My weight this morning was 177.0 by the way.

I actually skipped X Stretch in lue of playing basketball after work. I got in a good 30 minutes of playing up and down the court, but didn't feel like I got a great workout. I should have done X Stretch, but after the gym, I just got home and relaxed. I know it's gonna be hard when I do yoga tomorrow and get my tail kicked... Oh well, at least I have core synergistics tonight which i really enjoyed on Monday!

My diet:

Calories: 1965
Total Fat: 22.61% - 49.37g
Total Carbs: 33.23% - 163.24g
Total Protein: 37.71% - 185.23g

Grade: B

My weight this morning: 180.4lbs

I still need to get my protein up 10% & my carbs down 10% so I'm really gonna concentrate on that today. I started my day with a bagel and bowl of whole grain cereal, but the rest of the day is gonna be salads and chicken! I got some extra motivation from a few members here and I'm really going to get my diet in gear. I'm shooting for 1800 calories or less.

I didn't update yesterday, but here's yesterday's update. I've wanted to modify my diet so that I am eating less calories, so that I am getting better results, because I still feel like I am eating too much. So rather than setting the goal at 1800-2100 calories, I've decided to drop it by 300 calories down to shoot for 1500-1800 per day.

I absolutely loved Core Synergistics yesterday! It's one of my favorite workouts. At the end I'm dripping with sweat, my core is killing me and I'm ready for a recovery drink! It's really true though, what they say for the tip of the day. If you don't engage your core the entire time, the moves are harder to do, and your abs don't get worked as well. It's all about what you put into it, and if you give it your all, you will succeed!

My diet stats for Friday:

I ate terribly, but kept the calories lower than I have been doing for the last few days. Overall I feel like it was an accomplishment but I had way too many carbs and fat, and way too little protein.

Total Calories: 1853
Fat: 29% (65g)
Carbs: 53% (269g)
Protein: 17.65% (90g)

Grade: C+

I've decided to start weighing myself every Friday instead of every day, so stay tuned for my results!

I was so busy today that I didn't do Yoga X until like midnight last night, finishing at 1:30am... by far, the latest I've ever done a work out. I must say, I am getting MUCH stronger!!! I'm holding my poses and am getting better with my balanced postures and yoga belly 7 (which is so hard...), though I do still struggle with both. It just reassures me that I am doing the right thing here. My progress is shown, and I'm feeling better about myself. I absolutely love it!

My diet was pretty ridiculous today, because I ate breakfast at 9am and didn't have a chance to eat again until around 4pm. Then I went to the movies, and had dinner around 6:30pm with a protein bar for dessert.

Here are my stats:

Total Calories: 1254
Protein: 40% (125g)
Carbs: 32% (99g)
Fat: 28% (39g)

Grade: A-

I have to eat just a little more protein and it would shift my averages to exactly what they need to be. One thing to note, I didn't do my recovery drink last night because of a lack of milk. If I had done it with 2 scoops of whey protein, I would have hit my 1500 calories with an additional 50g of protein, which would have put me where I want to be. Knowing this... I gotta buy some milk! LOL

Yesterday I did X Stretch, and it was such a relief! It's like Yoga X but like... 800 times easier! And in the same fashion, I'm like... 800 times more flexible because of Yoga and X Stretch than when I started!

My diet was good, but not awesome. Most of the reason was because I had multiple quesadillas for breakfast, and my girlfriend's parents had us over for dinner (which wasn't bad at all: Potatos, Green Peas, Steamed Carrots, and crock potted pork in cream of chicken soup; it was awesome food!). Anyway, after putting them all into www.dailyburn.com I had the following results:

Calories: 1756
Protein: 32% (140g)
Fat: 38% (73g)
Carbs: 30% (133g)

Grade: B - I'm right in the calories I want to be (though I do want to be closer to 1500), but I don't want to have as much fat in my diet...

Today I start phase 2! In 2 days I'll take my day 30 photo. My nutrition plan is going to change so instead of 50/25/25, I'm going to try for 40% Protein, 35% Carbs, 25% Fat. It shouldn't be too hard because that's kinda what I've been hitting these last few days of my rest week. I just gotta keep doing what I'm doing and shoot for 1500 calories!

I can't wait for different work out routines... Tony's repeatative phrases were definitely getting on my nerves! More tomorrow! Stay tuned!

Around noon, I did a 30 minute boot camp workout class at my work's gym to get back into the swing of things. I killed it with ease compared to the times I'd done it before starting P90X! It was incredible! But looking back on it, as I make this post today, I am regretting it...

