Importance of following the rules
In my 60 day P90X progress update, I vented some frustration that I was not seeing the results that I wanted, not as much as the first phase, even though I actually upped my workout amounts and intensity. I was a little flabbergasted about this and, to be honest, mildly discouraged.
Two weeks into my third and final phase, I decided to sit down and read over my nutrition guide. I recalculated the calories I was supposed to have for the day and realized that I should have been in the Second Level on the nutrition guide, which basically equates to eating a THOUSAND less calories a day.
I lost 12 pounds my first week doing P90X and by the end of my first phase, I was down about 14 pounds total. With this weight loss, I should have bumped down in how much I was eating. If I had followed the program and actually read the manual, so to speak, I may have had better results.
There are two ways I can handle this setback. I can get frustrated, mad because 90 days have almost gone by, and I haven’t gotten the results that others have had even though I did my best. Or I can look at it as an opportunity to get stronger with the extra weight, use it as another excuse to do another 90 days, and trust that I’ll get the results I want.
I am going to go with the latter option, but the important lesson I learned is that – if you trust the program and you follow what it says, it will work the best for you. So this next go round, I’m going to use the Beachbody shopping list. I’m going to buy the groceries it tells me to buy and eat exactly what it tells me to eat. Then I expect results.
Don’t get me wrong, I have had great results and am completely happy with the way my 90 days is going and mentally I’m in a far better place as far as exercising in general. But, I can’t wait to see what I can accomplish now that I have trust in the system and am going to follow it exactly the way it was meant to be followed.
Everybody pushing play, keep on keeping on and bring it everyday.
Check in after next week, when I will have my final 90 day results.
Dude! Nice work! You may not have gotten the results you were looking for in weight loss but you’ve definitely made some major strides in your fitness level.
Love the positive outlook too. There was a time you wouldn’t have that and now you do. I’m feel like a proud papa.
I’m going to do Insanity next (comes out soon). Want to switch up your next workout and go through it with me?
I am DEFINITELY going to do Insanity. I think one more round of P90X would be in order, though. I guess it depends on what their “fit test” says. But maybe, if they don’t say you have to be SUPER in shape, I might give it a shot right off the bat.
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