My P90X Story

Before P90X and Beachbody....
I am 39 years old and live in California. My background is in sales. I used to be in excellent shape but I let myself go a little over 3 years ago. I had always been active in sports (not as much as I needed to be) but eating right was always my downfall. You know the story.. fast food, bad snacks, eating and then sleeping and all that other stuff bad for the body. I got to a point where all hope was lost and pretty much excepted how I looked.

When I first saw Beachbody commercials for programs like Hip Hop Abs and P90X I laughed and mocked it like it was just another company with a gimmick product trying to take advantage of people and their weight issues. If it wasn't for a few friends I knew that tried P90X and some of the other products Beachbody products I would have never even tried it. I knew I needed to do something but I really had no clue what that was. I always tried to eat right, tried to workout but when you don't have a clue you are basically just spinning your wheels and get nowhere.

Let's go back to when I was a kid. I have always been athletic. I played pretty much every sport as a kid. In high school I played football. As a young adult I was addicted to the basketball court and running.

I stayed active until I hit 35 and from there I just stopped exercising. Like many people I become addicted to the internet and ran all my business from a desk. That equals sit and eat, not being active, weight gain. Not to mention my family has a history of Diabetes and I never liked going to GYMS.

One day I just decided to commit to making a change with my health. I wanted to go back to being the guy who could outrun the youngsters on the basketball court. I saw P90X and I was hooked.

I started P90X in mid August. At that time I weighed 225 pounds. After about 2 weeks I started to notice results. In the first month I lost 17 lbs and I was blown away when I stepped on the scale. I did not expect to lose that much weight in a month. I noticed that I had much more energy and that I was no longer craving bad food choices.

One of my family members could not believe how I looked just 30 days earlier neither could my kids. I started to fit into clothes that I had not worn in years and even my eye glasses seemed bigger.

By day 60 I really could see definition and muscle tone where it had never been there before. I could really see changes in my legs and chest areas which had always been the parts of my body with the least muscle mass. I'm a naturally thin person and all the weight I gained was mainly in my mid section, face and neck. Day 60 was a real eye opener to me and I got even more excited about pressing play. I lost 5 lbs in month two.

On day 90 I actually took time to examine my entire body by comparing myself today to old pictures and old video of me (when I say old I mean within the last 6 months) and it was insane how much I have changed. I have lost 33 lbs within in 90 days and for me that's a lot of weight loss. None of my clothes fit anymore now and I get to finally go shopping for new ones. I'm so proud of myself for completing this journey for 90 days because it was well worth it to me and my family. I lost 11 lbs in month three. I am just amazed at what P90X did for me!

Today I am happy to say that thanks to P90X and the support I have received from Beachbody, I am in the best shape of my life. I have energy like I did in my 20's and there is no stopping what's to come. I want to thank everyone at Team Beachbody, Wowy and all the other people on the message boards. If it where not for these people helping me stay accountable I may have became lazy in my fitness journey.