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As the title says, my wife and I are doing this together. I am an ex athlete and male cheerleader, but my body shape now would not prove it. I am really excited about "what could be" with P90X. My biggest frustration right now is the diet and supplementation. When to eat? What to eat? Am I eating right? Those types of questions. I welcome any feedback on the diet. I am currently 5'11' and 185 pounds. I will put up some photos later this evening. Like I said, any feedback is welcome. Thanks! Jonathan

Thank you very much for the feedback, I really appreciate it! This week was the first week we started, and the yoga (yesterday) and the legs and back (today) kicked my tail! Well, actually all of them have.

I will implement your nutritional info as well. Since we are in the fat burner/slimming down phase, what should our carb intake be? The sheet says one serving a day, but what is that? My goals would be to cut down bodyfat (more definition), first, and then see what I look like and how I feel before I determine if I should add any muscle to my frame.

Thanks!

Hi there! My husband and I just started on June 16th. We'd love to join in on the journey with you. I know how you feel about the eating...we are still trying to fine tune our menu in our first week. I should be getting my recovery drink and P90X Peak Health vitamins today! I wish UPS would hurry! From what I understand you should be sure to take a good daily multi-vitamin. I listened in on a webinar training last night and Mark Briggs who is one of the team beachbody founding coaches said that the 2 (that he would recommend is either the P90X Peak Health or another one called ALIVE that you can buy in stores I guess). He said to stay away from Centrum or One a day types because they are loaded with fillers and also coated so your body will not be able to absorb as much. Hope that helps! Let me know how the bars taste. I just picked some up from the store to get me by for now. Gotta go push play in a little bit. Keep it up you'll feel better than you ever have!

Congrats on completing month 1! My husband and I are in our 4th week as we speak. Time sure flies by when you're having fun! Can't wait to start some of the new workouts in month 2! Good luck with the fine tuning... I know the diet part is probably the hardest part to keep up. I've found that we really need to plan ahead and stock our kitchen with good stuff so it lessens the temptation of "convenience foods" if you know what I mean. Now that we've changed our eating I notice that I have a hard time finding things that I want to eat from restaurants.

Keep up the good work!

Wendy

Hi everyone,
I thought I could get through P90x without a support group, but I was sorely mistaken! I started out on June 16th. I'm doing pretty well with the diet blocks, sometimes falling a little below the 1800 because I don't have the recovery drink. I haven't seen a lick of difference in my weight or measurements, but I feel great. I don't have a ton to lose. I'm a medium build, 5'4 @ 135lbs. I hoped to lose about 7 to 8 lbs overall and tone up. I did sprain my ankle during kempo my third week...cross jab switch, bam!!!lol I kept on going though, working around it the best I could. I was soooo mad...Kind of broke my spirit a bit, that and not being able to see a difference yet. But I'm thinking that the first thirty days might not bare the greatest results?! Keep going, by 90 I'll have something to show for it, right?!
Congrats on the teamwork!!!! Husband and wife at the same time is an accomplishment in and of itself!!! My husband said he'll jump in when he gets back from Annual Training in two weeks. He's been working on his run time for his PT test. Glad to be here!!!

Hi Laura,
Glad to see someone else posting on this thread! (you too lightnup!) My husband is a little difficult with the eating at times as well. We've been doing a combination of the portion meal plan and we also use some of the recipes in the P90X book. I've also been using Shakeology shakes as a meal or snack. This shake is great when it comes to taste and nutrition! Its basically equal to 5 trips to the salad bar plus a lot more believe it or not! Go to Shakeology.com for more info. Maybe you can use this in place of some of the veggie servings for your husband, and you too of course! It also has a good amount of protein in it too! I'm about out of my Chocolate flavor. I've been mixing it with a banana, 1 Tbsp peanut butter,1 cup water and 1 cup ice (if I don't have a banana then I use an additional 1/4 cup of water). Its more like a treat to me! (almost like a reeses peanutbutter cup) Oh, I just remembered another thing we use for a veggie serving... V8 low sodium drink. It tastes pretty good. I don't know if he'll like it but its worth a try. Maybe you can add a celery stick, a dash of tabasco and some black pepper in it and make it a virgin bloody mary type drink!

