About me...

My name is Joey. I, like I'm sure many have, saw the P90X info-mercials for the passed year or so. Everytime I saw it I was glued to it. Even though the shows never really changed I found myself watching the entire thing. I contemplated buying P90X seriously around June of 2008, I'll get back to that later.

Some info about me. My current weight starting the program is/was 212 lbs. and having joined a gym in January and having a fitness assessment my body fat percentage is about 23.6 %. I was a very athletic and active child. I grew up playing baseball, football and in high school did some gymnastics. At 5'7" (I haven't grown since :o( unless you count outward) my weight in high school and after was between 145-165 lbs. Around the time I hit my mid to late 20's I started to gain weight. By exercising less and continuing to eat horribly I was up to about 185-190 at 28. At 28 that is when I got into running. Being shorter and husky I had always been more of a sprinter, short quick bursts. Other than the 1 mile fitness test in high school I had never ran a mile. I instantly loved running but being heavy with short legs means slow, LOL. After running 2-4 times a week inconsistently for a couple of years and doing a few 5K races and a half marathon I ended up doing a couple of sprint triathlons. My eating habits would fluctuate and I continued to gain weight. Over the passed 6 years I had eventually ballooned to 216. My weight would go down 5 lbs. every now and then but never more than that. This leads to why I started to really consider P90X.

In September of 2007 a great friend of mine challenged me to quit drinking soda for a month. I could easily drink a six pack of soda a day. So I took him up on the challenge and went for a month without. Then we started hanging out and working out. Sometimes we would surf but mostly running the stadium at the local high school or a couple mile loop by his house. Having gone over a month without soda he convinced me to cut out red meat, which was a challenge but I was feeling better about myself so I was all for it. We were running consistently 3-4 a week for a couple of months and I was losing a little weight. He would also keep our workouts fresh, after doing a sprint workout we would play a game of one on one basketball or work on old school football moves. One time after a workout we even played handball with one of them big red balls at the local elementary school. It was fun and kept things from getting boring. For Christmas that year he received a 6 month membership to a local gym and suggested I join so we could kick it up a few notches. So I signed up and we started working out with weights. I started to get stronger. We eventually started working out twice a day. We would usually lift in the morning and run after work. Sometimes we would sneak a run or lift in at lunch if we had to. I put in a lot of hard work and my buddy was an awesome workout partner and motivator. The problem was that I plateau'd. I had dropped to about 202 lbs. I was working my ass off and eating the healthiest ever but my weight was staying the same. I know I was stronger but I wanted to lose this gut. The fact that I had plateau'd along with my 6 month gym membership expiring and the gym wanted to raise their rates lead me to stop working out. Even running wasn't as fun.

So, why now? Well, my 20 year high school reunion is just over 90 days away. So on top of the fact that I want to be fitter and more active with my kids, I want to bring the sex back for this reunion. Ok. Thats enough for now. I need to post about the passed 2 workouts.

cya,

jofis