As a gift from helping others start their healthier lives in September, I got a great workout bundle from Beachbody. The bundle had three workout set: P90X, P90X2 and P90X+, each including workouts for 90 days! Awesome, eih? This arrived last week, and I decided to make myself accountable and share with you my whole journey with P90X.
My WHY
If you want to keep your motivation going and be able to push through even when you don't feel like it, you have got to have your WHY. I've gotten many comments on how great I look and questions on why I'm doing this, since I don't need to loose any more weight. That's true, I have reached my goal weight. But the reasons I'm doing this, has nothing to do with loosing weight. I have realized that with almost daily workouts and clean nutrition I feel better and I have more energy. I also have more confidence in myself. I want to stay strong and also I want to give my kids a good example on how to live a healthier life. Also committing to a new 90 day program gives myself a challenge to show, that I have the strength to follow a program for three months, if I just put my mind to it! And starting in November is a great time: I'll be able to finish the year strong and also get a head start to the new year!
And why am I sharing this all with you? Because I want to show you, that I'm just an ordinary mom, who wants to stay fit. Sharing my meal plans shows, that I'm not on any crazy diet, I'm just trying my best to feed myself with nutritious foods. If I can inspire you to start a healthier life, that's a bonus :)
The pre-works
I actually started to get myself ready for P90X already through the weekend. There were several thing to do, before starting the first workout: do the fitness test, make a meal plan and take before pictures and measures!
Fitness test
In order to make sure I could handle the workouts, I took the fitness test. Each move had a minimum that you should pass. I was happy to notice, that my past workouts have made me stronger and I was able to pass the fitness test clearly!
Meal plan
The next thing to do was to make a meal plan. This one was a bit harder, since the nutrition guide differed a lot from the 21 Day Fix, which I found myself really used to. I also need to start eating more with P90X, giving there is 50-60 min workouts six times a week! I used some color coding in my plan, just to help me keep track of what and how much I'm eating and to help me figure what I'm still missing.I need to start eating more protein and dairy. The hard part will be to cut the fruits to only one serving a day. For some days I had to put three snacks in order to get everything I need eaten. I'm still not sure if I got everything I need in the meal plan, but hopefully by week 2 I have more experience and I will know better what and how much to put in the meal plan.
Before - photos and measures
One thing I have learned this year, is that it's not all about the number on the scale. Taking measures from your body and comparing them will give much better idea on how the transformation is going. Also, as it is many times said: a picture can tell more than thousand words. So that's why it's important to also take the before pictures. Since I promised to share with you the whole story, here are my before photos.
Ok, I'm ready! BRING IT!
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