Chest Shoulders and Triceps... I figured I'd be able to hang with Tony and company on this one becuase I was getting the hang of Chest and back and shoulders and arms, increasing weight and adding more push ups every week... but alas, I was completely wrong! The exercises killed me to the point where I was back to my knees on push ups starting about half way through the workout, and I was back to 10-15 pound weights for the shoulder exercises. The only thing I did that was good was the punching exercise at the end. I did 25 reps on each arm at 15 pounds... I just wish I was lifting 20's or 25's, and will definitely be doing that next week. Also, Plyo Pushups is something I can do... if it's the first exercise... but Tony and his minions do their job and introduce them to us near the end of the workout... needless to say I did 0 Plyo Pushups... like 3 clap pushups, and then I struggled to do even three more on my knees...

On ABRX I did well. I did 22 of every exercise except for fifer scissors... but I did somewhere between 12 and 16 of those, so I was really happy. I hung in there and did close to 20 mason twists with feet off the ground, but then had to finish with my feet on the ground and going slower than the f*ckers on my TV...

My diet stats were decent. I had too much fat, but I hit my mark for protein, though my carbs were low... and I ate slightly too many calories in reference to my goals, but I did work out twice yesterday.

Calories: 1841
Fat: 39% (81g)
Carbs: 24% (111g)
Protein: 36% (169g)

Grade: B

I'm sore today, but I'm doing my best to get ready for Plyo tonight. I'm gonna bring it!

DAY 30!!! I'm officially 1/3 the way through with this hell we call P90X!

Here are my stats today compared to when I started:

Day 1 Weight: 184.8 pounds
Day 30 Weight: 177.4 pounds
Total Loss: 7.4 pounds!

Body Fat I haven't calculated yet, but I will tonight.

Day 1 Waste Size: 34"
Day 30 Waste Size: 32"!

I did Plyometrics yesterday, and it appears that my body can tell I skipped it last week because of the recovery week. It was not as easy as it was in week 3 (which was not in any way actually easy... just less hard than today...). I was putting my hands on my quads during the run squat reverse jumps, and druing the lateral leap frogs... it was tough! On the plus side, on the jump-knee tucks, I did it double time the entire time on the second round. My form wasn't perfect, but it was awesome!

I took a look at a calorie suggestion yesterday and it said that I should be eating 2400 calories a day... so I decided to up my calories from 1500-1800 up to 1700-2000 calories a day. I'm trying to maintain a 45% Protein, 30% Carb, 25% fat ratio ("trying" being the key word), and trying to stay under 2000 calories a day from now on.

Here are my nutrition facts:
Calories: 1941
Total fat: 33% (72g)
Total Carbs: 36% (178g)
Total Protein: 31% (151g)

Grade: B

I'm eating the right amount of food, just not the right types. Gonna concentrate a lot on the type of food I eat today, and hopefully I'll get better results.

I work my second job tonight, then it's Biceps and Back! I can't wait!

My Day 30 Pics can be found here: http://www.weightloss-hq.biz/weight-loss-forum/p90x-before-and-after-pics/day-1-day-30-10.html

Yesterday I did Biceps and Back for the first time. Let me tell you, it was killer! It's the shortest P90X workout, but it feels like it's never ending! On the plus side, I did four regular pull ups to start the day off which is more than I've ever done before! I followed it up with doing 11 modified pull ups with the chair. After that, I was modifying every set of pull ups because the bicep exercises were killing me! Like others have stated, it was hard just to grab the pull up bar because of the bicep exercises working my forarms. It was tough to grip the bar. My numbers sucked, but it gives me something to improve upon now.

My nutrition was the best I've done since the recovery week of phase 1

Here are my stats:

Calories: 1990
Fat: 26% (57g)
Carbs: 35% (178g)
Protein: 39% (192g)

Grade: A

If I concentrate, I can drop the fat a little and add a tiny bit more protein to my diet and I should be just fine!

Tonight I am playing basketball & then it's time for Yoga X!

Yoga X was incredible last night! My balance and ability to remain calm is really improving. in the coming weeks I am going to concentrate on getting lower in the lunge of the warrior poses, because I'm still not 90 degrees yet with my front leg. My balanced postures were much better as well.

My nutrition was decent, even with eating blimpie subs for lunch and panda express for dinner. I stuck to wheat bread, baked chips with lunch and grilled veggies, beef & broccoli, and mandarin chick with no sauce for dinner.

Here are the stats:

Calories: 1962
Fat: 26% (56g)
Carbs: 38% (181g)
Protein: 36% (175g)

It's Friday, and I have started weighing myself once a week, every Friday so here's my weight: 176.2 pounds! A new low!

Legs and back tonight! Bring it!

Great title! I laugh every time he says "This is Yoga X, my brutha!"

I'm right behind you, Austin. Just passed 30 days and did back and biceps for the first time this morning. Brutal. I'm still sore from chest, shoulders, and triceps, too. It's like week 1 all over again. Well, maybe not quite, but I do feel shredded.

