Part 2: How to feel accomplished after P90X when the “after” pictures and scale disappoint

1)       Realize that the six pounds you gained over the course of 90 days would have been much greater without the mostly-regular workouts.

2)       Recall the day you did 236 push-ups of varying kinds/difficulties. Acknowledge that it wasn’t that long ago that you did all your push-ups from your knees.

3)       Look at the workout sheets and acknowledge the overall increase in reps. The “after” fit test will reaffirm the increase in numbers.

4)       Look at the workout sheets and acknowledge that almost all resistance moves are now done with a heavier weight or band.

5)       Realize that fitness shouldn’t have an “after” but rather be a continual journey.  The last 90 days didn’t produce what I hoped for because I let life get in the way. I won’t apologize for that. I will move to the next challenge. I will continue to transform myself one day at a time; one choice at a time. This morning I did a Slim in 6 routine. Starting tomorrow I will dabble in TurboFire for a week or so. I plan on starting RevAbs either the week after Thanksgiving or the first week of December, based on my feelings for TurboFire. RevAbs will give me another 90 days to challenge myself, and when that ends there will be a new adventure to be discovered.

6)   I DID A PULL UP DURING THE FIT TEST!!!

Part 1: How to NOT get results with P90X

1)       Take “before” pictures and measurements after completing The Ultimate Reset.  Note that this is your lowest weight and body fat percentage since high school, when you took gymnastics.

2)       Take your one and two year old kiddos trick or treating, multiple days and places. Know that you have a sweet tooth and don’t want them to consume that much sugar.

3)       Take (at least) two days off per week. The plan is to complete workouts six days per week. But, you decide to take weekends off. And the occasional day when the kiddos get up with you, thus upsetting your normal workout-while-everyone-sleeps morning routine.

4)       Get the stomach flu. Get kids with the same flu, which keeps them up at night. Be sick and exhausted. Take these days off.

5)       Get a free-refills-till-the-end-of-2012 cup from the gas station. Use it for a new morning coffee crutch, which couples wonderfully with the lack of sleep. Drink more calories than you used to thanks to the morning coffee with a splash of gas-station-cappuccino.