Starting P90X, Dropping P90

I am not giving up, I am moving on.

I got really bored with P90, even though I did drop 22lbs in 5 weeks with it. It is basically the same two workouts for 90 days. I ended up slacking off around the 5 week mark and have been in a half-slack-off mode ever since. So, I decided I need to either do one of three options: continue on P90, quit exercising, or ramp it up to P90X. I chose option three.

Here are some points I’d like to make on this decision to move to P90X.

• P90X is about double the workload that P90 provides, which is a bit intimidating.
• I also am not up to 100% of the fit test, which is probably a bad idea but it seems many people haven’t been able to pass the fit test either and still started it.
• I don’t have much in the way of nutrition outside of tuna, oatmeal, protein powder, vitamins and fish oil, and leftover Chinese food available to me at the moment. I won’t be able to go grocery shopping until next Friday. I should be able to cover the dietary basics, but not as well as I’d like. It will have to do.
• Will be using the resistance bands instead of free weights as I don’t have the cash to dump on weights. I have 4 different bands: 20lb, 40lb, 45lb, and 50lb. I probably should get the ones in-between 20 and 40lbs eventually. They will have to do.
• I won’t be able to get a pull-up bar till next week, which isn’t a huge deal.

These are some things that I think I’ll need to do to be successful.

• Publicly log my thoughts and feelings each day after each workout. I setup a Posterous blog for this at http://p90x-unixfudotnet.posterous.com/
• Will need to log my food and liquid intake daily. I’ll be doing it at the above blog.
• I need to make this a priority, over almost everything else. This must come first and I must make time for it, even if it means sacrificing other things I’d rather do.
• Join up at http://teambeachbody.com/connect/message-boards for additional support from others also doing P90X.
• Keep a paper and pen handy to write down what I am eating and drinking, thoughts and general attitude about the whole deal. If I try to keep it all in my memory, I will forget it very quickly.

I really want to start and finish this. My body is definitely in need for it and really need to do something good for myself. I am not getting any younger. I’m tired of being a fat kid.