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I will be starting my first round soon, and decided to join you and start on the 1st as well. Let's do it!

I'm 6 ft 1, 157 lbs. I'm in pretty good cardio shape, as I either bike or play tennis almost everyday, but I am skinny and I am looking to gain some strength and muscle. Plus, a couple of my friends joined the marines and showed me up with their 6 packs and guns at the pool this summer, haha.

Anyways, I'm going to do my best, but realized that this is a great resource to get advice and encouragement, so here goes.

I was going to say good, luck, but I'm sure it will be determination not luck that yeilds our results.

I plan on doing Classic, i mostly want to gain muscle not lose weight. I'm not sure what I'm going to do for nutrition yet. I have read in some other threads that I will have to be eating a lot in order to gain mass. I think I will just try to eat what I think I need for the first few weeks and see how that goes, and change accordingly. The other thing I am not sure about are supplements, but I will probably go without for the first bit and see how everything goes.

Alright, thanks for the tips.

I think I mostly need to focus on getting lots of protein and carbs. The calculation of body fat in the packet says I am at about 7 percent so, I'm pretty lanky. I may post some initial pics so that i will will be held accountable for my results, it should be a good motivation to work hard. Plus, it may help you in advising me with nutrition and supplements.

I'm starting on the first too. I haven't gotten my stuff yet, but I'm so excited!

OK - counting down........is everyone ready? I did Classic my 1st round. I'm trying to gear myself up for doing Doubles this round. I figure that I have the entire 1st month to get prepared (mentally). Really looking forward to seeing what FatShredder nutrition in Phase1 can do.
cwe - if you are already lean, you may want to consider another option for starting (vs FatShredder). Or if you decide to give it a try, just listen to your body. It will tell you if you aren't getting enough carbs.

Hello, My name is Bridget. 41 years old.
This time last year I was running (albeit slowly) 5ks. However, last fall I got a desk job with VERY long hours, and have gained 7 lbs over the last year, have lost ALL my muscle tone (was never BUFF to begin with), and have become very sedentary.

When my clothes started getting tight, and the bathing suit started not to look so good, I realized I had to do SOMETHING, or risk becoming old and fat very quickly.

I've heard nothing but GREAT things about P90X, and have been reading lots of the message boards, so ordered it this past Monday, 7.26. I figure I'll receive my package early next week (hopefully sooner)..

I'm SOOOOO ready, but also extrememly terrified. And genuinely a newbie to the program.

I'd love to join up with you all, because I know I will need motiviation and guidance through the rough spots and the unknowns...

Hi Missi!!

Bree - I was pretty scared when I started P90X too! But, I did it. Not perfect, couldn't do some stuff, still can't do a pull-up unassisted, but you know what? I completed it!! I got results, not what I was wanting, but that was my fault. Trying to get my nutrition part worked out. It's a great program and will work!

Missi - can you put a subscribe thing on there so we can subscribe to the thread?

Renee

Missi - Nope subscribe thing didn't work.

I'm planning on doing the FatShredder again. My biggest problem is me and planning. It's going to be crucial this time around. Since school starts in a months (DD13 and me), all her activities, job, & life in general - if I don't plan well this time, I'll end up doing what I did last time. Flying by the seat of my pants and ending up eating protein bars and quick stuff.

Told hubby this morning I'm not buying anymore crap to keep in the house. He said I'd like in on that. It was all I could do to not hit him! Crap for me is cereal (even healthy kind), always overeat on it and healthy snacky foods. I haven't bought his crap for a long time. DD13 eats Oreos, but she'll make a package last about 2 months! So, for him to say that ???? What is he thinking?? Anyway, told him it's gonna be a lot of chicken, veggies, etc. He gets tired of chicken very fast. Told him I'm gonna be trying to eat 5 small meals a day, not snacks and meals. So, we'll see how it goes. In 2 weeks he's leaving for Sturgis, I'll be surprised if it lasts that long. If ya can't guess this topic in our house always makes me angry. I always feel like I'm beating my head against the wall!

Renee

Hey Ex! Glad to see you over here for a new round of X! What are your goals for this round? You are such a veteran by now you probably have it all figured out. If I recall you had quite success at your last round (even w/a 3wk vacation)- loosing inches in the mid-section in particular. ??

Renee - I must be a "thread posting moron". I can't seem to find how to do that. I'll email you separately.... Regarding eating - I have to get rid of ALL cereal prior to P1 eating. I sure ate enough during P3 and it was wonderful ;-) Chicken is chicken, period. But you really can't beat the oz/protein ratio it provides so I just grin & bear it. I do buy a lot of frozen fish to mix up thru the week. Plus, fish doesn't take as long to thaw out.

My weakness right now is fruit. I have a huge blackberry patch and probably eat about 4+cups a day! Wonder if I considered 1 serving "1cup pureed berries" then I'm probably only eating 1 cup a day. Plus, I figure that if I'm eating them while picking in 100 deg weather and sweating to death, whatever I eat while picking doesn't count. Luckily the season should only last about another week.

Hey Bree - I counted last Saturday as my Day 1, but the week before was kind of an exercise / recovery week for me after doing P90 Circuit 3/4 for 6 wks straight.

I didn't want to let go too much though. So what I thought to do was to watch the Classic Day 1 - 7 videos, then do Day 1, 2 and 3 at like 70-80% of intensity just to get used to those routines. I took Friday completely off and went 100% on Saturday.

Maybe once you get the DVD's you could do something similar...? Just a thought. It worked nicely to help me be that much more coordinated with the pace of the routines and yet at 70% or so, I wasn't fully taxed either, if you get my drift.

Good luck!

Rich