A Decision Made

I have been talking about trying something different, so I should share with you what that will be.  It was a difficult deciding which direction I should take things.  I have had great input from friends who have lost weight and gotten in shape in a variety of ways.  From Juicing, to Visalus, to Beach Body, and so much more these men of lost weight and changed their lives.  So in the end, I have done pretty well with nutrition in the past and believe I can do even better with what I’ve learned.  One thing I have struggled with is working out.  

Sure working out was easy in college, where I had hordes of guys my own age who wanted nothing more than to go play basketball, tennis, or lift weights.  On top of that, I had all of those things at my fingertips no expensive gym memberships or trying to time things for various rec teams.  Since then things haven’t been the same.  A number of injuries have kept me away from more organized sports.  And a number of lower paying jobs have kept my gym memberships at a minimum.  Even when I’m at the gym, I don’t really know what I am doing.  Sure I can walk on the treadmill for 30 minutes, and then mess around with weights.  But I don’t know what to do or how much to do it. 

This being said, I watched a P90x infomercial about a week ago, and saw a guy bigger than me get in shape through that program.  I thought if he can do it, why can’t I?  For 24 hours, I knew I was doing P90x, then I started doing a little research on P90x (which stands for Power 90 extreme) and the doubt set in.  P90x does not seem like a program for beginners.  On top of that, I have not always had a great history of follow through:

·         Example A - The Ab Roller; in only 30 short days, I was going to rock the fat away and give myself an amazing 6-pack.  Turns out, rocking your way through all of your favorite TV-shows wasn’t as easy as it sounds.  After about 2 evenings the Ab Roller got stuck in the attic never to return.  ($55.00)

·         Example B - Wii Fit; really what could be better than getting in amazing shape all while playing video games? Turns out none of that was made for a guy my size, and although I tried for almost a week, it just made me mad I couldn’t use half the tools.  ($80.00)

·         Example C - Weight loss pills; the kick start the metabolism so you can lose weight doing anything, even watching TV.  Seemed like the perfect fit, alas after 2 weeks no weight loss, and the pills had a nasty after taste so I threw them away.  (19.99)

This is just to name a few things; I could go on for pages.  (I realize I am easily sucked in to the allure of the infomercial). Well, I had taken the pre-test to see if P90x was something I could handle and failed miserably, afterwards it suggested I try Power 90 first.  So I hit the net, the World Wide Web, the information super highway, to find out what I could about Power 90.  I watched transformation videos on YouTube, I read reviews I talked with my awesome friend, and Beach Body Coach Randy Barton and I changed my mind back and forth about 100 times.  

In the end, it was my wife who was the voice of reason (as she always is).  She suggested I try Power 90 first since I had enough in Amazon gift cards to purchase it.  Then, if I stuck with it and completed 90 days, we would all feel more comfortable buying P90x.  This seemed to make a great deal of sense and I ordered Power 90.  

On Monday June 4th (Assuming my package arrives on time) I will be starting my 90 day body transformation workout with Power 90; both the daily work outs and the nutrition guide.  I’m not sure what to expect, but I will be sharing whatever it is right here on Tim Loses It.  I have to say at this time I am really excited to get started, although that may change by week 6.