Jaybone got the community pumped about getting dedicated and into shape. Like J, I finally got to a point where I was uncomfortable with myself (although not extremely overweight) and needed to change. I started December 28th and finished up on April 1st. I am currently on my third day of round 2 where I plan on just putting on more muscle by pumping up my diet this time around.

lol 5 years on a forum you would think i could embed

i'll post some pics. embed that vid for me would ya

Im on my phone. Just copy the link, click the film reel icon, paste, post.

Its easy.

This is what phi was attempting to rant about yesterday too lol.

At this point, i wish i would have taken more before pics. I never thought my change would be as significant as it is. Yours looks great too man. The feeling you get after doing all that is awesome.

Im looking forward to see where i can go from here. Good luck to you too man.

did you follow the diet by the book?

awesome job, man. great results.

this needs more love

yea really nice work, OP.

these threads make me feel all warm inside.

 

Originally Posted by Rocky

did you follow the diet by the book?

awesome job, man. great results.

this needs more love

I was EXTREMELY strict on the diet, probably too much in fact. Before starting I was taking in around 2500 cals/day. For nearly the entire program I was averaging 1300cals (I will post what my day eating-wise looked like). If you figure in the workouts, I was probably netting approx. 600 cals or so per day and taking in >125g of protein. The weight fell off pretty quickly. I even got as low as 169lbs which was a bit light for my 6' frame.

Thanks for the love guys. Like JRoth said, it really does work. I needed to do it because I needed to have a solid goal - 90 days, 6 days/week. Going to the gym wasn't working because I would get 30min in and feel like I had done enough. But I could say "YEAH YEAH I WENT TO THE GYM TODAY". Oooooooooooooooook....the truth is, I wasn't even doing 25% of what I did on a daily basis with P90X.

Congrats OP, thinking about attempting something like this to get ready for my wedding which isnt til next summer. My job is labor intensive and when i started it i was 194 (im only 5'6) down to 168 right now but could use to lose a bit more and tone up. Would definately like to see the diet side of it if you got around to it. amazing what you can accomplish when you put your mind to it.

impressive, well done OP.

How did you determine 1250 calories? That sounds TINY. Especially with all the calories burned in the program wouldn't your maintenance be at least 2500 calories a day?

Congrats on the weight loss but I think this has a lot more to do with eating 1250 cal/day then it does with p90x

I went to a local all girls college (boing) to have it done. Here is the link for their particular program: http://www.meredith.edu/nhhp/ so you could probably do some google search using keywords and likely find something around you. It cost $30 buck for two tests:

Caliper: Basically looks like an adjustable wrench. They pinch and clamp down on seven different parts of your body and measure the fat density at each place.

Hydro: You sit in this contraption (basically looks like a swing hanging from pvc pipe) in a pool. You take a deep breath and put your head underwater - your body is already submerged - and let out all of your air. Some weight measurement is taken comparing your density to that of the pool, etc, etc, blah blah and they come up with a percentage.

The caliper is said to be pretty inaccurate but it was within 0.7 of my hydro reading.

Nice transformation man, keep it going.

 

Originally Posted by MilBestDrnkr

I've tried about 3 times now to get on the P90x wagon and fall off after 2 weeks - 1 month. This has inspired me to get back on it, starting tomorrow of course because I'll be drinking for Game 7 tonight.

For the life of me I can't get through the 1.5 hour Yoga shit. I just can't stand it, am I alone in this or did you hate it also?

Actually I skipped it all together and opted for Hot Yoga instead. 1.5 hrs, 26 poses in a 105deg room. There is a Bikram studio about a mile from my house so it was perfect. It always landed on Friday for me so it was a great way to end the work week and kick off the weekend. Check it out..sounds ghey but who cares what people think. Yoga is awesome.

Nice results man, way to hang through it, best of luck with the next set

 

Originally Posted by coolhandkev

Out of curiosity, OP how many pushups/pullups can you do today compared to day 1?

Thanks everyone for the positive feedback. Like Jay said in his post a few weeks ago...no matter how vain/narcissistic it sounds, it never gets old getting compliments from everyone including people you haven't seen in a long time.

It's a little hard to answer your question CHK but I'll try..

Walking up to a pull up bar, no warm up and no plans to do anymore, I could probably put out 10 pull ups around the time I started the program. The first day of P90 is Chest and Back - a brutal pushup/pullup routine. At the end of my first day, I did around 200 pushups and 100 pullups but ALL were with one foot on a chair which makes it way easier. So throughout that hour, I probably averaged between 8-10 assisted pullups depending on the specific exercise.

Fast forward to the end of the program.. I can now do that same Chest and Back routine and put out 20-25 pull ups in each exercise throughout the hour UNassisted. People are really scared of pullups and their ability to do them, but that is how you truly build back muscle and get that "V" shape. Shit, you could probably do pushups and pullups, follow a good diet and be in fantastic shape.

Weeminer mentioned that my results were based solely on the calorie deficit. While he does have a point that, yes, that is how I got to the size I am now, I can tell you that I am so much harder (that's what she said) throughout my whole body. They use a term in P90 called "loose in the cage". That's what I felt like at the start - that I wasn't obese or anything but, yeah, I felt really freaking uncomfortable with myself.