Results!

I'm a little behind in posting, but today I'm excited to post about my P90x 30 day results (after Phase 1). When I started on Day 1, I committed to spending the next 90 days following this program. I figured that even if I didn't see results after 30 days, I would still give it my all until the program was complete and then judge the effectiveness of the program at that time.

Well, 30 days have come and gone and I can testify that this program works! There were days when I didn't think I was losing inches or getting stronger, but I guess when you see yourself everyday you don't notice the little changes so I'm glad I took measurements before I started so I'd have some to compare my 30 days. Now granted, these aren't HUGE results, but I wasn't in horrible shape to begin with---I just wanted to tone up before Summer. And with these results after 30 days, I'm encourage about what 90 days will do. I've heard that women doing this program see the most results around the 70-90 day mark.

So here are my results...

Day 1/Day 30

Weight: 126/122.6
Chest: 34/33
Under chest: 29/29
Right Arm: 11.5/11.25
Left Arm: 11/11
Naval waist: 28.25/27
Natural waist: 26/25.5
Hips: 40/39
Right thigh: 22.25/21.75
Left thigh: 22.25/21.75
Right calf: 13/12.75
Left calf: 13.25/12.75
Body Fat%: 23.93/20.49

Encouraging to say the least :)

Because I'm a little behind in posting, I'm actually almost through with Phase 2 week 1. Hoping to be able to do a recap of this week soon......

Done baby done!

Friday was CardioX which is actually one of my favorite workouts in the P90X system. Most of the workouts are at least an hour long, yoga is 90 minutes, and on the days that Ab RipperX is added, that's an extra 16 minutes or so. CardioX is unique in that's it the shortest in time, only about 45 minutes long. The other thing I like about this workout is that it combines 3 of the "cardio" workouts into one. The beginning section is yoga, the middle section is Kenpo (like kickboxing) and the last section is Plyometrics. It's a perfect blend of all three and helps the time to fly by!

I stepped on the scale Friday morning and was down another pound! The weight has been coming off pretty slowly, but I don't have a ton to lose, so as long as it's steady that's fine with me. I average about 1/2lb-1lb loss a week, which is healthy.

Saturday was Yoga X day, which is one tough little yoga workout. It's a full 90 minutes of intense yoga complete with balance poses and "yoga belly 7" which is a mini ab workout (very pilates-esque IMO).

I haven't quite mastered this one yet....and by "quite" I mean NOT EVEN CLOSE!! Crane pose is so hard, but my BF gave me the tip of squeeze in with your knees as the same time you push out with your arms, and that helps!


With the Yoga X workout, I officially finished PHASE 1 woohoo!!! Coming tomorrow are my 30 day measurements...inches lost :)

Rest Day...woot woot!

So as I mentioned yesterday, I'm doing the "Lean" program for P90X. The first three weeks are the same 6 workouts: Core Synergistics, CardioX, Shoulders & Arms + Ab RipperX, YogaX, Legs & Back + Ab RipperX, KenpoX, and then Rest Day (ahh) :)

The 4th week is called the "Recovery" week and includes 2 Rest days, instead of 1 in the other weeks.

This is my schedule this week:

Monday: YogaX

Tuesday: Core Synergistics

Wednesday: KenpoX

Thursday: REST/Stretch

Friday: CardioX

Saturday: YogaX

So I will finish up Phase 1 on Saturday. I took measurements and pictures in the beginning, measurements after week 2, and will take them again after Saturday. Normally I would suggest taking them after the entire Phase, but I decided to take them after week 2 because I wasn't really seeing the lbs drop, however my clothes were feeling looser. I wanted some sort of tangible result that would encourage me to keep going, so I measured and had definitely lots inches all over. Definitely encouraging!

Tonight is my rest day, which I'm taking full advantage of by cleaning, doing laundry, watching a little tv, and settling in bed early so I can read my new book "Reading Jackie." I'm only 1 chapter in, but so far so good!

I'm super excited to find out what my new measurements are though and am looking forward to Saturday. However, I do really enjoy the Cardio X which is my Friday workout and I'll post on that tomorrow...stay tuned...

Take 2...

Whew it has been way too long since I've posted on here. I'm not really sure why, but maybe I just didn't have anything to write about or wasn't clear on the direction I wanted to go. Well, I've been thinking about this blog a lot over the last couple of weeks and I think I still want to focus on clothes/fashion/beauty/etc, but I also want to focus on my renewed efforts to become healthy and fit.

If you look back to the beginning of the blog, you can see I focused on this a little bit, but my desire and energy for exercise trailed off and became almost non-existent during some periods (i.e. last Fall). I work in politics/government, so the campaign season got the best of my workout routine. With a new, steady job for at least the next 4 years I am ready to re-devote some time and energy to being healthy and fit.

For the past few New Years Resolutions, the boyfriend (BF) and I made the goal to get in beach-body-bikini shape by summer. We'd give it a couple of good weeks of effort, and then trail off. I've never really been overweight or out of shape (except for freshmen year of college when I gained 20lbs in first semester due to stress and family "issues"), but I've lost all that and have hovered in the same weight range for almost 7 years now. I've been a vegetarian for almost 8 years, so I eat a fairly healthy and clean diet, granted there's always been room for improvement. Less processed food, less sodium, more cooking...

So here we are, April 13, 2011. About 2 months ago, the BF and I decided we wanted to try out the P90X system. Our friend had just bought the set and was going to let us borrow the DVDS. We were pumped to try something new. Well, that plan didn't work out. A month later, after trying to figure out whether we really wanted to invest in the program and questioning whether we'd stick with it, we found an awesome deal on Craigslist and we were now officially owners of the P90X system. My first day was March 16th!

Over the past few weeks I've stuck pretty closely to the plan. I'm doing the "Lean" program which I think is probably just as intense as the "Classic" program but focuses more on fat loss and has more cardio. I'm looking for that lean beach body :) HA

I finish up the first phase of P90X on Saturday, so figured this would be a great place to share my journey, share my results, my thoughts on the program, and my dedication to that healthy and fit lifestyle I've always dreamed of. So, with that said....starting tomorrow, I'll do my first post on my progress/status so far.

In the words of Tony Horton, P90X creator, "BRING IT!"