I used to be pretty fit during high school, but then college came. Like many, I gained weight during college, and I got off track. I woke up late so I only ate two meals a day. The campus food wasn’t all that healthy either. Lacking willpower, after every meal I often had an ice cream cone from the soft serve machine. My poor eating habits, terrible late night snacks and lack of exercise and I started packing on the weight.
In 5 years I gained 25 lbs and got to the point where people started commenting on how I was getting fat. I hated it, and I wanted to change. Enough was enough! I understood that if I didn’t do something now, I was just going to continue on my path of destruction and gain even more weight. I was at the end of my rope and I had to do something about it, so I started looking for an exercise program that I could use to get fit at home with.
While being a vegetable on the couch I was browsing through the channels when an infomercial caught my eye. I sometimes watch infomercials when I’m bored because I find some of them pretty ridiculous. This one, however, was sucking me in. It was an infomercial for P90x, and the longer I watched it, the more I was interested. I got on the Internet and did some research and after finding a lot of rave reviews, I went ahead and bought it.
I was so excited after buying it that I looked at reviews and success stories while I was waiting for it to come in the mail. I was ready for change and I couldn’t wait to get started. I liked the idea that it was a complete program with a nutrition guide that told me what to eat, and a solid 90 day workout routine. It was everything I needed in one package.
When the package arrived, I read everything I needed to, the nutrition and fitness guides, and I watched the “How to Bring It” DVD that introduced me to the program. I then did the fit test and was glad that I was able to pass it. The fit test tells you whether or not you are fit enough to start the program.
As the program started, my arms were so sore that it was hard to find relief. I walked around with my arms bent because they were so stiff that to let them hang straight at my sides as they should meant terrible pain. After a couple weeks the pain subsided and I started being able to keep up with the workouts better.
The hardest workouts for me were the Ab Ripper X and Yoga X DVDs. While the other workouts were extremely hard, those two really challenged me. It wasn’t until day 40 that I could fully complete all of the exercises in Ab Ripper X. It was exciting to see myself get stronger and stronger as time went on. In the end I lost 11 lbs, and I felt great.
I, like so many others, cut fat and got in shape following the P90x program. All you need is to buy it, get a P90x pull up bar (or any other kind of pull up bar), and dumbbells or resistance bands, such as the B-Lines resistance bands, and you can achieve awesome results too!
