P90X done! (for now)

I let myself go. not too bad, but enough to make me get larger pants than I wanted. for the past 9 years, my weight has been around 200 lbs. well, I had been thinking about exercising again, but the exercise bike and the one 20 lb barbell had gotten boring. I can't get a gym membership, cause I wouldn't be able to get the motivation to wake up early and drive to the gym. Plus, even though I know my way around the gym, without someone telling me what to do I'd end up doing the same 5 or 6 exercises, and then eventually get bored with that as well.

All last Summer, I kept seeing my good friend Neil's Facebook status updates about P90X. I had never heard of P90X, so I went to the official website to find out about it. I also bugged Neil about it. I was skeptical of the results that they show on the website, so I wanted to wait until I knew someone who got good results. When Neil was done he posted his results here. I was amazed at just how well this program worked!

So I went all in and bought the P90X program, the chin-up bar, the weights (bowflex selecttech dumbbells), and the recovery drink (yum). I was excited! Emmett had already been born, and I was going to wait a little until we figured out the new routine with 2 kids. Once everything arrived though, I was like a kid who found the Christmas presents early! I started early August, only to realize 9 days into it that lack of sleep does not help at all. I kinda burnt out. :-\

By early November, Emmett was in a good sleeping routine, and I was ready to start waking up at 4:45am every morning for the next 90 days. I know, but as long as I went to bed by 10:30, I was ready to go! This program is amazing. Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's made it a little tough to keep watching what I was eating, but I redid week 7 and that got me back on track. below are my before and after pictures!

27 lbs lost, my waist went from 35/36 to 31/32!

The best part of all this, is my photos and status updates on Facebook have gotten SO many interested/re-interested in P90X. TEN of my friends have either bought P90X or re-started because of my results! I'll be starting the 90 days again in a couple weeks, cause it is so much fun!