Going from Good to Better

So many times, I have wished that I knew someone to ask before I jumped in and spent money- and time- on a new health fad. Or, that I could just sample it, 'til I decide I like it or not.

Recently, Nathan and I felt the same way about an exercise program we saw advertised in an infomercial by Beachbody.com. The pictures they showed were....believable and unbelievable all at once. I knew the concept of muscle confusion they were speaking of, as I was a Firm Instructor back in the day. And, honestly, a lot of what P90x is close to what we were taught at The Firm.

This blog will cover our P90X journey, as well as offer some guest-bloggers a chance to review the health fad THEY are trying. Let's find out how to go from "Good to Better!"





Pre-Pre-P90x
Nate and I had to do something. The pants were getting tight after six-months of culinary revelry. Of course, we have been working out, as long as we didn't feel like we had to have a nap. Or a snack.

Meanwhile, during one of our trips to the gym, on one of those elliptical machines, we both caught sight of the Tony Horton P90X infomercial. Convincing. Challenging. But, after you buy all that stuff, are you simply left with a set of DVD's and a chin up bar that taunts you from a doorway, where it has hung, unused for months?


Pre-P90x
Okay, so we didn't realize what we had gotten ourselves into. Once we got the DVD set, we realize, "Oh! Now we need the pull-up bar!" And, "Oh! A set of resistance bands, a few weights and some special foods."

This is going to be interesting.

Getting Started

So, it's the night before and I am a little freaked out but mostly excited. This is because we are at Wal-Mart (my own personal hell) trying to save a bit of money on the food we have to buy- a lot of fresh veggies and meats, as well as special vinegars and spices. At this point, I have decided to follow the menu plan exactly, because if we don't, and then it doesn't work, we'll have lost that magical momentum that happens upon embarking on a new program.

Our friend has already visited and taken out body fat measurements. We had taken the hour-long Fit Test. We made a TWO PAGE grocery list and shopped for all food items. And we took the most unflattering "before" pictures we could muster (we didn't have to try hard). I mean, you cannot just open up these DVD's and get started!

Finally it is the night before, and there is a lot of chopping and food prepping to be done. I am eating Edy's vanilla Thin Mint ice cream, a kind of Last Supper.

Here we go.