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I've been working out since I was 13. Not in the bodybuilder mode but just enough to be fit and in shape. As I got older the workouts became more intense but the nutrition was spotty.

By the time I turned 30 I was spending 3+ hours a night at the gym and I was pretty bulked up. While I liked the size of my "guns" as Tony would call 'em, I was not happy with my overall fitness level. After doing the same routine for years at the gym I'd burnt out and had enough. Early in 2008 I was 218 lbs and just frustrated. Luckily, one early Sunday morning I caught the P90X infomercial and ordered the program. By July 08, at the end of the 90 days I dropped nearly 30 lbs and was in amazing shape; plus I accomplished one of my life long goals - abs. For years I tried and for years I failed. But with the X and proper nutrition I finally had them.

In the middle of my 2nd round in Sept 2008 a few events combined to form the "perfect storm" - throwing me off track and off the P90X trail. My mother-in-law (basically my 2nd mother - I'd known her for 25 years) got very ill and was hospitalized; I was mired in a job that was just miserable; my Bulldog (my baby) got sick; and to top it all off I broke my hand. In December 08 my mother-in-law died, putting the finishing touches on a terrible last six months of the year. All of this conspired to end my journey with the X.

Fast forward to March 2009 and I was 212 pounds. I decided to get back on the horse and do the X again. I won't lie, it was tough to start over; it was as if I had never done the program in my life. I stuck with it, rededicated to the nutrition and now, almost 100 days later, I'm back in the shape I want to be in. I'm down nearly 30 lbs and have regained my abs. I'm by no means done with getting my body where I want it or where it needs to be. I still have a lot of work to do and am continuing to roll with another round of the X.