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3rd update ... well I'm still melting away and feeling good. I can actually do all of the workouts and am getting better at the form and keeping up with the people on the videos where before my form would slouch and I was barely moving maybe doing one move for every three of theirs ... now I'm keeping up. I'd say that is VAST improvement even if weight not dropping as fast I'd like!
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2nd major update!! I have lost a total of just over 15 cm since starting P90X just over 2 weeks ago! Yippee! At times I still feel very fat and unattractive but then at other times I feel slimmer.... which I should because I've lost 4.4 cm in my waist and 3.4 cm in my hips ... I mean hello! One of my teenage daughters even noticed that my pants are getting really baggy on me :D I can't wait to take the 4 week photos!
Now I know better than to lose heart over the weight issue... that is the gaining of muscle replacing the fat and eventually the fat will start melting away as that base of muscle is 'completed.' I experienced that in boot camp. I went into boot at what I call a "fat" 118 (size 10/12) and came out a svelte, slender 118 (size 4). All the same weight and that much of a size difference ... it truly is amazing how much difference there is between fat and muscle! I had been so disappointed the entire 3 months of bootcamp at weekly weigh-in cause I wasn't losing any weight, that is until the day we went home and my civilian clothes fell off of me and I had to wear my dress blues all the way home til we could get into my high school clothes :-D So I don't really pay that much attention to the scales due to that very reason.
With this much progress, it makes me wonder what I'll be looking like for my wedding in 5 weeks!!!
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1st major update!! First I use the metric measurements because it shows more accuracy and is more motivating to see those numbers fall "quicker" ... I've decided to do some measurements at the end of my first week. I might shoulda done them tomorrow morning before working out but I'm not :) I'm proud to say that I've lost 2 lbs (1.1 kg), lost 1.5 cm in my waist and 1.9 cm in my hips ... which also translates into a 1.7% drop in body fat! Yippee!

I'm also in way better shape that I really thought I was. Sure I'm not in wonderful shape (physically or shape wise) but I'm healthier than I thought. I'm doing the workouts all the way through. My hip still gives me issues with certain things and I've got to figure out how to protect my lower back in some of the exercises, but that's stuff you go through in any program after injury. There are certain things I'm not doing as well as I could but as Tony says ... do your best and forget the rest ... eventually I'll be able to bring it with the best of them!! It's goal setting ... and I'm all about that!
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I started with my fitness test July 22 ('09). I signed up here July 23 and did my first P90X workout (out of order but fixing that) ... Legs and Back. After I workout this morning I will come in and make notes for each day thus far!

First ... I am always surprised to find how well I do on thetness tests because I feel so out of shape when in reality, I've just gained some weight and lost a bit of strength but I'm not as bad off as a lot of people are. Though at the same time, I am faaar from optimal!

First day, I did the wrong workout ... but not a big deal in the least. I did Legs and Back instead of Chest and Back. My notes included that I can not do a pull up to save my life. In the Corps females did not do pull-ups but we did the arm hang ... which guys couldn't do - different set of muscles being used. I'm really hoping this changes throughout my workouts!

All I had were 2# weights so I used them. I don't want to start off with too much weight and kill myself to where I won't do it the next day, so I'm gonna work up slowly even though this means I won't see as much results as I would if I pushed. I used what I could for the pull ups as well. I had a stretchy belt that I used but now I have the bands to use. I can tell a difference.

The next day I did Plyometrics. This was not nearly as hard as I expected it to be. There were only two jumps I had difficulty with that I only expect to get better and next time I will push harder than I did this time simply because I wasn't sure what all was coming up and again didn't want to kill myself in the first 10 min! Surprisingly I had issues with the tuck jumps and the guitar heros. I'll figure out why and change it!

Next was Shoulders and Arms ... again, all I had was 2# weights so I used those for 15 reps. Even though I wasn't getting the max out of every set, I could feel something the next day, so some work was definitely being done. I improved on the chair dips and I had problems with the side tri rise because of my hip. I'm gonna try to fold my yoga mat to make more padding for my hips cause that's what kills me before my arms do!

Sunday I only swam and walked because of everyone being up and about and stuff. I cannot work out when everyone else is being lazy and watching me. So uncomfortable when your fat is flabbing everywhere.

Monday was back into it with Yoga X. The first 45 minutes I did a lot of watching and walking around. For some reason I'm hurting my lower back especially when doing the Vinyasas. I have to look into that and figure out what is going on with that so that I can do this without hurting. The second 45 minutes was not a big deal to complete. The only real problems I have is when my rolls of fat get in the way and block me from doing the moves fully. It stinks but those fat rolls will eventually go away!

Today I did Chest and Back and Ab Ripper X! This time I started with the 2# weights (where used) and the second time I used 3# weights. Unbelievably I could actually tell a difference. I honestly didn't think I would feel much of a difference with them. Glad I did though! I also used the bands for the first time for pull ups or the equivalent thereof.

At first I wasn't seeing any difference ... but honestly wasn't expecting visible differences for at least a month. Well today I put on my favorite outfit and it fit soooo much better!! Even my oldest daughter said I looked skinnier :) I'll see here in a few days if there is actually any differences happening!