p90x the beginning

      Well I just finished my first week of p90x.  I have to admit I did better than I had anticipated.  My husband and I purchased this video set several years ago with the idea to get in better shape together.  Well about 5 minutes into the first DVD we were totally done.  I don't know about James but I just felt it would be impossible for me to continue And so it was relegated to the DVD shelf. 


      Well several months ago my nephew Stanley came to stay at our house.  He had graduated from high school and wants to join the marines.  We embarked on a mission to get fit, traveling to the gym daily, running through a c25k program(an interval training program designed to help you go from non runner to running at least 3 miles at a time)and trying to get our diets on the healthy road.  I initially lost a good bit of weight (I still have a long way to go) but soon hit a plateau.  The idea hit both Stanley and I in almost the same moment, we needed to change it up.  I thought, you know perhaps now that we are in better shape p90x would be more "doable".  We started this past monday, and it was harsh.  Day 2 only got worse.  I was hobbling around for the better part of a week, but I found that I was making it through(despite my pessimistic ideals) and strangely after only a week my abs feel a little tighter, less flabby. 
       
     Now when I started my weight loss journey I tried to seem noble but I really just wanted to fit into my clothes. I find it somehow transforming into something else, something more.  I feel like this road is not just about looking cute in a pair of jeans.  Its about dedicating your life to health.  It's about not repeating the mistakes of the past.  Not falling into genetic pitfalls, doing everything I can to stay fit and not make it about anyone else or how they think, but about me.  It's going to be difficult to unlearn all the things I have been doing and all the cravings for unhealthy things....but that also makes it fun, a challenge.  I fully intend to finish this 90 day program and though everyone keeps telling me you don't loose much weight at all this has not deterred me, because it is about health.  Living a healthy lifestyle is bound to have a good effect on the rest of me just as the unhealthy life style was holding me back from being who I am supposed to be.  
   
    As of today I am 5'4 and weigh a little more than 200lbs...... I know generally people take before photos with their stomach showing but no one wants to see that!  more to come, health to follow.

"Do your best and forget the rest"- Tony Horton (p90x creator)