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My name is Rich Sismour and I am 29 years old. When I graduated college in May 2002 I was probably the most fit I have ever been in my life. I started my working career weighing around 195lbs and with some good tone to my muscles. However, I quickly found out how hard it was to keep up workouts on top of a fulltime corporate career. I did my best over the first two years of my career to stay

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My name is Rich Sismour and I am 29 years old. When I graduated college in May 2002 I was probably the most fit I have ever been in my life. I started my working career weighing around 195lbs and with some good tone to my muscles. However, I quickly found out how hard it was to keep up workouts on top of a fulltime corporate career. I did my best over the first two years of my career to stay healthy but I quickly got up to around 215lbs. In 2005 I got to my heaviest weight of 240lbs and decided to turn that around and concentrated on getting my workouts in at least 4 to 5 times a week and trying to train for a sprint triatholon. I got close and by the Spring of 2007 I was at my best weight and fitness since college and weighing around 203lbs. However, in the late Spring to early Summer of 2007 I got a promotion in my job and it caused me to have to work much later hours and I let my workouts suffer. Before I knew it I fell into a bad routine of barely getting in my workouts but still eating as much as I did as if I was still training. By time a year passed in the summer of 2008 I was back up to 236lbs. I decided that during the 2009 Lent season to lose the gained weight once again and also completely cut out things such as alcohol. Over the six weeks of the Lent season I lost about 22lbs by portion control and getting in great running and swimming cardio workouts. The goal after the Lent season was to start incorporating my strength training back into my routine along with the cardio to continue the fat burn and hopefully get back down to at least 200lbs. However, my job is once again causing me to work extreme late hours as we are in the what I would call the busy time of year for my company. Over the past month I have found it hard to get to the gym let alone keep up with my cardio workouts. Not wanting to gain back all the weight I worked hard to lose over Lent, I had resorted in just not letting myself not eat too much at all if I got no workouts in. Unfortunately that would happen a lot day after day...which in turn is sapping my energy. I am still maintaining my weight with doing that around 215lbs or so...however I can significantly tell that my muscle is quickly getting less and less tone or noticable. After getting up one Saturday morning recently (April 2009) I saw the P90X infomercial and after watching it I quickly realized that I needed to do something like that for myself. Not just to get healthier physically, but to also get healthier mentally and not let myself use the excuse that work is my life and there is nothing I can do about it. I always had gym memberships and had no workout gear in my house. No longer will this be the case. I have ordered the full package of P90X with all the things it comes with. I have also bought a workout bench and some dumbells and am turning my guest room in my house into my own personal workout room. Now I have no excuse to not get a workout out in...whether it's before work or after work. After making this big investment and having the mental determination to "Bring It"...I am determined to succeed and do something special in my life. P90X is that thing and although I know it will be a struggle to complete, I look forward to the challenge and journey ahead! Come beginning of August 2009 I will be a changed man!

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