I'm shifting from 50/30/20 P/C/F to 40/40/20 today as I've felt a bit drained this week and my body fat is down to 13%.

hahaha, yeah I laugh every time too... and when he does his really terrible forest gump impression at the end... How the hell does he expect me to stay calm and clear my mind?!?!

Anyway, I think I'm gonna drop the fad down to 20% & do a 45% protein & 35% Carbs. Then in phase three, I'll make it 20/40/40, even though you're supposed to get more carbs than protein in phase three. I think it's more natural to do 20/40/40 & keep the calories normal. Good insight dude!

Legs and back was yesterday. I was able to do normal pull ups on almost all of the exercises (1-2 each time) and the rest I did modified. I was the same weight as 2 weeks ago with most of the leg exercises, but with the calf raises, I went from 20's to 25's, which is awesome!

My nutrition was great too.

Grade: A

Calories: 1744
Fat: 23% (45g)
Carbs: 32% (147g)
Protein: 45% (202g)

From now on, I am planning on changing my percentages to 20% protein, 35% carbs, 45% Protein from now on. It makes more sense to me during phase 2, and then when phase 3 hits, I'm going to be 20/40/40. It's gonna be tough to change to non-fat/low-fat EVERYTHING but I can do it if I try.

You heard right everyone! I got P90X+ the other day and I am starting to incorporate some of the easier routines into my workout. I've replaced Kenpo X with the P90X+ Kenpo/Cardio Plus! The last few weeks, I've gotten sick of Kenpo X because I feel it's more like an instructional video rather than a workout video. So in my search for a more advanced kenpo related video, I turned to P90X+ and wow! Kenpo, Cardio Plus! It was an awesome workout that was non-stop for close to 45 straight minutes! By the end I was soaked in sweat and my heartrate was high, and I was loving life! If any of you plan to do P90X+ after P90X, I'd definitely recommend incorporating this program ASAP!

My diet was good until dinner when was sprung for little caesars pizza because my girlfriend was celebrating her birthday last night, and we got pizza for our guests. I ended up eating 7 wings (they come with 8 but one fell on the ground...) and 2 slices of pizza which sky-rocketed my calories, fat, and carbs, and made my protein percentages plummet. Here are the stats:

Calories: 2229
Fat: 33% (81g)
Carbs: 30% (172g)
Protein: 29% (163g)

I made up for it by having a healthy breakfast of 6 egg whites and a bowl of the store brand Honey bunches of oats. I'm going to eat some grapes in a bit. Rest or X Stretch is today. I hope I have time to do X stretch.

Woo hoo! Week 1 of Phase 2 is officially over! To reward myself, I decided to do Cardio X today for the first time to see what it was all about. Honestly, first impression: not that impressive. Now, I am sure if I did it on Day 1, I woulda been pretty out of it, but here in phase 2, it was no big deal. I got real height on my jump shot, which, as a basketball player, naturally it'd be my favorite workout of the day.

Being it's the weekend, I didn't pay close attention to my nutrition because of my lack of strict work schedule. I had 4 meals, but one was pretty big (teriyaki bowl with brown rice & white chicken, 6 piece california roll, and a small salad). I also had my normal breakfast of fruit, 6 egg whites and smart balance cerial, but throw in a 6" Subway Sandwich for lunch, and then having new york strip, shrimp cocktail and sweet corn for dinner (all of which I purchased on sale and cooked myself), it makes it hard to stay nutritious...

My numbers:

Calories: 2233
Fat: 23% (57g)
Carbs: 46% (260g)
Protein: 31% (173g)

Grade: C+

You can see why I'd want to do something to help me burn some calories after eating well over 2000 calories 2 days in a row.

On a side note, I looked in the mirror today and saw abdominal muscles!!! I'm getting there! I really am! I love this program!

As I've said in other threads, I planned on switching the calender so that I do back & biceps on day 1 & chest, shoulders, triceps on day 3 because the two back workouts (legs and back being the 2nd) were too close together in my opinion. So yesterday I did Back & Biceps and I did really well compared to last week. I was able to either add more reps or more weight to just about all of the workouts, even if it was just 2 extra reps total, I felt accomplished. I rearranged my chair/washing machine for the modified pull ups to make them a little harder on myself, so I ended up doing less pull ups than I did last week overall, but I did more unmodified! Someone on these boards said it best when they said that the pull ups were harder on this day not only because they're more complex, but also all of the bicep exercises make it harder to grip the pull up bar... Oh well I guess.

My nutrition was great until dinner when I had leftover pizza because of a lack of energy to make anything healthy... I'm hoping to get much better with dinner tonight.