Hi Lightnup,
We started on the same day! Sorry to hear about your ankle, hope its doing better! Keep up with your good eating and workouts and you will definitely see changes! Everyone's body is different so results will not happen the exact same time for all. The weird thing for me is I've lost pounds and inches but when I look at my pictures they don't look too different. BUT when I look in the mirror and see how my clothes are fitting looser I can see a huge difference. Maybe I took my picture on a day that I was retaining water if you know what I mean! Do guys have fat and skinny days like us girls? Most of the people who have been through the program say that you will see bigger changes in the 60-90 period just like turboscott said. You mentioned your husband is doing his annual training, is he in the National Guard? I was in the Air National Guard about 5 years ago. P90X will really help him get stronger to do good in those PT tests. I can't remember if we had to do push ups and sit ups too. Well whatever they have them doing now he will see great improvement in all areas I'm sure!

Keep up the good work and talk to you soon!
Wendy

Hey Lightnup,
I know what you mean about from day to day our body can look and feel like you lost or gained 5 pounds! Maybe I'll try taking another 30 day picture on a day I'm feeling a little skinnier! I'm doing the classic version. I think that maybe the extra weight training in it may help you progress a little quicker because muscle does burn fat! But keep in mind too that muscle also weighs more than fat but takes up less space in your jeans! I'm trying to do about 12-15 reps depending on the exercise.

Oh my gosh, I was in the Hawaii Air National Guard and worked as a C-130 crewchief! Is your husband Air or Army? I absolutely miss it! I miss the music too! I really miss the environment because of all the water sports and outdoor activities year round. Hope you guys can go there one day!

Keep pushing play!
Wendy

Hey, my husband and I are doing P90X together too. We started on July 2. It is so tough trying to find time to work out, especially with three little ones, but it is really going great. I finally started getting some compliments!

Hey gang! Just got done playing catch up on my workouts. I got really busy this weekend and had to skip Sat & Sun! Not happy about that! Then I did Legs/Back/AbX on Monday, but felt out of it for some reason on Tuesday so I decided listen to my body and rest. Anyhow, I did my Chest/Shoulders/Triceps/AbX/Kenpo workout tonight and had a blast! I wasn't sure how it would go but I felt like I wanted even more "punishment"! Felt great! I tell you P90X is an addiction! If you go a day without it you just don't feel right.

Lightnup, your pictures look awesome girl! Don't even worry about the scale and measurements like everyone is saying. Like Johnathan said, its how you feel about yourself too! But you do look great!

Welcome Chariotrunner & Wes 105! I'm so excited more people are joining this thread!

Chariotrunner, I have a 2 year old and I have to try and workout when he naps if he decides he wants one. I can't imagine 3 little ones to work around. I guess I can actually do it while he's awake but sometimes he gets in the way and I find I can't focus on my workout as well. Congrats on the compliments too! I'm sure you're looking great!

Wes105, my husband doesn't work quite as many hours a day as your wife does but he tries to do it before or after work. It just depends on how he feels. He's on a afternoon to midnight type shift and tends to sleep in which doesn't leave much time to workout before work. I do know that your wife will probably feel more energetic and better overall if she does a few more workouts. Maybe since she's short on time she may want to look into other Beachbody programs. There is one called the 10 minute trainer! That may be just the thing for her! Good luck!

Have a good night everyone! Keep up the good work!
Wendy

Good morning everyone! I did my Back/Bicep workout late last night. After my "catch up" day and last night, today I feel every little muscle in my body! Ouch! Whew, I'm really gonna plan better next time so I don't have to play "catch up" ... Thank God today is Yoga, I need a good stretch! I still haven't done my Plyo but I'm not sure if I should do it today with Yoga or just skip it for this week. I guess I'll see how I feel. I hate to miss a workout!

Lightnup, yup Plyo is a great workout, all that jumping really gets your heart rate up! Are you guys going to Huntsville, AL? I'm in Murfreesboro, TN. I know there are a lot of choppers in Huntsville. Maybe we could get together one day in the future if its not too far!

Anyway, hope everyone is doing good and pushing play everyday! Keep it up gang!

Have an awesome Friday and weekend!
Wendy