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Back in mid December 2006, I was up at 3:30am one morning/night comforting our two-month old newborn (Child #3). With her calmly sleeping on my chest, I flipped on the “tube” and saw the now famous (at least to me) “Tony Horton” and crew in an infomercial on P90X. There were testimonies of 50-year olds in great shape. And Tony was older than myself and yes while he looked good, it was his energy level that I missed having. Furthermore the fact that the Jon Congdon & Carl Daikeler were not just selling the product, but also Pushed Play. I stayed watching (and Tevo) because it was not a program that promised “Great AB’s in 5 minutes”. These people were working. I called the 800 number thinking why am I so excited, am I being impulsive. Later that morning I said to Tammy, “Honey, I did something”. I replayed to her the portion of the commercial that I saw. It was strange for me to be this excited about a program, but it was real to me and my wife could see my enthusiasm. She ordered Project You after searching the Beachbody web site. Her baby weight is falling off. P90X was the goal and challenge oriented program that I need at this time. The Beachbody web site has also brought continued encouragement. The Forum is a great place for information as well as the BB Newsletter. The WOWY buddies have meant more to me than I expected, I often finish strong for my buddies.

Started P90X on January 3, 2007 (Round 1)
Diet is going well. I always say that we have always been “good” eaters. We are not going through the butter as quickly as before. My wife is a great little baker and I think (well I know) she misses baking muffins, scones and cakes.
We love to watch Food Network and I can say that cooking/baking is a hobbie of mine. Separating the yokes was not a problem (I gained this “talent” after attempting to perfect an excellent Tiramisu or my other favorite, Crème Brulle). It was a mental challenge to toss the egg yokes down the drain. With Tammy’s PY program (which allows her the one egg yoke) a morning breakfast could “harvest” almost a dozen egg yokes. It was in the first week
that I said, “These are not going to waste, I am making some Crème Brulle.”
One justification was that at least I was not eating the yokes with my morning eggs.
Well it was nice to be out of week ones “temptations”, I knew that I was selling myself short with that all be it beautiful dessert. To do a great Plyometric work out and burn 1000 calories, just to “spend” a good portion of
those calories with a dessert later that day was not for me or truly “Bringing IT” in the diet sense.

Weeks 1 through 3, I scored myself a 4 most days due to combining one egg yoke in with my 6 egg whites
Say the meal score is about a 4 due to eating 1-egg yoke per 6 or seven egg whites. Also often a few (only 2) of Tammy’s homemade cookies (the best one could have). We are both concentrating on portion sizes.

Week 3 – Strong Cardio struggled to stay with the previous week’s strength numbers. Got a really sore left shoulder

Week 4 – Reading Scott F.’s P90X diary helped me to continue to further modify the diet. It was easy to say that we ate healthy, especially compared to the U.S. population. But I was not eating “clean” X-Style. Come on drop the 2 after dinner homemade cookies. Done, Bring-IT. The P90X story of Scotty F. helped to encourage me to really do the whole program to my utmost, both exercise & diet. No more yokes with the eggs

Week 5 – AB Ripper went surprisingly better than I thought the first time back. Getting some physical therapy on left shoulder

Day 30 – Only wish we had some more snow here in the Sierra’s so that I could go test my increased endurance out on the mountain with some skiing

Kenpo X – Probably still turn the other cheek when we are cut in front of by another family while in line at a Theme Park (of Course this would not be a line for “food” if that is what they still call it at the parks). But if ever in a dark ally and the family is attacked I will mean business, and I’ll get a good work out while I am at it.

Yoga X – Started off with a gymnastics and dance background I was okay with flexibility. This was truly a challenge like all the other workouts. It is so encouraging to grow in strength and balance each time Yoga X comes around

Favorite Day: Plyometrics

On February 26, 2007 I won $1000 in the Million Dollar Body Game by just logging in my workout. I was so surprised.

Day 60 - It was Legs & Back + AB Ripper X. In previous weeks I had always done the Legs & Back first and my tired legs brought the AB workout down. I did the AB Ripper first this day and it was the first time that I did the complete w/o and with the bonus Mason Twists. (No arms in the air for In & Outs and Bicycles yet). I was excited, what a feeling!

Really enjoying the journey. Tammy peaked in on the workout one day. First thing she said was “that Tony seems a bit hyper.” I may be the same, because I did not notice. I guess that is part of what I love about him. Looking forward to being stronger for softball, hiking, and racquetball and last but most importantly my growing young family.

The P90X program has re-kindled the commitment and disciple that had been missing in my life the past few years. It is great to have the motto of Decide Commit Succeed “spill” over into more areas than exercise and diet.
My accomplishments through the Beachbody has not been losing a lot of weight, but rather the success is being able to be fit and active with my family for many years to come. I may be like many that remember more active days and are seeing a “slippery slope” ahead. Well, with hard work and these programs things can change. I plan on being fit for life and thanks to P90X, I can achieve that goal. This is better than any investment that I can make in my future for me and for all my loved ones. BRING IT!