My stats:
Calories: 2498
Fat: 20% (58g)
Carbs: 43% (272g)
Protein: 37% (235g)

I was in great shape early on in the day, so my bad dinner didn't reallly effect my percentages all that much. Just to give people a little insight, I'm trying to hit 40g of fat, 150g carbs, and 200g protein per day. Obviously I went over on everything, but my percentages weren't too bad, just not great.

I did Plyo today and to quote Fitbomb, "Man-o-manoshevitz, as my annoying TV trainer's uncle used to say," it killed me like it always does! I will say though that every time I do it, I get stronger and better at it, and it gets a little easier... even though it's still a killer workout & my heart rate is going crazy the entire time! I kept up with Eric on the jump knee tucks again in the second round, doing it double time the entire 30 seconds, just like last week.

My nutrition was much better yesterday than it was the past 3 days.

Calories: 1966
Fat: 18% (41g)
Carbs: 37% (185g)
Protein: 45% (223g)

Chest shoulders and Triceps is a great exercise routine, but I struggle to feel winded at the end. I guess that's just life when you're lifting weights, and you don't have enough strength to do plyo pushups... Non-the-less, it's still a great workout! comparing my stats to last week, I was able to increase weight and/or reps for every exercise. Sometimes I found myself doing less reps at a certain weight, but that's not a bad thing. I was still doing at least 7 of every move, most of the time 12-13. I want to try to stick around 10-12 reps for all of my exercises, right inbetween the 8-10 for mass, and the 12-15 for lean. I don't want to be a huge muscle man, but I do want my muscles to be a little bigger than they are now, so inbetween seems right for me.

My nutrition was awesome yesterday. I killed my percentages, and stayed around the bottom end of my caloric intake. Here's the stats:

Calories: 1704
Fat: 19% (37g)
Carbs: 34% (144g)
Protein: 47% (198g)

It's the closest I've been to 20/35/45 since I started calculating my ratios like that last week. I'm excited to stay motivated and work hard today!

Well, it was my girlfriend's birthday today, and to celebrate, we went to our local state fair. Now I feel that you only live once, so I decided to ignore my diet for the night. I did a great job limiting my calories in the morning and at lunch time to prepare, but I was in for a HUGE surprise...

Yoga X was great! I'm much more flexible than I was even last week. the exercises are all getting easier, but I still struggle with almost all of the balanced postures, and the half moon pose, or basically anything on 1 foot, but it'll come with time.

My caloric Stats:

Calories: 3283
Fat: 43% (156g)
Carbs: 31% (252g)
Protein: 27% (221g)

Obviously I'm going to be watching my calories this weekend...

Last night we went to the Suns game and oh man was it a good one! We blew out Golden State and Steve Nash had 18 points and 20 assists! With that, came my nutrition and lack of time to do Legs and Back when I got home. I actually fell asleep on the car ride home... something I haven't done since I was a kid, and being 25 now, one can say it's been a while! LOL! I ended up eating chicken wings before the game, which I thought would be better than a couple slices of pizza. Also, I ended up doing my workout this morning right when I woke up. I'm going to do the same thing tomorrow with Kenpo/Cardio Plus tomorrow morning, then do X Stretch tomorrow night to catch up.

Legs and Back was awesome today. I decided to forgo the chair for pull ups to see if I could do more standard pull ups towards the end of the exercise. It worked! Last week, I did so many modified pull ups, I couldn't even do one standard pull up in the last half of the workout. This time, I did far less pull ups overall, but I did as many as I could without the chair. I ended up doing between 3 & 6 pull ups for each set. Overall, through the entire workout, I did 36 standard pull ups! I also added the chair to the last 2 sets to do some extra. I ended up doing 9 extra pull ups with the chair over the last 2 sets. ABRX was crazy today. It was the first time in a while where I actually felt a really deep burn rather than it being just ridiculously hard. That burn caused me to have to take a few extra breaks that I wouldn't normally take. Oh well I guess...

Here's my nutrition break down.

Calories: 1618
Fat: 37% (69g)
Carbs: 38% (157g)
Protein: 25% (103g)

The calories where there, but the percentages were off. This was partially because I didn't get a recovery drink, which is normally packed with protein. If I had that, My carbs & protein would have been about even. Anyway... excuses are excuses.

I weighed myself this morning for my weekly weigh in, and I was surprised to see that I weighed an astonishing 173.8! A new low!

I did Kenpo/Cardio Plus again instead of Kenpo X. It really got my heart rate going. I might try Interval X in place of kenpo next week to try something different. I'm really starting to notice myself having a lower body fat percentage, even if my scale still says i'm around 19%...

Anyway, I've been slacking on my diet lately, but not too hardcore. My percentages are off, but I'm still losing weight. I'm trying hard to make sure I get my protein though, even if I go over on calories.

Here were yesterday's stats:

Calories: 2304
Fat: 36% (94g)
Carbs: 30% (173g)
Protein: 33% (191g)