30 days later

Many of you know that my husband and I have begun a new excercise and diet program called P90X. We have converted our garage into our P90X room. All you need is dumbbells and pull up bars. When you take on this 90 day challenge it becomes a big part of your life. It's a whole program. The word diet usually implies cutting down on eating. That is not the case with this program. One thing I've learned is that you cannot do the excercise without the diet. I skipped dinner one night because I was so busy being in charge of a ward activity. The next day I could not get through a single set of 25 of anything. I felt so dizzy, I had to stop in order to not fall over. In this program you start to view food as fuel rather than as something that your mind wants but isn't good for your body. When you fill your gas tank nobody ever thinks, "Maybe it would be better for my car if I only put in half a tank."

The results are mostly in strength, muscle tone and energy level. I have lost only 4 pounds. We measure 8 different places. I have lost one half inch everywhere, except one whole inch in my hips. My husband has lost 4 inches in his hips. I considered including before and after pictures and I may still after 90 days, but even though I see a big difference in the pictures, I am still not ready to post bikini shots of myself on this blog. The best results are that my body fat percent has gone down 5 percent, from average range to athletic range. My goal is to go down at least 8 more.