My foray into P90X – Day 1

 

And so beings my adventure with the P90X, the weight loss/ exercise infomercial commonly seen  on late nights and Sunday mornings. I have decided to do this after hearing several positive recommendations from co-workers and friends.

After reading through the booklet, I have decided to to the p90x lean regime. Why? well as a petit female, I rather not look like a bulky wrestler and the Lean regime seems to focus more on cardio which is what I want instead of increasing the circumference of my chest or biceps.

I won’t go on to explain the tidbits of the p90x as there are many other sites that does this, in fact, I don’t even want people to read this website but since it is out there in cyberspace, it will serve as a motivator and diary.

Why do I want to do this? Well, I think I am fairly active: I like exercising and go to the gym couple times a week. But I am very unmotivated to work on my abs because there is no guidance and i never feel like I am seeing results. As well, I am lazy to go to the gym everyday and I end up always doing the same routine. All in all, I think this will be good for me as a regime I can stick to.

As for the diet, I think I will skip the protein supplements but will try to maintain a high fiber, high protein, low fat, low carbs diet.

For fiber: I will stick to veggies and my high fiber cereal.

Protein: lean turkey, beef, fish and chickpeas

Luckily, i don’t eat too much junk foods (courtesy of a health conscious mother growing up) and my worse vice is chocolate.

Alcohol is a problem, but not as much as it was in college.

My goal: Go back to 105lb or less. But more importantly, lose that beer gut I have and my love handles.

So here are my stats:

5.1” , 112 lbs. 28” waist.

It says if I don’t want to bulk up and instead remain lean, I will have to do 12-20 reps instead of 8-10 reps.

My tools: I have a yoga mat and resistance bands. I don’t have a pull up bar nor do I plan to obtain one.

And here is the program for week 1,2,3

1) core synergistic

2) cardio x

3) shoulders & arms, abs ripper x

4) yoga x

5) legs & back , abs ripper x

6) kenpo x

7) rest / stretch

 

- I will take a picture of myself but wont post it until my results are finalized.

- I will try to update at least once or twice a week.

- I will fill with more information after I start reading more about this. I only obtained the p90x today!

 

Good luck to me!!!