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Growing up I was always an underweight child, but had moved into the "normal" weight range for my height (5'10") by the age of 18 at the weight of 139. I entered the Air Force and went from 139 to 156 pounds in the 6 weeks of basic training, all lean muscle. I stayed around 150 pounds for years, but my metabolism slowed and my weight moved into the 160's around the age of 23. When I left the

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Growing up I was always an underweight child, but had moved into the "normal" weight range for my height (5'10") by the age of 18 at the weight of 139. I entered the Air Force and went from 139 to 156 pounds in the 6 weeks of basic training, all lean muscle. I stayed around 150 pounds for years, but my metabolism slowed and my weight moved into the 160's around the age of 23. When I left the military at the age of 26 I took a job as an IT Manager, and my newly sedentary lifestyle netted me an immediate 10 pound increase in weight. I tried going to the gym, but cardio wasn't enough to kick the pounds, and I got discouraged and rarely attended the gym. Then last year I got very ill from an infection I most likely picked up at the gym and stopped going altogether.

Over the last year my weight gain continued until I reached a peak of 200 pounds in March. Even my doctor couldn't believe I weighed that much, as he said I look much lighter and I only wear a 33" waist pant, but some of those 33" pants were getting tight and I couldn't deal with the weight gain any longer.

In the last 3 months I have lost almost 10 pounds by changing my diet drastically. I have cut out Mountain Dew and all other caffeinated products, as I realized my addiction to caffeine was causing me to consume a lot of empty calories. I have also been more dedicated to hitting the gym than in years past, but I am still not achieving the results I want, so I decided to try P90X. I am starting today, July 6 2009, with the goal of looking great exactly 90 days from today, when I leave on a cruise with all of my closest friends and family.

I am a little nervous that the P90X program may be too intense at this point, as I don't think I can do a single pullup in my current condition, but I'm going to give it my all. I hope I can find some others on here to help keep me motivated for the next 90 days and years into the future. Thanks for reading.

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