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Hello to everyone, my name is Tracey. I cannot begin to express how excited I am to be here. First off I’d like to tell you a little about myself. I Just turned 40 this past May, and to my surprise turning 40 was not traumatic at all. I live in a small town in Connecticut with my wife and two of my four children. 2008 thus far has been a landmark year; I’ve seen the birth of my grandson Jacob,

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Hello to everyone, my name is Tracey. I cannot begin to express how excited I am to be here. First off I’d like to tell you a little about myself. I Just turned 40 this past May, and to my surprise turning 40 was not traumatic at all. I live in a small town in Connecticut with my wife and two of my four children. 2008 thus far has been a landmark year; I’ve seen the birth of my grandson Jacob, purchased our dream home and sent my middle daughter Kaylee to college. So with all of these events behind me I asked my self what’s next? Should I climb MT Everest? Well, perhaps I’ll tackle the next hardest thing, P90X!

Believe it or not my journey to the P90X began just over 2 years ago. I was 38 years old and in my opinion drastically out of shape. The event that shocked me back into reality was when my lovely wife bought this digital weight scale. I figured I had not weighed myself in quite a while so why not give it a try. I stepped on the scale and much to my horror the scale Displayed 227 lbs. The first words out of my mouth were “Maggie this thing is broke. Take it back.” Well as much as I hate to admit it the scale was spot on. My knee jerk reaction was to go run that day! Now mind you at this time I STILL did NOT believe I was FAT. So with this notion firmly implanted in my mind I set off for my first run.

The first half mile of my run went reasonably well. However, shortly after the half mile point I started to notice something like someone poking or tapping me on my back. Like the goof ball that I am I kept turning around trying to figure out what was poking me. Well to make a long story short and spare some humiliation I figured out it was the Fat on my back bouncing up and poking me. At that moment, feeling disgusted with myself, I said “Tracey you are fat”. From that moment on I was on a mission. I promised myself I was going to change, and I did. Well 2 years later and 30 lbs lighter and I’ve hit the plateau. I believe the next phase of my fitness goals lies within the P90X system!

My plan is to start P90X on September 1, 2008. Today I have a few last equipment items to purchase so I can start with all the recommended Items. I do have a few questions so if anyone out there has any answers or suggestions I would greatly appreciate the help.

1) By profession I am a Corporate Pilot. On occasion I have 14 hour duty days and I might see a hotel after 16 hours on the road. I do plan on taking my resistance bands and DVDs with me so I can stick to the program. Can I still expect to see good results just using the resistance bands alone? Taking the chin up bar with me is not an option for I had to permanently mount it on my garage because it does not fit any of my doorways.
2) By far my biggest concern is the diet while on the road. I’m sure everybody runs into this problem at some time. Has there been success with the P90X program using restaurant menus (healthy choices of course). If not I’m sure I’ll be pounding the Power bars.

Thanks in advance for all of the help. Now the real adventure begins!

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