sure was a big bag of chips, and a 2 liter of Dr. Pepper close within reach, when the P90X commercial came on. I remember watching this commercial thinking to myself there's no way it was possible to get those kinds of results in 90 days. After a few more minutes, and seeing how excited the people were, I found myself asking if I believed what I just saw, and it was not long after that found myself wondering if this program could actually work? So guess what??? you got it, they suckered me in. Then next thing I know I'm on the phone talking with a beach body representative, and $150 poorer. My reasoning was surely I could devote an hour a day for 90 days; I had absolutely nothing to lose other than a few extra pounds, and let's be honest who does not want to be ripped. So I hung up the phone and scratched my head while wondering what had just happened. Then I started to wait for my new exercise program to arrive in the mail. I was ready to start losing the flab, burning some fat and building lean muscle or at least I thought I was.
In the past I've done rather should I say attempted many exercise programs, and for some odd reason I always fell short of my goal. Who am I kidding I did not even make it anywhere near my goal, the video's never even made it into the DVD player, mainly because I'm lazy, and un motivated. For whatever reason these were different, maybe it was because they were not super cheap, or maybe it's because I was just tired of going downhill who knows why, but I was determined this go around. So I patiently waited for my video's to arrive, all the while convincing myself that in just 90 short days I was going to be a lean mean fighting machine. Yes I know, I'm gullible and I believe in little fairies that fly around and grant people wishes.
In a short 7 days my wait was over and my video's arrived, I tore open the package not quite sure what to expect, what I saw staring back at me was a bit un-nerving, between bands, DVD's literature, and pull ups. I was starting to think that this could be a little more than what I bargained for (and it only took about 10 minutes of the first P90X video for me to KNOW this was more than I bargained for).That evening I decided to give the nutrition guide a read, mid way through I was getting really disappointed that I was going to have to give up my soft drinks, pizza's and candy bars, to get the most out of the system. But hey, I spent money on this, so I at least need to be half way committed, so that's exactly what I did, gave up all the junk, and followed the nutrition guide as closely as possible.
At the same time I started the P90X workouts, and gave everything I had to the program, the very first day I thought I was going to pass out, or throw up, I can never remember working so hard, even when I was in the military and doing push-ups and what not every day, I found myself more winded doing these workouts. It was truly grueling, but I got through it, and thought to myself how glad I was to have that over, only to wake up the next morning to find muscles I did not even know I had were sore. Do not get me wrong even though I was in pain, it felt good in a strange way, I knew I had accomplished something and was on my way to a better me.
Swish Swoosh Swash(that's my sound of traveling through a time portal as we fast forward) 10 months later, I'm now in the best shape of my life, and I continue to do the P90X workouts 6 days a week, I feel better, have more energy, and am definitely in the best shape of my life from following through with this program.
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