P90 X Review

Today I completed my 42nd day of the P90 X workout.  

I was kind of skeptical when I started this 90 routine a little over a month ago.  I didn't really know what to expect.  I had never really lifted a lot of weights before and my 12 and 15 pound dumbbells collected dust for a couple years until I started bringing them out a few months ago.  The problem was I didn't really know what to do with them - other than your standard shoulder press and curls and incorporating them into lunges and squats - I felt a little lost.

I can now say, that with the help of Tony Horton, I feel stronger and leaner.  I'm seeing definition in my arms and shoulders that I've never seen before, I'm not afraid of trying a pull up, even if I need to use a stool to help me up, and I've lost an inch from my hips and 3/4 of an inch from my thighs.

I haven't followed his program exactly because I practice my yoga 5 days a week and I don't have the time, nor, do I want to do 3 days of weights, 5 days of yoga and then 3 days of other cardio.  So I've been following his weights and my yoga and on my rest weeks (Week 4 and 8) I do the Plyometric work out or Cardio X along with yoga.  

I also haven't been super strict with my diet.  I mean eat pretty damn well - I think.  Most days I consume less than 2000 calories (with the P90 workout calculation where you calculate your resting metabolic rate and then incorporate the workouts, I need 25oo calories to maintain my weight, so I cut it by 500.), I eat a ton of fruit and veg and get enough protein.  But I have bad cheat days and I didn't cut our my rice, pasta, oats for the first month, which the P90 program recommends. 

So, beginning yesterday, for 30 days I am going to avoid all oats, rice, pastas and breads.  I still eat squash and zucchini and fruit and salad, I'm simply trying a little experiment.  I figure if I've lost an inch from my hips and I'm half way done the program, let's just see what this will do in the next 30 days.