Fitness/goals

What guy doesn't want to ripped? I, like so many others do. If a guy tells you he is fine with being over weight and out of shape what else will he lie to you about? I purchase Beach Body's P90X a few years ago. And like so many mine sat on the shelf for a good 6 months. I guess I though just by me making this purchase I would get ripped. Didn't happen.

So I pulled it off the shelf one night and put the first disc in. I didn't even bother with looking at the nutrition guide. I did the workouts for 2 weeks. I can recall drinking an ice cold Coke during my water breaks. After 2 weeks I noticed my weight had not changed so I gave up. Go figure!

I repeated this about 1 year later. I made it 6 weeks this time and again did not change any of my bad food habits. Again, no weight loss. I was feeling stronger but decided to give up.

Then, on May 21st 2012 my wife and I were watching "American Ninja Warriors". This was a show where these ultra fit guys were doing a very hard obstacle course and they were ALL ripped. Many of them were older than myself. While my wife and I sat and watched this I began to realize that I COULD get into this kind of shape. It was simply a matter of TELLING MYSELF I can. So I asked my wife is she was ready to dig deep and start P90X again. She agreed. And so the long journey began.

May 22nd 2012. Day 1. We looked over the nutrition guide and decided it was too costly to purchase the types of foods they listed. So we jotted down some healthy menu choices and began eating better. By May 25th I had stopped drinking Cokes all together. We flopped around on the floor trying our best for 3 months. Only missed a couple of days. She lost 20 lbs and I lost the same.

The 1st round of P90X taught us a lot about foods. Why to eat certain foods, when to eat. How often to eat. Etc.

We are now doing a Hybrid of P90X/Insanity. We love it.

The best thing I did while doing my full round of P90X was get on Beach Body website. I set up my profile and found a thread to join. By joining this thread I was teamed up with many others who were struggling just like me. I found another world full of people I could relate to. The thread was ran by Coach Bill Nichols. He is an awesome coach and later approached me about coaching. My 1st reaction was no. I felt I didn't have the time. After a couple more attempts I decided that coaching would be a great way for me to stay focused and help others. It was a great choice. I love being an Independent Beach Body Coach.

I think if I had to pin point any one item that I like best about coaching I would be torn to pick between two. Helping others and learning about foods. I love learning about foods because the food part is 70% of fitness. In order to reach your fitness goals you MUST be able to know about food.